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GNS Srinagar, May 06 :  Peoples Democratic party (PDP) expressed deep shock and grief over the demise of Mufti Shariefudin Son of Mufti Mohammed Abdullah, the nephew of PDP patron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed who breathed his last yesterday night at Jammu and was laid to rest today afternoon at his ancestral graveyard at Babamohalla Bijbehara. The Fatehkhawani of the late soul will be held on Monday 7 th  May 2012. PDP leaders today visited the residence of Mufti’s at Bijbehara to participate in the Nimazi-Jinazah of the late Mufti and express their condolences with the bereaved family. Among other leaders who visited  the residence of  Mufti’s include Ab Rehman Veeri MLA, Mohd Sartaj Madni MLA, Sofi Ab Gaffar MLA, Tariq Hameed Karra ,Peerzada Mansoor MLA ,Ab Haq Khan MLA, M Khali Bandh MLA, Syed Bashart Bukhari MLA, Chief Spokesperson Naeem Akhtar, , Mohd Ashraf Mir MLC, Ab Hameed Kosheen, Peer Mohd Hussain, Nazir Ahmed Laway, Yasir Reshi , Saifudin Bhat includ...

                                         GNS Rafiabad May  06 : Former minister and member AICC Abdul Gani Vakil has stressed upon the chief minister Omar Abdullah to immediately empower elected Sarpanches and Panches failing which real purpose of holding elections to Panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir will become ineffective. He said that if Sarpanches and Panches are not empowered, they will get exploited by those elements who had all along been trying to create an uncertainty in the state and defame government for their vested interests. Addressing a well attended public meeting at Chitloora Rafiabad, Gani Vakil appreciated chief minister Omar Abdullah led coalition government for holding elections to Panchayats and described the same as a path breaking achievement in decentralizing powers. Elections to Panchayats, he said were aimed at empowering people at gr...

                       Shortage of Doctors in J&K By Tahir MUshtaq GNS JAMMU, May 06: While Jammu and Kashmir is facing acute shortage of doctors to run its health institutions, government has helped in emigration of 16 highly qualified medical professionals to Saudi Arabia through J&K State Overseas Employment Corporation Limited.  Official data says that the corporation which was established to explore employment opportunities for local youth in foreign countries has mostly helped highly trained and qualified professionals to immigrate to other countries. Officials said that corporation has emerged as a major avenue for the professionals to leave state for better opportunities out J&K.  Member of Legislative Assembly, Hakim Muhammad Yasin, who had also raised the issue in Legislative Assembly said that government has just provided data of doctors, what about other professionals. “Rathe...

Srinagar, May 3 :::  Critisizing the government for its inability to respond to the developmental needs of Bandipur, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today called for immediate  grant of technical clearance to Daetiwas irrigation project. In a statement Chief Spokesperson of the party Naeem Akhtar and senior leader Nizamudin Bhat MLA today said it seems that the government was deliberately  sitting over the proposal of construction  of Daetiwas canal which could irrigate large tracts of land in Aragam, Garoora, Chitibandi, Brar and Gund Dachina areas. They said the detailed project report (DPR) for the project has been completed long back and is awaiting technical clearance from the concerned Minister who apparently is delaying it for political reasons. The leaders said the villages that could benefit from the project, conceived many years back have large chunks of unirrigated lands whose productivity could increase manifold with this much delayed project a...

GNS Nowshera-Sunderbani, May 03 : Prominent persons including Panchs and Sarpanchs joined Congress party at Nowshera and Sunderbani in separate functions under the leadership of MLC Mr. Ravinder Sharma-General Secretary & Spokesperson PCC who is on three days tour of the area. Welcoming the new entrants, Mr. Ravinder Sharma said that Congress is the only party in the country which has a glorious history of service to the nation and keeping the pluralistic society of India together. The politics of opportunism and exploitation in the name of religions, regions and casts being pursued by some political parties is a great threat to the unity and integrity as well as progress and development of our nation. He cautioned the people to remain vigilant about the policies and programmes of such parties and politicians and urged people to strengthened the Congress party for their overall progress and prosperity of Country and the state. Mr. Sharma took stock of the various proble...

                                         GNS Katra, May 3 : Minister of State for Haj and Auqaf Aijaz Ahmed Khan today conducted a public darbar at Arnas to listen to public grievances and their demands. Speaking on the occasion, Aijaz said the government was aware of the problems being faced by the people of hilly areas and several measures were being taken to mitigate these. He ask ed the people to cooperate with the government so that development programmes could yield optimum results. The people of the area highlighted their demands and grievances. These mainly related to safe drinking water, better road connectivity, uninterrupted electricity, filling of vacant posts, installation of poles and transformers and employment to the youth of the area. The minister exhorted the officers to work in a more organised manner to ensure better services to the people of every area of the s...

