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NC slams JK government over Rs 9,000 crore liability allegation

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The opposition National Conference (NC) today hit out the Mufti Mohammed Sayeed led PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir for alleging that previous Omar Abdullah dispensation created Rs 9,000 cr liabilities and said the party takes pride in having spent every single penny on public welfare. “The coalition government is misleading public opinion by reiterating the so-called liability of Rs 9,000 crores left by the previous government. National Conference takes pride in having spent every single penny on public welfare,” NC’s Provincial President Jammu, Devender Rana said today. “The money…

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Pakistan raises Kashmir issue at United Nations, seeks OIC intervention

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Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi said the 57-member OIC can also contribute to the promotion of global peace and prosperity. Upping the ante on another front before the NSA-level talks, Pakistan has once again raised the Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council, seeking mediation from the world body and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to resolve the issue. Speaking during an open debate on the subject of regional organisations and contemporary global security challenges on Tuesday, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi said the…

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Government Hikes Dearness Allowance of its Employees

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Jammu and Kashmir government today announced a six per cent hike in the Dearness Allowance (DA) of its employees with effect from January this year. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in Srinagar. Announcing the cabinet decisions at a press conference here, Education Minister Nayeem Akhtar said “we announce a hike in DA from 107 to 113 from January this year.” “This is in fact for the first time that the government employees are getting DA without resorting to agitation,” Mr…

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JK Govt. Sanctions insurance scheme ‘ASRA’ for poor families, widows

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Jammu and Kashmir cabinet today approved an insurance scheme ‘ASRA’ to cover widows, destitute women and those living Below Poverty Line (BPL) in the state. “The most significant welfare measure taken so far is the scheme called ASRA (support). The scheme will cover BPL families, widows and destitutes and its premium will be paid in full by the government,” Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu told reporters after the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed here. Drabu, who was flanked by Education minister Nayeem Akhtar, said the cabinet approved…

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RSS’s fiddling with J&K’s special status counterproductive

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CPI (M) leader and MLA Kulgam Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has said the relentless efforts by Bhartiya Janata Party and its offshoot RSS causing perpetuating erosion of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status have always proven counterproductive and against the interests of the people of country. Accompanied by CPI (M) State Secretary Ghulam Nabi Malik and other party leaders, Tarigami was addressing a party convention at Qazigund in South Kashmir today. The MLA Kulgam said it is unfortunate that the RSS has not given up its long pending agenda of eroding special…

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Pakistan provokes again, invites separatists for talks with Sartaj Aziz

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Pakistan has invited Kashmiri separatists for a talk with NSA Sartaj Aziz on August 23 in New Delhi . “Over a dozen separatist leaders, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Farooq and Yasin Malik, have been invited for a dinner with Pakistani NSA Sartaj Aziz in New Delhi,” Times Now reported on Wednesday. Pakistan army chief Gen Raheel Sharif and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar called on PM Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday to discuss the upcoming visit of prime minister’s advisor on national security and foreign affairs…

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Hindu seer invites Hurriyat to discuss peace at Kumbh

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A Hindu seer has invited separatist leaders from Kashmir and heads of militant groups like Ulfa and Bodo to participate in a debate on peace at the ongoing Kumbh mela here. “I have given invitation to devotees from Kashmir, Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram and other states to participate in the Mahakumbh,” Shankaracharya of Govardhan Peeth at Jagannath Puri, Odisha, Swami Adhokshjanand Maharaj told PTI during an interaction here. “I have also asked leaders of Hurriyat Conference, ULFA, Bodo and other organisations to participate in a meeting to establish peace in…

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U.N Chief concerned at violence on disputed Kashmir border

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday voiced alarm at the latest upsurge in violence along the disputed border of India and Pakistan in Kashmir and urged restraint on the part of both governments. Officials said on Sunday that Indian and Pakistani troops intensified firing along their disputed frontier in Kashmir, killing at least eight people and wounding 14. “(Ban) expresses serious concern about the recent escalation of violence along the Line of Control between India and Pakistan, which reportedly resulted in a number of casualties on both sides, including…

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India warned against plan to settle soldiers in Kashmir

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Hurriyet leaders have categorically rejected the India’s plan to permanently settle its retired army personnel and their families in the territory, saying that Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognized disputed territory and the move will be clear violation of the international law. The veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani in a statement in Srinagar cautioned that the allotting of land to Indian soldiers would be a grave mistake on the part of Indian government. He appealed to the world bodies to play their role in stopping India from fiddling…

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JK govt removed security cover of our leaders by design:JKNPP

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Accusing the PDP-BJP government of indulging in “vindictive politics”, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party today claimed the ruling coalition removed security cover of a number of mainstream leaders from the opposition “by design”, even in the face of “threats”. Congress had earlier accused the PDP-BJP government of “undermining” the security of mainstream leaders and senior activists of the opposition party with a design by “selectively withdrawing” their security cover and exposing them to anti-national forces, when, the party claimed, the militancy has “gone up” in the state. ”The government has indulged…

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