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Valley Shut, Protests rage over youth’s killing

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The Kashmir region observed a shutdown for the second consecutive day today to protest the killing of a youth during protests on the city outskirts last night. The youth’s killing overshadowed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of an economic package. The shutdown affected the public transport services and markets also remained closed in the region for the second day. The authorities had imposed restrictions in several neighbourhoods of the old city and in Srinagar’s western outskirts, where the youth had died on Saturday evening, to prevent further demonstrations. The police,…

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PM Modi addresses rally in Kashmir capital Srinagar, announces Rs 80, 000 crore package

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about the Vajpayee model of Insaniyat, Jamhuriyat and Kashmiriyat during his address at a rally at Sher-i-Kashmir cricket stadium in Srinagar. He said they are the pillars to build a strong Kashmir. Here are the live updates from PM Modi’s J&K visit: . I announce 80,000 rupees crore package for Jammu and Kashmir. This is just a beginning amid a thunderous applause by the audience. . Rs 34, 000 crore are being spent to build a better and faster road between Srinagar and Jammu. .…

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Reasons why PM Modi’s Kashmir address today will be closely watched

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Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed expects Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, his first since the PDP-BJP coalition took over, to be a “turning point in the history of Jammu and Kashmir”. He compares it with then prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s visit to the state 2003 which generated a lot of goodwill. There indeed are high expectations among people from this visit. Here are five reasons why Modi’s address is important: Economic package The flood of September 2014 left the state economically devastated. It expected a substantial economic package from the…

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PDP MP writes open letter to Modi, says Muslims feel insecure

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Ahead of the Prime Minister’s rally in Srinagar, senior PDP leader and Member of Parliament Muzaffar Hussain Baig has said people in the Muslim-majority J&K were feeling “insecure” and the general perception is that the only thing PDP-BJP alliance has so far achieved is “further alienation, mistrust and cynicism.” Baig, who is not attending the rally on Saturday, has appealed to both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to rise to the occasion and send a message of “peace and tolerance”. “The alliance and government was…

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Srinagar turns fortress for today’s PM visit

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Three-tier security in place; over 5,000 paramilitary and police personnel deployed in city A three-tier security has been put in place in Srinagar to secure the Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally tomorrow. Over 5,000 police and CRPF personnel have been deployed in the city to keep militants and separatists at bay. Of this, 1,800 security men have been deployed at the stadium alone, turning it into a fortress. In the backdrop of a grenade attack, less than 3 km from the rally venue…

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Restrictions in Srinagar areas today : Jamia Chalo

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Restrictions or undeclared curfew shall remain in place in several areas of Srinagar on Friday in view of the ‘Jamia Masjid Chalo’ call given by Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, police said on Thursday. A senior police official, who wished to remain anonymous, said areas falling under police stations Rainawari, Nowhatta, Maharaj Gunj, Safa Kadal, Kralkhud and Khanyar shall remain under restrictions. “There will be restrictions in Maisuma area of uptown Srinagar as well,” he said. Mirwaiz has called for march to Jamia Masjid at Nowhatta here to…

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Banners, Placards banned inside PM rally venue

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To ensure that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Srinagar takes place without any trouble, security agencies have decided not to allow any banner, placard or poster inside the Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium, the venue of the Prime Minister’s public rally, sources said. The step, the sources said, had been taken so that no miscreant would carry an anti-rally flag inside the venue in the garb of pro-Modi banners and placards. With hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani calling for a “million march” on the day of the rally, the security agencies…

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Mufti, Mehbooba oversee all arrangements for PM’s rally

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Legislators camping in their constituencies to mobilise impressive crowd for event The ruling PDP and BJP are mobilising people across the Kashmir valley to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s November 7 public rally here a grand success. Sources said Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed who has been terming the upcoming visit of Modi “a turning point in the history of J&K” is directly supervising the arrangements for the rally along with his daughter and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti. The Chief Minister has directed his party men, including ministers, legislators and…

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Under pressure from BJP, govt puts off response to petition on Art 35A

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Privileges to state subjects: SC gives J&K final opportunity to file response by Dec 3 Under pressure from its ally BJP, the coalition government headed by Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed today delayed filing its response before the Supreme Court to a petition challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35A. The petition has been filed by We the Citizens, a Delhi-based non-governmental organisation. The apex court has now given the state government the final opportunity to file its response by December 3, after the counsel representing the J&K Government sought more…

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Security tightened across Kashmir Valley ahead of Modi’s visit on november 7

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Security has been tightened across Kashmir four days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit during which he is scheduled to address a public rally in Srinagar. The venue for the Prime Minister’s rally – Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium – has been turned into a virtual fortress with a large posse of police and paramilitary personnel deployed in and around the area to secure it, a police official said. He said anti-sabotage checks are being carried out within the stadium as well as in the surrounding areas to ensure fool proof…

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