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Protests in JK Assembly for second day

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Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was rocked by protests for the second day today as opposition members stormed the well of the House demanding adjournment of Question Hour to discuss various issues including regularisation of casual workers. The opposition members also demanded a discussion of Article 35 A which upholds the unique status of the permanent residents of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Yesterday, opposition members had protested over beef ban and other issues in the Jammu and Kashmir legislature with banner-waving MLAs of NC and Congress storming the well,…

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Former MP, eight ex-MLAs involved in liquor trade: Minister

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A former member of parliament and eight ex-legislators are involved in liquor trade in Jammu and Kashmir, where over 225 wine shops are running with majority of these in the winter capital. Eight former legislators and an ex-MP are having licenses for the sale of liquor in Jammu, Samba, Kathua and Leh districts, Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu informed the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly in a written reply today. All the 10 districts of Jammu region have liquor shops, while only four shops are running in summer capital Srinagar, among the…

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PDP-BJP Govt forgets promises to Pandits

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No progress in implementation of rehabilitation package With the PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir tangled in controversies and policy paralysis creating pessimism in the state, 3.5 lakh displaced Kashmiri Pandits have lost hope of any concrete plan for their rehabilitation and resettlement in the Valley. Seven months after assuming charge, coalition partners are silent on the promises made in ‘Agenda of the Alliance’, the guiding document which binds two ideologically different parties. Surprisingly, after large-scale protests by separatists against the composite township project in April, Narendra Modi-led BJP…

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Army cannot be withdrawn from J&K overnight: Omar Abdullah

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Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the army cannot be withdrawn from the state overnight keeping in mind the current situation, however, its role can be decreased. “Today, three jawans of army are dead. If in these circumstances you will say that there is no role of the army, then this will be huge injustice. The role of army can be decreased, but it cannot be withdrawn overnight,” Omar told reporters here. Omar was referring to Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s assertion that the logistic requirement…

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India holds key to peace in Kashmir: Geelani

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Pays tributes to two youth killed in Tral  Paying rich tributes to the two militants killed in Tral area of Pulwama, Chairman Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani Monday said these ‘brave hearts of our nation are sacrificing themselves for Kashmir cause’. He said the youth have put down a ‘huge responsibility on us to protect these sacrifices and carry forward the struggle in any way and at any cost.’ Geelani in a statement said the loss of precious human lives continues to occur due to the instable and uncertain…

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Over 2,400 persons killed in road accidents in J&K since 2013

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Over 2,400 persons were killed and 21,335 others injured in as many as 25,551 road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir in the past two-and-a-half years, prompting the authorities to chalk out a strategy to deal with the problem. While 506 persons lost their lives in 3,221 road accidents up to July this year, as many as 992 persons were killed in 5,861 cases last year and 990 others in 6,469 accidents in 2013, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was informed today. In a written reply, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed –…

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Germany returns idol stolen from Kashmir

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Germany on Monday returned to India a 10th century Durga idol that had gone missing from a temple in Kashmir over two decades ago. The idol was handed over by visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after their talks here, three years after it was spotted in a museum in Stuttgart. Mr. Modi thanked Ms. Merkel and the people of Germany, saying: “The statue is from Jammu and Kashmir and is a symbol of victory of good over evil.” The idol in Mahishasuramardini avatar was stolen…

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Speaker adjourns Kashmir assembly, says ‘proud to be an RSS man’

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“I am proud to be an RSS man,” Kavinder Gupta said before he adjourned the house for the whole day. The speaker of Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly asserted that he was a “proud RSS man” when members of opposition parties shouted slogans against the RSS in the house. “I am proud to be an RSS man,” Kavinder Gupta said before he adjourned the house for the whole day. Earlier, opposition parties led by Ali Mohammad Sagar of National Conference (NC) stood up from their benches and raised anti RSS…

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All eyes on SC hearing over Beef Ban Issue

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Apex court lifeline to Govt  All eyes are set on the Supreme Court hearing on the issue of slaughter of bovine and the ban on sale of beef in the State. The Apex court is hearing 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. The SC hearing has provided a lifeline to the seven-month-old coalition government of the Peoples Democratic Party and Bharatiya Janta Party as the stand taken by the two parties…

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In Srinagar vs Jammu tussle, JK may lose Smart City race

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At a time when most of the states are discussing plans and models to make their cities best under the Smart City Project, the Union Government is yet to make its choice in selection of a city or cities in Jammu and Kashmir. More than a month has passed since the Union Minister of Urban Development, M Venkaiah Naidu, announced the list of 98 Smart Cities excluding any city from Jammu and Kashmir citing reasons that the state had sought more time to decide on its choice between Srinagar and…

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