GNS SRINAGAR : Kashmir is a garden and there  are many flowers in Separatist leader Shabir Shah on Thursday said Kashmir Valley is incomplete without Pandits and those who migrated after the eruption of militancy should return to their homeland. "Kashmiri Pandits have always been a part of our culture and our history . here Kashmir is incomplete without the Pandits. Kashmiri Pandits should come back to their homes," Shah told reporters here. The Kashmiri Pandits left their homes in early 1990, months after militancy broke out in the Valley. Though some have returned, many are still living in camps in Jammu. He condemned the government's scuttling of his recent visit to Jammu saying he was "forcibly deported from Jammu" to Srinagar. Shah refuted reports that Hurriyat Conference will take part in the 2014 state Assembly elections. Shah's Democratic Freedom Party is a constituent of the moderate faction of Hurriyat Conference. He favoured talks between Ind...

                       GNS Jammu, May 03: The National Secular Forum (NSF) University Unit today held strong protest demonstration against the Centre/ State Govt. for next Director General of the J&K Police be appointed from J&K Cadre only. Addressing a gathering here today, NSF president Dr Vikas Sharma said, "A local officer who has experience of serving in the state is most suitable for the post of DGP. The incumbent DGP Kuldeep Khoda being the J&K Cadre officer and also local has done remarkable job in containing militancy." Due to the experience and knowledge of the local sensibilities, Mr. Khoda has done commendable job during the past five years. The state is passing through a crucial transition phase i.e. from violent to peaceful atmosphere. Under this circumstance, it is required to appoint next DGP from among the J&K Cadre officers. There are two officers from 1984 batch. Both of them possess loads o...

GNS Jammu, May 1: Terming employees as hands of the government to deliver justice and good governance to the common masses, patron of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said that government employees got maximum benefits of the healing touch policy which was propagated and implemented by the PDP led regime in the State after 2002. He said that all genuine demands of the employees were addressed during the three year tenure of government headed by PDP. Addressing the May Day function organized by Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Trade Union (JKPDTU)-labour wing of the party under the leadership of JKPDTU president Suresh Sharma, Mr Sayeed reminded that PDP led government had made it sure that all just and genuine demands of the employees would be addressed without any delay. He especially mentioned that decades long pay anomalies of teachers were removed only during the PDP led regime. “As our Government had taken all possible steps to address their ...

GNS SRINAGAR MAY IST : Reacting to the outcome of magisterial probe about Haji Yousuf death, MLA Langate Eng Rasheed said the government and NC is basking in the “glory” of clean chit as if all the victims of state violence have got justice. In a statement to   press today, Rasheed said hundreds of probes announced by the successive governments into the killings, rapes, loot and arson by security forces have been dumped into cold storage, mocking the very concept of peace and justice. “After the magisterial inquiry exonerated the CM and his aides into the Haji Yousuf death, the whole government circles and particularly NC is rejoicing in ecstasy, as if all the victims of state violence have got justice, “he lamented. Rasheed said there are hundreds of probes, inquiries and investigation related to civilian killings pending at different stages before the government and courts, but the government has never shown seriousness to take them to logical conclusion. “Instead, the ...

                                               GNS  SRINAGAR  May 01 :  Former Minister and member AICC Abdul Gani Vakil today appealed labor class to come forward and play its important role for eradicating corruption from the society as it has made the life of the poor people miserable and the poor man especially labor class cannot get justice unless this dangerous evil is uprooted from the society. Mr. Vakil also sought cooperation from all sections of the society to help in uprooting this evil deep rooted impact on the society. Mr. Vakil was addressing a rally today at samba which was organized by samba labor union on the occasion of Labor Day which was celebrated with great fervor and enthusiasm. Expressing concern over growing rampant corruption in the state Mr. Vakil stressed upon the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to take drive against corru...

Gentlemen, I am deeply grateful to you for the honour you have conferred upon me in inviting me to preside over the deliberations of the All-India Muslim League at one of the most critical moments in the history of Muslim political thought and activity in India. I have no doubt that in this great assembly there are men whose political experience is far more extensive than mine, and for whose knowledge of affairs I have the highest respect. It will, therefore, be presumptuous on my part to claim to guide an assembly of such men in the political decisions which they are called upon to make today. I lead no party; I follow no leader. I have given the best part of my life to a careful study of Islam, its law and polity, its culture, its history and its literature. This constant contact with the spirit of Islam, as it unfolds itself in time, has, I think, given me a kind of insight into its significance as a world fact. It is in the light of this insight, whatever its value, that, whil...