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Geelani appeals clerics to aware Muslims on ‘Qadiyaniyat’

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Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Tuesday appealed the Imams (clerics) and Islamic scholars to aware the Muslims about the new sedition of “Qadyaniyat” and asked them to stay away from this ‘Fitnah’. He said the whole Muslim Ummah has collectively rejected the fake prophesy theory of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadyani and has termed him and his followers as non-Muslims. In a statement Geelani said Islam teaches respect, tolerance and affection to the Muslims and this religion has no place for the duress and coercion. Muslims have been instructed to…

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Centre asks state to identify land for AIIMS in Jammu, Srinagar

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The Central Government has asked the Jammu and Kashmir Government to identify land measuring about 200 acres each in Srinagar and Jammu for establishing All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the two capitals of the state. This was stated by the J&K Government in a written reply to Aijaz Ahmad Mir (PDP) in the state Assembly today. The state government, in reply to a question, also stated that the Central Government had constituted two teams for visiting and finalising the sites for establishing AIIMS in both state capitals.…

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Govt will protect Art 370, Art 35A at all costs: Bukhari

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Minister for Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs, Syed Basharat Bukhari Tuesday asserted that the PDP-BJP coalition government will protect the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Indian Constitution. “We are here to safeguard and protect the Article 370 and Article 35A,” Bukhari said amid thumping of desks by the treasury benches. He told the opposition members that Question Hour is meant for raising issues of public interest in the House. “Please stop creating disruptions,” the Minister said. Leading the charge on behalf of the coalition government, Bukhari said…

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HC gives govt one more week to file report on relocation of liquor shops

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Terming the government report on liquor shops incomplete, the High Court today granted the state one more week to file a comprehensive report on relocation of liquor shops situated near hospitals, religious places, educational institutions and along highways. Hearing public interest litigation which seeks complete prohibition on sale and consumption of liquor in the state, a Division Bench of the High Court, including Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, directed the state government to file a comprehensive report by or before October 14, the next date…

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Omar yet to learn decency, says Speaker

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Speaker of the state Assembly Kavinder Gupta, “pained” over the repeated “derogatory” remarks passed by former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on him, today regretted that the working president of state’s oldest political party was yet to learn decency and decorum despite being a public figure of prominence in J&K politics. “Difference of opinion is normal in a democratic system like ours but treating your political opponents as inferiors and passing derogatory remarks against them is against the spirit of democracy,” Gupta told The Tribune while reacting sharply to Omar’s repeated…

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Police shift focus from regulating traffic to issuing challans

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The traffic policemen manning city roads seem to have shifted their focus from regulating smooth flow of vehicular movement to achieving the given target of issuing “challans” to traffic rules violators. Motorists have to struggle to find their way at busy traffic points due to prevailing chaos. A single ride on city roads is enough to witness traffic policemen “pouncing” on the rider of a two-wheeler for violation of road safety norms, but ignore the chaos created by minibus operators, who can easily be spotted “greasing the palm” of law…

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JK Govt. approves 3000 more jobs for Kashmiri Migrants

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Minister for Relief and Rehabilitation, Syed Basharat Bukhari said that Union Ministry of Home Affairs has conveyed in principle approval to provide additional 3000 State Government jobs to Kashmiri Migrants with financial assistance from the Union Government and to construct 6000 transit accommodations in Kashmir Valley for migrants whom State Government jobs have been/will be provided, adding that formal approval from the Union Government is awaited. The Minister said this while replying to a question by Surinder Mohan Ambardar in the Legislative Council today. The Minister said that to facilitate…

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Farooq warns against growing RSS influence

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NC president Farooq Abdullah today expressed concern over the “growing influence” of the RSS across the country, which he termed as a threat to secular India. Talking to media persons, the former Union minister said growing communal incidents across the country and the ban on sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir were ‘killing’ secular India. “I fear that secular India is being killed. The Constitution of our country gives the right to every person to understand and spread his religion. These traits helped every community to live in peace…

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Anti-beef ban bills sabotaged to save Govt: Omar

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Leader of the Opposition and former chief minister Omar Abdullah Monday said bills seeking abolishment of beef ban laws had been sabotaged to save the government. Talking to reporters outside the Legislative Assembly, Omar said the State government moved to the Supreme Court seeking a decision into a plea against two different orders of the State High Court pertaining to slaughter of the bovines and enforcement of ban on sale of beef. “Why did the State move to the Supreme Court when the State legislature has powers to amend the…

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Govt to form panel to discuss return of Pandits to Valley

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The government will form a new state-level advisory committee, which will take suggestions from all stakeholders to facilitate the return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits. Law Minister Basharat Bukhari said the committee will take “real representatives” of the displaced community into confidence and draft a plan for the return of Kashmiri migrants to the Valley. Formation of new advisory committee is imperative as the previous one had not taken into confidence all stakeholders, Bukhari said while responding to a supplementary question by BJP MLC Surinder Ambardar in the Legislative Council…

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