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Jammu, Kashmir to have similar AIIMS: JK Health Minister

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Amid protests and shutdown to demand setting up of an AIIMS in Jammu, state health minister Chowdhary Lal Singh on Sunday said AIIMS will be set up at both here and Kashmir and will be provided with same facilities. “There will be similar AIIMS for both Jammu as well as Kashmir with equal provisions of infrastructure, funds, faculty, paramedical staff and facilities. “The process for establishing AIIMS in Jammu and Srinagar will commence simultaneously with equal provision of funds i.E. To the tune of Rs 1,500 crore each,” he said…

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GoI asks JK to stop subsidised ration to over 40 lakh people

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Govt forms panel to look into the issue Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution has asked the state government to stop the supply of subsidized ration to over 40-lakh people taking an exception that “even well-off families are getting the subsidy.” In a recent letter written by a senior official in the Union Consumer Affairs Ministry, the Central government has taken a strong note that the Jammu and Kashmir was among the only few states in India where the National Food Safety Act (NFSA) has not been implemented.…

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Failing to reclaim 2165 kanals, Govt hands over 1888 kanals to Army

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KU’s request for expansion of South Campus goes begging As if the failure to reclaim 2165 kanals of land under the occupation of Army in Anantnag was not enough, the authorities have given up additional 1888 kanals which the forces had sought. Meanwhile, Kashmir University’s longstanding demand for more land for its South Campus goes unheeded. Of the 1888 kanals of land sought for unspecified “future purpose”, Army has already fenced 991 kanals and 454 kanals of prime land in Fatehgrah and Khiram Doonipaw respectively without paying the due rent.…

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Indian news channels ‘right-wing propaganda machines: Youngblood

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‘Kashmir media writes responsibly, professionally’ A US based journalist and Director of Center for Global Peace Journalism at Park University USA, Steven Youngblood Friday termed Indian news channels as “right-wing propaganda machines” and compared them with Fox News USA for their ‘conservative bias’ and ‘judgmental reporting’. Youngblood however expressed satisfaction over the reporting by Kashmir’s local media for their “careful and professional use of language and terminology about sensitive issues.” “When I landed here I started following the television news and newspaper reportage. And let me tell you honestly I…

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Youngsters attracting to idea of ISIS

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Attraction to radical ideologies, such as that propagated by ISIS, and how to prevent Indian youths from coming under the sway of extremist doctrines would be deliberated threadbare at a high-level meeting convened by the Home Ministry on Saturday. The meeting, to be chaired by Union Home Secretary LC Goyal, will formalise a “strategy for aiding the government’s efforts to neutralise extremist ideologies such as that espoused by ISIS, which has influenced thousands around the world.” “Attraction towards radical ideology of any religion is a matter of concern. We will…

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OLX’s Kashmir advt runs short on logic, reason and reality

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Who travels now to make calls? When almost all of the estimated 600,000 army personnel stationed in J&K are provided with mobile communication facilities to be in constant touch with their kin, an advertisement by an online portal shows an Army man travelling all alone into a Kashmiri village to use a local youth’s phone to call his family. A recent advertisement film by OLX, a buy and sell website, titled ‘Keemat Bhi, Kuch Keemti Bhi’ projects an unrealistic and expired logic to try to get their message across. Designed and conceptualized by…

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Kashmir passing through ‘very sensitive’ period: Abdullah

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Jammu and Kashmir is passing through a “very sensitive” period, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah today said and blamed the ruling coalition for vitiating peaceful atmosphere of the state. The former Union minister said the balance which existed between communities seems to be nowhere and slammed PDP-BJP coalition for taking the state on a “dangerous path of communal discord”. “The state of Jammu and Kashmir is going through a very sensitive time. The present coalition is hell bent on vitiating peaceful atmosphere of the state. “The balance that existed between different communities seems…

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J&K Govt approves first-ever state disaster management plan

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Friday approved the first-ever disaster management plan in the state in an effort to reduce the vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters and natural calamities in a more effective manner. “In a significant decision aimed at building capacities to effectively meet furies of nature, the chief minister granted approval to the first-ever State Disaster Management Plan (SDMP) to reduce the vulnerability to hazards and enhance human and institutional capability to cope with disasters and natural calamities in a more effective…

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When Tiger Memon feared death at the hands of ISI

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On the day Yakub Memon was hanged in a Nagpur jail, a Congress MLA in Kashmir on Thursday created a stir when he claimed meeting the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts mastermind Tiger Memon. Militant-turned-Congress MLA Usman Majeed told DNA that Memon was undergoing arms training in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) when the duo met. Majeed, who represents Bandipore in the Assembly, revealed that Tiger Memon feared that Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), might kill him after Yakub Memon “surrendered” to the Indian authorities. “When Yakub surrendered, Tiger left Pakistan because…

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Thousands bid farewell to Memon; Media blacks out funeral after GAG Order

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Tens of thousands turned up to take part in the last journey of Yakub Memon, the Mumbai chartered accountant who was hanged in the early hours of Thursday for his alleged involvement in the 1993 Bombay blasts. However, the ubiquitous Indian media totally  blacked out the unprecedented funeral after the authorities imposed a ban on the telecast of the last rites of the condemned man at the Bada Khabrastan in the financial capital of the country. Not willing to take any chances, police here on Thursday issued a gag order…

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