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Mufit Mohammad Sayeed upset over cancellation of NSA-level talks, Omar Abdullah blames him

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A day after Pakistan called off NSA level talks, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Sunday expressed disappointment, stating he hopes both the nations will re-engage in meaningful dialogue. According to ANI, Mufti hopes that break in talks would be temporary and the thaw achieved between India and Pakistan at Ufa will not be allowed to go waste. He also believes that the two neighbours will re-engage soon in meaningful dialogue and steps taken by Indian government to improve impediments in normalisation of relations will be reciprocated by…

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NC won’t allow ‘disintegration’ of J&K: Farooq Abdullah

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National Conference (NC) President Farooq Abdullah urged Jammu and Kashmir youths to fight “myopic politics” being played by vested interests to divide the state on regional and communal lines. “Youth has a very crucial role to fight myopic politics being played by vested interests to divide Jammu and Kashmir on regional and communal lines,” Abdullah said while addressing the party workers at party office yesterday. He said fragmenting society into bits and pieces is against the composite ethos of the state, which has all along been nurtured and sustained by…

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J&K Govt determined to put state back on path of peace

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The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday said that it is determined to put the state back on the path of peace, progress and prosperity with accountability and transparency. “The Government is, with the spirited support of all its instruments, firm in its resolve to put the state back on the path of peace, progress and prosperity with accountability, transparency and good governance being the fundamental inputs for its functioning,” State Education Minister Naeem Akhtar quoted Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as saying at a cabinet meeting here. Akhtar, who…

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J&K High Court quashes detention of Hurriyat hardliner Masarat Alam under PSA

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Alam was arrested on April 17 two days after he shouted pro-Pakistan slogans and called for Kashmir’s merger with Pakistan during a Pro-Pakistan rally organised to welcome Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani in which his supporters also unfurled Pakistani flags. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed led PDP-BJP government suffered a major setback on Friday when Jammu and Kashmir high court quashed the detention of Hurriyat hardliner Masarat Alam under the Public Safety Act (PSA). Alam was arrested on April 17 two days after he shouted pro-Pakistan slogans and called for Kashmir’s merger…

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‘Is it a Crime to be Born in Kashmir’, Asks ‘Yeh Hai Mohabbatein’ Actor Aly Goni

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Even as Romi (Aly Goni) is happy to get married to Sarika in “Yeh Hai Mohabbatein”, the actor seems to be having a difficult time off-screen. According to reports, Aly — being a Kashmiri Muslim — is finding it extremely difficult to get a house on rent in Mumbai. Although it has been a couple of years since Aly moved to the city, the hunk has not been able to rent a house as he is from Kashmir. He has been staying with his cousin ever since he shifted to…

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Mirwaiz blames India’s ‘intransigent attitude’ for all misfortunes in Kashmir

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Claims APHC as ‘sole representative of Kashmiris’ Terming Kashmir issue as a stumbling block in having good neighbourly relations between India and Pakistan, APHC leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has stated that the relations between the two archrivals is difficult to improve unless Kashmir issue was not solved. He said that if the two countries are virtually on the verge of a possible war, it is only because the Kashmir issue stands unresolved for which the intransigent attitude of India is to be blamed. Addressing a Friday congregation at historic Jamia…

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Talks in peril as India advises Pakistan against its NSA Sartaj Aziz meeting separatists

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The fate of India-Pakistan NSA-level talks hung by a thread on Friday as India officially asked Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz in an advisory not to go ahead with his proposed meeting with Hurriyat leaders. Pakistan though seemed to have further hardened its position as its diplomats said Aziz was going to have meetings with all Hurriyat leaders ahead of the dialogue between the NSAs on Monday. India said on Friday that it had also sought a confirmation from Islamabad for a dialogue agenda‎ which it had formally communicated to Pakistan…

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Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road only corridor to peace: Mufti Sayeed

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Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed Thursday said Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road was the “only road” that would lead to peace in Jammu and Kashmir as he asked New Delhi to promote people-to-people contact beyond the divided families across the Line of Control (LoC).  “Today when guns are roaring on borders from Kathua to Poonch, I can see light in the dark tunnel. We laid the foundation of this road (Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road) in 2004. There is no other road to peace but this and I have come here to resolve to take this…

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Neglected for decades, Information Department set for major makeover

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After facing decades of neglect, the J&K Information and Public Relations Department is all set for a major makeover with Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed keen to see the department emerging on modern lines. To begin with, the department has already set the capacity-building process into motion by strengthening the department, both by way of latest infrastructure and professional human resource. According to Muneer-ul-Islam, Director Information, the three driving forces for the Department’s rejuvenation are Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Minister of State for Information Priya Sethi and Principal Secretary…

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Srinagar-Jammu Highway Four Laning : PMO to review progress

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The Prime Minister’s Office will Friday review the progress of four-laning of Srinagar-Jammu Highway. Highly placed sources told us that Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, Nripendra Misra, has convened a high-level meeting in New Delhi to discuss the project which has been marred by delays. Besides top officials in PMO, the meeting is expected to be attended by representatives of National Highways Authority of India, Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and JK Government. While participation of JK’s Chief Secretary Muhammad Iqbal Khanday is uncertain due to the state cabinet…

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