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Kashmir Tense, Death Toll 23, 300 Injured, Curfew ON, Separatist under HouseArrest (Updated)

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• Cop among those killed as mob pushes police vehicle into river • Clashes continue as youth defy curfew-like restrictions; shutdown paralyses life • Separatists continue to be under detention • Mobile internet, train services remain suspended • Amarnath Yatra on hold, Exams postponed Kashmir continues to be on the edge as the death toll of civilians killed in the firing of police and paramilitary CRPF reached 22 on Sunday while a policeman was killed after a mob pushed his mobile bunker vehicle into river Jhelum at Sangam in Anantnag…

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Govt announces Eid Bonanza for 2014 flood-hit businesses

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Govt to transfer funds today to traders, farmers and others affected by 2014 deluge Ahead of the upcoming Eid festival, the state government is releasing cash relief to the flood-affected businesses, including traders, farmers, artisans, houseboat owners and others who were hit by the September 2014 deluge. The Chief Minister is going to set the cash-relief disbursement process rolling on Tuesday. The funds would be transferred directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. Minister for Finance Haseeb A Drabu, at a meeting here today, said that the interest subvention…

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Separatists asks govt to come clean on Pandit townships

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The Kashmiri separatists have threatened an agitation across the Valley after Eid if the government does not come clean on the proposed separate townships for Kashmiri Pandits, Sainik Colony and the industrial policy. Reading out a resolution from the pulpit of the grand mosque in the downtown to thousands of people, which has been agreed upon jointly by the hardline Hurriyat faction, headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik and his faction of Hurriyat, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said people didn’t trust the government over…

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Mehbooba Mufti’s religion jibe stokes a major row

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Mehbooba had said that how could people spill blood in the name of Islam and that too in the holy month of Ramadan. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has stoked a major controversy by dragging religion (Islam) in the Pampore terror attack that left eight CRPF men dead and 22 others injured. “It (terror attacks) will not achieve anything. We are only defaming our Kashmir and state. At the same time we dealing a blow to our religion (Islam) under whose garb we do such things,” Mehbooba told reporters…

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Mehbooba Mufti won Anantnag bypoll by more than 12,000 votes

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Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday won the bypoll to the Anantnag Assembly constituency by more than 12,000 votes. After 10 rounds of counting, Mehbooba secured more than 16,000 votes against her nearest rival and Congress candidate Hilal Ahmad Shah who got 5,529 votes. National Conference candidate Iftikhar Misger was a distant third, securing 2,702 votes, district election officials said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose party is in a coalition government with Mehbooba’s PDP, was quick to congratulate her. 57-year-old Mehbooba was among eight candidates in the…

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‘Don’t need to justify PDP’s alliance with BJP’; Mehbooba hits out at Separatists

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday slammed separatists for attempting to rake up unnecessary controversies over Article 370 of the Constitution while making it clear that dialogue with them can take place only after situation improves. CM Mufti also targeted them for not taking up issues of protection of people or talking about harassment of girls and women in society or focussing on environmental degradation. The Jammu and Kashmir CM, without taking anybody’s name in her speech, hit out further on separatists and said that she did…

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Govt rolls back controversial clause from state Industrial Policy

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Jammu and Kashmir Government on Tuesday revoked the controversial clause of the State Industrial Policy-2016 which allowed non-locals to acquire land on large scale in the State for developing private industries. The move comes at a time when the separatists groups had announced to launch a campaign against the policy while the opposition had termed it a “direct attack” on the special status of J&K. “In partial modification of Government order…para 2.11.2 of Industrial Policy-2016 shall be deemed to have been deleted ab-initio,” said an order issued by Commissioner/Secretary Industries…

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Govt framing policy for return of 10 NHPC projects, Official records of Salal, Uri-I, Dulhasti Projects missing

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The government Monday said a policy would be framed for return of 10 power projects from the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) to the state. Disclosing this in reply to the cut motion moved by NC MLA, Ali Mohammad Sagar, government informed Legislative Assembly that a mutually accepted methodology will be worked out for handing over the NHPC run power projects t to the State. It revealed that in case of 690 MW Salal and 480 MW Uri-I power projects, the return of the projects has been envisaged in the…

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DPS management apologizes for hurting sentiments, ‘Issue blown out of proportion, teacher flouted school norms’

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A day after students of Delhi Public School, Srinagar, protested against the management for banning a teacher from wearing an “abaya” (a robe-like loose over-garment), the management today apologised for hurting sentiments. In its official statement, the management apologised for hurting sentiments. “The Delhi Public School, Srinagar, management apologises for unintentionally hurting the sentiments of people,” it read. The incident evoked widespread anger in the region, with the government condemning the incident. Reports said the teacher was “forced” to choose between the “abaya” (veil) and her job in the school.…

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Govt flip-flop on Industrial Policy, 4 Clauses put on hold: Drabu

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• Now Drabu contradicts Industries minister, says policy on hold • ‘Likely changes at budget session end’ A day after Minister for Industries, Chandra Prakash Ganga’s statement on New Industrial Policy raised a political storm, Minister for Finance, Haseeb Drabu Thursday sought to allay the fears, saying that the policy has indeed been put on hold. “The provision regarding the industrial estates has been put on hold,” Drabu said in the Legislative Assembly. “The confusion was created on this and we have put it (New Industrial Policy) on hold.” He…

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