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Bathinda-Srinagar gas pipeline stuck in political quagmire

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Haryana Govt yet to accord clearance to the Rs 880-crore project The 750-km-long gas pipeline between Bathinda and Srinagar via Jammu has been hanging fire following “political and administrative differences” between the J&K and Haryana Governments. The BJP-led Haryana Government is yet to accord clearance to the project, which has great importance for the hilly and mountainous Jammu and Kashmir. The Rs 880-crore project was envisaged to connect J&K with the National Gas Grid through a pipeline and ultimately link individual households with gas stations through a network of supply…

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PDP blames Er Rashid for Zahid’s death

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‘Udhampur attack was reaction to his beef party’ Ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday blamed independent legislator from Langate, Engineer Rashid for the death of Zahid Rasool Bhat. “Zahid Rasool Bhat and Showkat Ahmad were attacked in Udhampur on October 9 after he (Rashid) hosted a beef party in MLA Hostel in Srinagar,” said Peerzada Mansoor, Political Advisor to PDP president Mehbooba Mufti. He said the beef party provoked people in Jammu region following which they attacked the Kashmir-bound truck by petrol bomb in which two truckers were critically injured.…

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Modi may address a rally in Srinagar next month

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Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today dropped hints that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was likely to address a public rally in Srinagar during his upcoming visit to the state. Mufti provided a whiff of Modi’s plans at a meeting of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ministers, legislators and party functionaries in Srinagar today. The meeting was chaired by PDP president Mehbooba Mufti. Modi is scheduled to visit the state on November 5 to inaugurate the Baglihar-II hydel power project. He may announce a financial package for the flood-ravaged state. “The PM…

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Mufti wants India to have friendly relations with Pak

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Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has stressed the need for friendly relations between India and Pakistan, saying the strained relations between the two neighbouring countries were making the people of Jammu and Kashmir suffer. “India has to be friendly with its neighbours, including Pakistan,” Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said while addressing a gathering on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day at Zewan near Srinagar today. Mufti recalled former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s assertion that “we can change friends and not neighbours”, while he had extended a hand of friendship to…

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Suspended cop behind Udhampur attack: Police

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A suspended policeman with a ‘dubious service record’ has turned out to be the alleged mastermind of the petrol bomb attack on a Kashmir-bound truck in Udhampur on October 9 which resulted in the death of 18-year-old Zahid Bhat. Investigations have revealed that suspended policeman Jasbir Singh, a resident of Laddan in Udhampur, was the alleged mastermind behind the October 9 attack. Sources said Jasbir had planned the entire incident and given money to members of the “maya gang”, headed by Varinder Singh, alias Kaka, a Nepali citizen, at present…

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Centre failing in its duty to allay minorities’ fear – JK MLA

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Independent MLA from Jammu and Kashmir Sheikh Abdul Rasheed, whose face was blackened by a fringe Hindu group Monday, said the Centre was failing in its duty to allay fears of minorities. Talking to reporters at the Jammu and Kashmir House here, the MLA, who is popularly known as ‘Engineer Rasheed’, said intolerance has grown to the extent that whosoever speaks in a different voice is labelled as a Pakistani. “The Modi government should stop calling everybody whosoever speaks truth, talks about atrocities and minorities as, Pakistani agent because humanity…

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‘Decisive armed struggle against India need of the hour’: UJC

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Conglomerate of militant outfits United Jihad Council Tuesday said that India is currently directly ruled by RSS and the strategy adopted by Mufti Government seems no different from the one adopted by RSS. In a statement to CNS, Syed Sadaqat Hussain, spokesperson UJC while quoting its chief Syed Salahuddin said that, “Kashmiri Muslims are targeted under a well planned strategy and the policy makers of India have formulated a plot under which Muslims will be thrown out from Jammu and violence will be encouraged in Kashmir. This all will be…

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Now, NC spokesman to host beef party to ‘assert free will’

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National Conference spokesman Junaid Mattu said on Tuesday that he would host a beef party. He said it would be to assert his “rights and free will”. Mattu clarified that he would host the beef party and not his party. “Was never a big beef eater, nor am I overly religious or moralistic. But now I will host a beef party just to assert my rights and free will,” Mattu wrote on social networking site Twitter. He said hosting the beef party was his attempt “as an individual protecting his…

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State requires road safety action plan: Azad to Mufti

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Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today expressed condolences on the death of 14 passengers in a road accident in Udhampur district. Azad said: “My heart goes out to the families of those who lost their dear ones in the fatal accident and I pray to the almighty to give them strength to withstand this tragic loss. I also pray for the speedy recovery of those who have got injured.” Fourteen passengers lost their lives while 17 were injured when a…

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Time for bridging differences in J&K has come, says Mufti Mohammad Sayeed

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Tuesday said there was a “perceptible” improvement in the overall situation in the state and the time for bridging the differences between communities has come. “The Truth and Reconciliation Mission is an idea whose time has come. We must experiment with the idea to ensure emotional linkages and confidence amongst one another, especially between families, communities and regions within J&K,” he said. “JK lagged behind the rest of the county in the field of development (in last two decades). With a perceptible…

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