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Govt, Hurriyat may talk in renewed peace push in J&K

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In the upcoming meeting with home minister Rajnath Singh, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti is expected to strongly recommend extending the suspension of security operations in the state for another two months. The ground is being laid for a meeting between the Centre’s special representative to Jammu and Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma, and the separatist leadership in the Valley, government officials and the separatists have independently confirmed, even as New Delhi makes renewed efforts to restore peace in a region where violence has peaked in recent weeks. “The meeting…

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Govt, Separatists upset Kashmir’s Applecart

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Amid continuing curfew and shutdowns, the backbone of Jammu and Kashmir’s economy – Rs 8,000-crore apple industry — is caught in a crisis with the government and separatists urging the fruit markets to follow their schedule. Kashmir’s biggest fruit market at north Kashmir’s Sopore town is shut for the past three days following the killing of a youth in the area. The government wants them to operate from 9 am to 6 pm while separatists want them to remain closed and follow their shutdown calendar. Dozens of youths, backed by…

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Govt, National Conference slug it out over Kud gunfight

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  Opposition terms it fake encounter The killing of a suspected militant at Kud on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway created an uproar in the Legislature today as the Opposition National Conference blamed the government for killing the youth in a “fake encounter.” However, the J&K Government maintained in both the Houses that the youth killed in the gunfight on Monday was a militant. On Monday evening, a woman was killed and two injured when a suspected militant travelling in a bus from Srinagar attacked a joint check-post at Kud on…

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