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Govt shifts law officer for ‘failing to defend’ govt on Beef Ban case

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The government Monday shifted Advocate Additional General Vishal Sharma from Home department to education department for failing to defend government in the court in the controversial beef ban case. Sharma has been replaced by Advocate Wasim Nargal, appointed as AAG by Law Department.  Nargal will be defending government in the court in cases related to Home and Revenue departments, said government sources. Sources said Law Department has taken strong note of AAG Vishal Sharma’s “total failure” in defending government’s position in the High Court during the hearing on a petition…

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BJP needs to change its ideology on Kashmir: Hari Om Gupta

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Terming the agenda of alliance of BJP-PDP government in J&K as a “document of disintegration” of Kashmir from India, a BJP leader today said the party is bound to face the fate of Congress in the country if it did not change its present ideology on Kashmir. “If BJP does not change its ideology on Kashmir, it will face same fate that of Congress and they (BJP) will see BJP-Mukht Bharat,” Hari Om Gupta said while addressing a seminar here today. Gupta, who has been in BJP for the past…

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HC decision on beef ban must be strictly implemented: Balyan

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Union Minister of State for Agriculture Sanjeev Balyan on Monday said the decision of Jammu and Kashmir High Court on beef ban in the state should be strictly implemented, and action must be taken against any individual who defies the court ruling. “The decision taken by the High Court must be strictly implemented. Definitely, action should be taken against those people who defy the ruling of the High Court,” he told reporters here today. Balyan was in Jammu to attend a function to apprise the party workers about the benefits…

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Mehbooba, Omar, Akhtar express outrage over marathon violence

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Culprits won’t be spared: PDP chief  The violence during the ‘Big Kashmir Marathon’ has evoked criticism from the mainstream political parties with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party promising strict action against the miscreants. Speaking at a function in Bandipora, PDP president and MP, Mehbooba Mufti said: “It is highly regrettable and condemnable that some miscreants appeared on Boulevard and assaulted our daughters and sisters who were among the participants of the marathon.” “It is unfortunate that these miscreants have torn clothes of female participants,” she said, urging parents and civil…

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Beef Ban only on paper for past 70 yrs

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The ban on beef, which is turning into a controversy in the state, has been in law books and on paper in the post-Independence era. The issue did not come to the fore in the past nearly seven decades. The Valley which has a majority Muslim population has been consuming beef since the Muslim rulers took over 600 years ago. Historians believe that Srinagar had established beef markets, which later spread out to rural areas of the Valley. With the advent of the Sikh rule followed by the Dogra rule…

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Bring ordinance on beef ban by Eid : NC

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The National Conference (NC) today asked the state government to bring an ordinance to amend the state law banning sale of beef. The NC demanded the ordinance should be brought before Eid-ul-Zuha on September 25. NC leader Abdul Rahim Rather, while addressing a membership drive at Nagam in Budgam district today, said the ordinance route was necessary since the Assembly session starts after Eid-ul-Zuha. “While the NC has made it clear that the party will submit a Bill to make necessary amendments to the RPC in this context, the fact…

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PDP’s Mehbooba says beef sale to continue as usual in J&K

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Breaking the ruling party’s silence on the beef ban, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti said the decision of the division bench of the high court will not change the government’s policy on the sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir. “The government has not used any force to implement the ban and there won’t be any major change in the government policy vis-à-vis slaughtering of bovine animals and sale of beef,” she said. According to local news agency KNS, Mehbooba said, “The ban on beef has not only…

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Qazigund-Banihal tunnel to miss May 2016 deadline

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The 8.5-km Qazigund-Banihal tunnel is set to miss another deadline as labourers are on a strike for the past more than 40 days. The tunnel has already missed many deadlines. Local labourers on strike have alleged wage disparity in comparison with their counterparts from outside the state. They say the project implementing unit and the executing agency do not listen to their grievances. Labour Union president Ghulam Nabi Khan said wage disparity was not the only problem they had been facing. “It (the executing agency) is not ready to recognise…

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Mufti Promises new dawn in JK

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‘I joined hands with Modi to end politics of uncertainty, usher era of development’ Mebhooba hails Atal for positive moves on political reconciliation  Promising people of a new dawn in Jammu & Kashmir, Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Friday said the objective of forging an alliance with BJP is to bring in equitable and balanced development of all the three regions of the state. “I saw an opportunity for peace and development for entire J&K by coming together with BJP, which had won people’s mandate in Jammu, just like PDP…

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Holy Cow! Kashmir back to Qazi Nisar moment

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Is history repeating the Ummat-e-Islamia-MUF-1987 rigged polls-militancy cycle? The recent verdict of the High Court calling for implementing the ban on the sale of beef has taken the State back to the Mirwaiz Qazi Nisar moment of 1985. Nisar had defied Governor Jagmohan Malhotra’s imposition of ban on the slaughter of livestock on Janmashtmi. It paved a way for the creation of Ummat-e-Islamia, which in turn cleared the decks for the formation of Muslim United Front (MUF). And MUF’s participation in the 1987 ‘rigged’ polls culminated in the outbreak of…

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