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Kashmir

Srinagar to be developed as Green, Clean City : Govt

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Jammu and Kashmir government plans to develop Srinagar as green and clean city with proper and hygienic disposal of garbage. “Yes, it is a fact that Srinagar Municipal Corporation is trying to develop Srinagar as green and clean city. For this purpose, a lot of measures are being initiated which include proper and hygienic disposal of garbage,” Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh said in a written reply to a question in the Assembly here. Singh, who is Minister for Housing and Urban Development Department, said construction of fountains at different…

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Prime Minister clears JK proposal for handing over land from Army to KU

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The army had in-principle been agreeable to vacating the land for quite some time but a decision by its headquarters got delayed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a Jammu and Kashmir government’s proposal for vacating nearly 458 Kanal of land in army’s possession for expansion of Kashmir University campus in Anantnag. Highly-placed sources said the Prime Minister, after his return from the five-nation tour, had called a meeting on Kashmir during which he asked the Defence Ministry to hand over the ‘High ground’ in Anantnag to the state at…

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‘Sangh Parivar wants to implement its communal agenda in Kashmir’ : Geelani

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The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has said that the extremist Hindu organizations, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Sangh Parivar, want to implement their communal agenda in Kashmir with force, and the puppet administration is obeying their every command. Syed Ali Geelani, in a statement issued in Srinagar, said that the Muslims, the Pandits, the pro-freedom leadership and the civil society of the occupied territory in one voice were opposing the construction of separate colonies for the Pandits, but the Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti,…

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Seven sites identified for transit accommodations : Pandit Colonies

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The DCs, in south Kashmir, have identified land at Choudary Gund Shopian (52.04 kanal), Mattan Islamabad (25 kanal) and Hall Pulwama (95.12 Kanal) for the purpose. Authorities in Kashmir have identified seven sites for construction of transit accommodations for displaced Kashmiri Pandits who want to return to the Valley, sources told Kashmir POST. Highly placed sources Wednesday revealed that DCs- who had been directed by the Government to identify land for construction of transit accommodation for Kashmiri Pandits who left the Valley in 90s, have proposed seven sites in different…

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Tanvir’s body arrives in Batamaloo, thousands attended funeral

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Thousands of mourners on Wednesday accompanied the body of Sheikh Tanvir Sultan from his residence in Bemina towards the martyrs’ graveyard in Batmaloo. Tanvir was killed in a shooting in Kud area of Udhampur district of Jammu on Monday. Witnesses said that thousands of people, mostly youths, accompanied the body towards the graveyard where Tanvir elder brother, who was a militant commander, is buried as well. The mourners, according to witnesses, were shouting slogans in favour of Kashmir’s freedom and Islam. Police and paramilitary forces, they said, have deployed in…

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Essential commodity prices ‘Sky high’ during Ramadan in Srinagar

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The prices of essential commodities especially vegetables have gone sky high in the holy month of Ramadan while common people blame enforcement agencies for mess stating that they have miserably failed to keep prices under control. Netizens on social networking sites are busy in sharing photographs comparing rate list of essentials before and during the holy month of Ramadan. “With the commencement of the holy month the prices of essentials and vegetables witnesses almost 80 to 100 percent hike. The ‘Saag’ is being sold at Rs 70 per kg, while…

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Geelani demands probe in Kud encounter case

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Expressing sympathies and condolences with the victim families, Geelani said the police version about Kud firing incident is “not trustworthy because this institution has a very bad track record in such matters.” Terming the killing of Bemina youth and a woman in Kud area of Udhampur district yesterday as “mysterious and doubtful”, the Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Tuesday demanded a “thorough probe” into the incident by “some independent agency.” Expressing sympathies and condolences with the victim families, Geelani said the police version about Kud firing incident…

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Slain youth’s family contests govt version, Day-long protests, clashes in native place

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‘Our son was psychiatric patient since 1997, had left home for Amritsar on June 13’ ‘Police denying body to family, wants simple burial’ In deep shock and despair, the family of Srinagar youth killed in Udhampur shootout on Tuesday contested the government and police claims about the gunfight, stating their son was a psychiatric patient since 1997 and had left home on June 13 morning for Amritsar to get his shoulder injury treated. The family also asked police and government to explain how an active militant can stay in his…

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Biker hurt after being hit by Army vehicle

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Clashes erupted on the outskirts of Srinagar at Lawaypora this morning after an Army vehicle hit and injured a motorcyclist on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway. The police had to resort to aerial firing and teargas shelling to disperse the protesters at Lawapora, 10 km from Srinagar, who were protesting against the Army driver. Motorcyclist Bashir Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Check-e-Kawoosa, was injured when he was hit by an Army vehicle at Lawapora. He was shifted to a hospital. However, as the news of the accident spread, people thronged the highway…

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Hindu Kumbh takes place in Kashmir after 75 years

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Right in the middle of a raging controversy over the return of Kashmiri Pandits, the valley witnesses first Kumbh after 75 years. With the help of scores of Muslims, thousands of Kashmiri Pandits throng the sacred spot. In the month of Ramadan, the valley witnesses a grand and historic event of Kashmiri Hindus. Duashhar, the religious Kumbh of the community, took place at Shadipora after 75 years. With the help of scores of local Muslims, thousands of Kashmiri Pandits have thronged this spot in Ganderbal. The sacred place is the…

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