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By-poll voting postponed by two days for Anantnag seat

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After communications from the state government, the Election Commission of India has postponed voting for Anantnag assembly seat by-election to June 22. “Following requests by various political parties including the PDP, NC and the Congress, state chief secretary had written to the election commission requesting postponement of voting for Anantnag assembly by-election to June 22,” an official of the state electoral office told IANS here on Friday. Voting was earlier scheduled to be held on June 19. “The request was made by the political parties because June 19 is the…

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Farooq Abdullah voices apprehensions over fairness of Anantnag bypolls

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National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah today voiced apprehensions over fairness of the upcoming by polls in Anantnag Assembly constituency from where Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is contesting and questioned its timing as it coincides with the holy month of Ramadan. The former Chief Minister, who is often accused of rigging the Assembly elections of 1987 which is believed to have given birth to militancy, insisted that he had done no such thing. Referring to the upcoming June 19 Assembly by polls, he said, “I have no hopes that they will…

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Probe report for Handwara Case submitted to govt

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Statement of 40 witnesses recorded during 40-day-long probe The magisterial probe into the Handwara incident, involving the alleged molestation of a minor by an Army man and subsequent killing of five civilians, is over as the inquiry officer has submitted his report to the government. The PDP-BJP government had on April 18 appointed Additional Deputy Commissioner, Handwara, Peer Muzaffar Ahmad, as the inquiry officer to probe the alleged molestation incident and the subsequent firing which took place on April 12. “Yes, I have completed the probe and submitted the report…

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City lack parking space irking residents

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As the government makes tall claims that it is taking all measures to streamline traffic on city roads, it has failed to provide parking space to the locals in Srinagar. The residents said today that a few places in Srinagar city which were being used as parking spaces had been handed over to street vendors leaving no option for them to park their vehicles. “In the morning while parking my car outside my office in Jahangir Chowk, it took me more than an hour to find a place. There is…

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Kashmiri Pandit family returns home, rejects township plan

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A Pandit family on Tuesday visited their ancestral house at Lolab in north-Kashmir’s Kupwara district and condemned “agencies for conspiracies to create communal disharmony” in the state. Jaggar Nath Raina (80) putting up at Jagti Migrant Camp in Nagrota area of Jammu region since the breakout of turmoil in 90’s has finally taken a stride forward to return his homeland after a gap of almost twenty-six years. The family has been one among the many who aspire to “revisit and revive their bond with the Muslim brethren in Kashmir”. Raina…

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NHPC raises relief amount for Kishanganga Project

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The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) has granted much higher compensation than the market rate to those families whose land was acquired for constructing run of the Kishanganga project in Gurez area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district as part of its “commitment to serve the state and its people”, according to sources. Official sources told Kashmir POST that the NHPC had given between Rs 60 lakh and Rs 70 lakh to each family for the land acquired for the project to help them seek alternative places of rehabilitation. “This amount…

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Hurriyet leadership jointly calls for protests on Friday

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Top Hurriyet leaders, Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, have called for peaceful protests on Friday against India’s anti-Kashmir designs. The leaders in a joint programme issued after consultation called for hoisting of black flags after Juma prayers to protest against Indian plans of to construct separate colonies for retired Indian soldiers and Kashmiri Pandits, harassment of Jammu Muslims and Delhi’s so-called Industrial Policy in Kashmir. They have appealed to the people to make the protest programme a success. Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and…

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PDP led govt biggest enemy of Kashmiris : Geelani

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  The delegation, according to the Hurriyat spokesman, said they are living in Panderathen area from last 150 years and the “government is forcing them to leave the area now without arranging any alternate accommodation.” Terming the BJP-PDP coalition government as “biggest enemy of Kashmiris”, the Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelani on Monday said these people want to settle non-state subjects in the state and render state-subjects homeless. Hitting out at PDP, he said for remaining in power this party has started “a long-term process of eliminating Kashmiri people.” Meanwhile,…

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Desist from settling non-locals in Kashmir: Jamiat Ahle Hadees to Govt

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Jamiat Ahle Hadees on Sunday asked the state government to “desist” from settling non-locals in Kashmir so that peace would not be disturbed in the state. “Under the garb of establishing colonies’ for Sainiks and Pandits and by virtue of new Industrial policy, NEET, shelters for homless, the state government is trying to settle non-locals in Kashmir,” Chief Jamiat Ahle Hadees Ghulam Muhamamd Bhat Al Madni said in his address during “Islam: Deen Ikhlaq Conference’ . “Government should desist from settling non-locals in Kashmir so that peace in the state…

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AFSPA must for army to operate in Kashmir : Manohar Parrikar

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The Indian Army cannot operate in civilian areas without a contentious act that gives it sweeping special powers, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said, amid demands from several quarters that the act be revoked from Jammu and Kashmir and the North-Eastern states where it is in operation. “My department’s role comes into the picture when the army is asked to proceed and act in a certain area. At that time, the army requires protection,” Parrikar told a news agency in an interview, referring to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act…

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