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Ex CM Omar Abdullah dig at RSS

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Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today took a dig at RSS over its coordination meeting with BJP and questioned how it could be called a ‘social organisation’. “So the RSS is doing a 3-day performance appraisal of the Modi government. Anyone else want to tell me that they are a ‘social organisation’?” Omar tweeted. His comment came as the top brass of the RSS and the BJP met in Delhi today for a three-day coordination meeting to take stock of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government’s one year…

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Strike affects work in Central government offices, banks

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Like other parts of the country, the all-India general strike, called by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions , was also observed in the city today. The J&K joint platform of trade unions, comprising Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and insurance, banks, BSNL and Central government employees, protested against the alleged anti-people and anti-workers polices of the Union Government. The 24-hour strike badly affected the functioning of Central government offices and banking operations as there was a…

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Farooq Abdullah applies for LPG subsidy; PDP flays him

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Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah is in the midst of a controversy in the wake of his recent application for LPG subsidy, which was criticised by his rivals. Abdullah, the president of main opposition National Conference, has submitted a form for non-Aadhar based LPG subsidy transfer with Super Gas Sevice at Durga Nag, a distributor of HP Gas, on August 14 this year, an official of the gas agency said. During the Lok Sabha elections last year, he had declared an annual income of more than Rs…

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DoB certificates ‘on sale’ in SMC during admission season

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New Commissioner denies receiving any such reports It is 4 AM, Tanveer Ahmad (name changed), a government employee, is waiting in a long queue outside the main gate of one of the missionary schools in Srinagar. In order to enroll his daughter in Nursery class, Tanveer has to fulfill all the prerequisites including the stringent age criteria set by the school stating ‘Children born between Jan 2012 to Dec 2012 shall only be eligible’. Like Tanveer scores of other parents ensure they fulfill the criteria by any means even if…

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GoI ‘gives cold shoulder’ to proposals on JK tunnels

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The Government of India has given ‘cold shoulder’ to J&K government’s proposals to fund construction of tunnels in the State to provide round-the-year connectivity to far-flung and inaccessible areas. An official document reveals that GoI has “advised” the state government to “explore alternatives to tunnels”, citing their “high cost and time consumption.” “Minister of Road, Transport and Highways mentioned that construction of tunnels are very time consuming and involves a high capital cost, so alternative to tunnels may be explored by state,” minutes of a meeting held between J&K’s Chief…

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NIA sets up 4 camp offices in J&K, wants permanent base there

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With Jammu and Kashmir being the hub of terror activities, National Investigation Agency (NIA) has set up camp offices at four places in the state and wants to establish a permanent base there for more effective monitoring of cases that take place in the region. The NIA, which was set up after the 2008 Mumbai attacks specifically for probing terror cases, has given a proposal to the Home Ministry for setting up a permanent office in Jammu from where it can monitor terror related cases in entire north India, official…

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Opposition dubs 6-month rule of PDP-BJP govt as ‘disappointing’

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As the PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir completed its six months in office on Tuesday, the Opposition termed the tenure as a period of “disappointment” and said expectations of the people in the state remain unfulfilled. “The six months of this government has been six months of disillusionment, disappointment, discontent and disgruntlement,” said Devender Singh Rana, Provincial president of the main Opposition party National Conference (NC). The pre-poll promises made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party have fallen flat and the coalition seems…

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Massive Transfers & Promotions in J&K Administration

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The Government today ordered the placement of following KAS officers in the Selection Grade, on officiating basis, in their own pay and grade.These include Mr. Pawan Kumar, Mr. Bharat Singh, Mr. Mansoor Aslam Choudhary, Mr. Sanjay Gupta, Ms. Anu Behl, Mr. Amarjeet Singh, Mr. Ankur Mahajan, Mr. Pankaj Gupta, Mr. Mushtaq Ahmad, Ms. Ulfat Jabeen, Ms. Shagun Sharma, Mr. Gulzar Ahmad Bhat, Mr. Ghulam Hassan Sheikh, Ms. Namrita Dogra and Mr. Nasir Ahmad Lone. Consequent upon these placements, Mr. Mohammad Younis Malik, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag, has been transferred and posted…

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Pakistan using new methods to create unrest in J&K: Army Chief

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Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh today accused Pakistan of using “new methods” for creating unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and said that recent incidents of terrorist violence were clear pointers towards its attempts to extend the arc of violence to other areas. He said that the commitment of his force has increased manyfold in scope and intensity in past few years. “(Because of) the frequency of ceasefire violation and infiltration bids by our western neighbour, the border remains live and active,” he said adding that “new methods” continue to be…

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NC willing to go beyond autonomy for larger consensus on Kashmir: Sagar

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Flays PDP-BJP govt for giving ‘free hand’ to NIA in the valley Even as National Conference’s main objective is to restore the autonomy, the party is willing to go beyond its lifeblood for the larger consensus on Kashmir issue based on the aspirations of people, said party General Secretary, Ali Mohammad Sagar here Sunday. “National Conference has always strived to restore the internal autonomy as had existed before 1953 in the state. However, on the larger perspective, Kashmir issue should be solved as per the aspirations of its people and…

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