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Kashmir is never going to be part of Pakistan: Farooq Abdullah

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National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has rejected the notion that the threat of a nuclear war would solve the Kashmir issue, asserting that the region would never be a part of Pakistan and dialogue is the best way to “move forward”. Admitting that Kashmir has been the main agenda as far as India and Pakistan are concerned, Mr. Abdullah said: “What is important is dialogue between the two nations to get to some point of understanding. “There is no way, by threats of…

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Will protect JK’s ‘special place’ in Constitution: CM

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J&K Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed Friday asked people to “grab the historic opportunity presented to them for bringing in lasting peace and development in the state.” He said he wants to “bring down the walls of hatred between India and Pakistan as people of J&K will be the principal beneficiaries of thaw in relations between the two neighbours.” “My primary goal is to take away the clouds of political uncertainty, which have hovered over the horizon of J&K for 70 long years,” he said, addressing a public gathering after…

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39 Officers / Ministers surrender LPG subsidy in J&K

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J&K minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) and Tribal Affairs Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali and 39 other officers today surrendered their LPG subsidy here. Zulfikar along with 39 officers of CAPD surrendered the gas subsidy at a function organized by the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to felicitate the consumers who had given up their gas subsidies, an official spokesman said. The Minister appealed the people to come forward and voluntarily surrender their LPG subsidy so that the money saved can be used for providing the same facility to below poverty…

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VHP threatens stir if J&K assembly allows discussion on anti-beef ban bill

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VHP on Friday threatened to launch a massive agitation and enforce an economic blockade in Jammu and Kashmir if the assembly allowed a discussion to revoke provisions criminalizing bovine slaughter and sale of beef in the state. “We warn the state government that Jammu would observe a black day and the people of the region would be forced to take to the streets if the Assembly Speaker allowed a discussion on an anti-beef ban bill,” Leela Karan Sharma, president of VHP’s state unit told reporters. “If the beef ban is…

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BJP MLA moves resolution calling for capital punishment for cow slaughter

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Calling for a state wide implementation of the High Court order banning sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir, a BJP MLA on Friday moved a resolution in the legislative assembly demanding capital punishment for those found slaughtering the bovine animal in the state. BJP MLA from Nawshere assembly constituency Ravinder Raina has moved a resolution in the assembly in which he has asked for a complete ban on cow slaughter and sale of beef as per the directions passed by the High court of Jammu and Kashmir. “Those who…

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Pakistan to highlight Kashmir, Indian interference at UN: Sartaz

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Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will raise the Kashmir issue and alleged Indian interference in the country at the UN General Assembly’s upcoming session later this month, a top official said today. “Pakistan will highlight the Kashmir issue at the UN and other fora as bilateralism envisaged in Shimla Agreement failed to achieve any progress,” Prime Minister’s Advisor on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said today. He briefed the Senate about the issues to be raised during Sharif’s visit to New York to attend the annual session of…

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Mehbooba first Indian woman to head Haj team

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PDP president and Member of Parliament Mehbooba Mufti will head a two-member delegation representing the country at Haj. Mehbooba Mufti, whose Kashmir-centric party shares power in J&K with the right-wing BJP, is the first woman to lead the Haj delegation of the country. The other member of the delegation is a senior BJP leader from Madhya Pradesh, Anwar Mohammad Khan. The two-member delegation left New Delhi for Jeddah today. “Mehbooba left Srinagar yesterday. She is heading the delegation,” said Peerzada Mansoor Hussain, political adviser to Mehbooba. A official in the…

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Mirwaiz to launch agitation against liquor sale

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Liquor should be completely banned in the Muslim majority state of Jammu and Kashmir,” Mirwaiz said after a resolution demanding ban on liquor was passed in the MMU session here. Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) and head of Muttaheda Majlis-e-Ulema Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Thursday said he would launch an agitation against sale of liquor in Kashmir. “We will ensure that sale of liquor is banned in Kashmir. It is our religious duty to disallow any activity which is against Islam. Liquor should be completely banned in the Muslim majority state…

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J&K to get additional power from Baglihar-II project

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The energy-deficient state will be generating additional 300 MW power as the Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Corporation (JKPDC) is commissioning two turbines of the Baglihar-II hydroelectric project with power generation capacity of 150 MW each,. Senior officials of the JKPDC said they had begun the generation of 150-MW additional power by commissioning the first turbine of Phase-II of the Baglihar hydroelectric project in the Chanderkote area of Ramban district, while the second turbine of Phase-II would be commissioned by the end of this month. They, however, remained tightlipped over…

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‘CM’s Grievance Cell disposes off 80% complaints’

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New SOP to suggest 10-day deadline for addressing grievance Nearly 80 percent of the pending grievances with the Chief Minister’s Grievance Cell were resolved in the fourth review meeting at the CM’s private office on Wednesday. The grievances were pending with 18 government departments including Relief and Rehabilitation, Srinagar Development Authority, Divisional Commissioner’s office, district headquarters and Srinagar Municipal Corporation. During the meeting, cases pending since 2013 were discussed and forwarded to the concerned departments. Project Director, Grievance Cell, Saadut Hussain chaired the review meeting in which 18 nodal officers…

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