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Sgr-Leh highway and Mughal road reopen for traffic

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Traffic on the 434-km-long highway, connecting the Ladakh region with the Kashmir valley resumed on Tuesday after remaining suspended due to snowfall for three days. The Srinagar-Jammu highway and historic Mughal road, linking the Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region were also through for both way traffic. According to traffic police sources traffic on Srinagar-Leh highway was allowed last evening. They said that vehicles stranded at Drass, the second coldest place in the world after Siberia and Meenmarg for the past three days were allowed…

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We will teach ‘Informers’ of south Kashmir a lesson, says Hizb

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Militant outfit Hizb-ul-Mujhadeen Tuesday said that Indian agents are active and have been helping Indian forces to track and assassinate Kashmiri militants. Chief Spokesperson Hizbul Mujhadeen Burhan-u-deen told CNS on phone that Indian agents are active in Kashmir and it is because of these agents that militants are being killed in different parts of Kashmir. “We have directed our intelligence chief to identify and expose those agents who help to kill these militants,” he said. He said that it is really shocking and disturbing for us that Indian agents in…

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‘Where is Mehbooba Mufti Now?’ asks NC, Condemns ‘Arrest Spree’ in South Kashmir

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National Conference Tuesday condemned the arrest spree of youngsters in south Kashmir areas and bashed PDP for what it called ‘hypocritical politics’. “Where is Mehbooba Mufti especially that Mehbooba who posed as sympathizer of youth before her party came to power?” Provincial Spokesperson National Conference said in a statement issued to KNS today. Castigating the PDP President for her ‘hypocritical’ statements he said, “she used to shed crocodile tears for the arrested youth and had promised that all political prisoners would be released if she came to power. Now it…

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Pakistan trained terror groups to fight in Kashmir, says Pervez Musharraf

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The former army chief was responding to a question about action against LeT’s Hafiz Saeed and Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.He said Saeed and Lakhvi type people enjoyed the status of heroes at that time. Former president Pervez Musharraf has admitted that Pakistan supported and trained groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in 1990s to carry out militancy in Kashmir. “In 1990s the freedom struggle began in Kashmir… At that time Lashkar-e-Toiba and 11 or 12 other organisations were formed. We supported them and trained them as they were fighting in Kashmir at the…

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Geelani writes Ban Ki-Moon to persuade India, Pak to initiate dialogue on Kashmir

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Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Monday appealed the United Nations Secretary General to appoint a special envoy on Kashmir and persuade both India and Pakistan to initiate a process with which the United Nations as well as the genuine leadership of the people of Jammu & Kashmir will be associated so as to ensure the permanent settlement of this long pending dispute which will be based on the principles of justice. Spokesman of Hurriyat (G) in a statement said that Geelani in a letter to Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon…

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Oct 27th strike a referendum against India, Hurriyat (G)

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While thanking people for observing complete and statewide shutdown, All Parties Hurriyat Conference said that this shutdown is a clear referendum from the people of the state that they do not accept this forced occupation and their freedom struggle will continue in every way and at any cost till the presence of a single Indian soldier in the Jammu & Kashmir. While strongly condemning the continuous house imprisonment of Hurriyat Chairman Syed Ali Geelani from last 6 months and continuous detention of Shabir Ahmad Shah, Ghulam Nabi Sumji, Nayeem Ahmad…

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RSS, BJP promoting design to trifurcate JK on communal lines: Tarigami

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‘State’s diversity under attack; idea of India under threat’ Senior CPI (M) leader and MLA Kulgam M Y Tarigami Monday accused the RSS and BJP of promoting a design to ‘trifurcate’ state on communal lines. Tarigami also said the Sangh’s (RSS’s) project is not only to damage the state but the idea of India is under threat. The senior communist leader said the regional division of the state is a long cherished dream of the RSS. “We all know that it has been their (RSS) dream to divide the state…

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Landslides shut Jammu-Srinagar highway

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The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway No 1-A was closed to vehicular traffic on Monday following landslides in Jammu region’s Ramban district. “Landslides were triggered by heavy rain in Ramsoo sector of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway during the night, causing closure of the road,” a senior traffic department official told IANS here. “The border roads organisation (BRO) that maintains the highway is removing the landslides’ debris to help restore vehicular movement on the highway. “Those intending to undertake the travel along the highway should first contact traffic control rooms in Jammu and…

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Ensure completion of projects by March 2017, Mufti tells ERA

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Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today asked the Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) to make contractors accountable so that all ongoing projects were completed by March 31, 2017, the deadline fixed by Asian Development Bank (ADB). The Chief Minister stated this while chairing a meeting during which he reviewed the progress of development projects taken up by ERA under Loan I and II, financed by ADB. Laying emphasis on the use of latest technology and building capacities to complete ongoing projects within the stipulated timelines, Mufti highlighted the need to broaden…

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Laced with 86000-MW capacity, united J&K can have free power, water for 100 yrs: Survey

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The united Jammu and Kashmir has an estimated power potential of whopping 86000 megawatts (MWs) which, if harnessed properly, can pave way for free electricity and water for the next 100 years in the power-starved region without seeking help from either India or Pakistan, according to a survey. The survey findings were released by a socio-cultural NGO, X-MITA on the United Nations Day celebrated on October 24. According to the researchers, the environment-friendly hydro-power generation capacity of the united J&K can get up to 86000 MW with Gilgit-Baltistan contributing 40000…

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