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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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Grand Mufti calls for liquor ban in JK

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Strongly denouncing ban on beef in Jammu and Kashmir, the Head Priest of Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Bashir-u-Din Friday said the court ruling has “hurt the sentiments” of Muslims. He called it “unnecessary and interference in religion which is not acceptable to Muslims in the State.” “Muslims can slaughter any animal permitted in Islam. This ban reflects the BJP ideology,” Din said in a statement. He asked the Division Bench of the High Court to review the order, which he said, was against the Shariah law. While supporting Saturday’s strike…

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Road contractors accept 3-year maintenance guarantee clause

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Blacktopping work starts in Jammu with New Plot-Kot Bhalwal Road After threat of getting blacklisted by the government, contractors involved in the construction and blacktopping of roads in Jammu have accepted the three-year maintenance guarantee clause to take responsibility for damage due to the use of poor material while executing works. Earlier, the deficit liability clause was applicable for one year, which has now been changed to three years, which means that the contractors have to repair or reconstruct any newly laid road if its condition deteriorates within first three…

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Clashes, Protests in Pulwama, Islamabad , Bandipora , Srinagar over beef ban

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Clashes broke out between youth and government forces in Pulwama district of South Kashmir after police tried to stop the address of Hurriyat (G) leader Shabir Ahmad Shah after Friday prayers. Our Pulwama Correspondent Showkat Dar who was on the spot said Shah was addressing a big gathering in the town when a police team headed by the Station House Officer arrived there. All of a sudden, stone pelting and tear gas shelling started and everybody ran for cover, he said, adding that it was not immediately known whether Shah…

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Centre paid ‘peanuts’ to flood victims: HC

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Union Finance Ministry asked to submit response by October 6 Observing that the Centre has so far paid “peanuts” as relief to flood-hit people of the state, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court today directed the Union Finance Ministry to file it response by October 6 about the pending amount as far as Rs 44,000-crore relief package sought by the state was concerned. The directions by a Division Bench of Justice NN Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Bansi Lal Bhat came after the Union Home Ministry informed the Bench in its…

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Union cabinet approves revised cost for four laning of Highway

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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval to the revised cost estimate for the sub-project Udhampur to Ramban Section in J&K, approved by the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) for development of four laning of National Highways under National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase II. Approval of the investment/award decision for the sub-project of four laning of Udhampur-Ramban Section of NH-1A (now NH-44) of approximate length of 40.0 kms on EPC mode is at a revised cost estimate of Rs. 2136.97 crore,…

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