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  • Posts Tagged ‘omar abdullah’

    Dream Blue: Will Kashmir Support Pervez Rasool?

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    Pervez Rasool, the first Kashmiri to play in the Indian Premier League, has turned into a star with his impressive debut in the glamorous tournament. This has also raised hopes for his inclusion in the main Indian cricket team to play big matches for India. What will it mean for people in the cricketer’s home state of Kashmir, where a violent anti-India campaign...

    Posted 1 day ago

    Omar Sees 'Overwhelming Victory' in 2014 Kashmir Elections

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    SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah says his party - the National Conference - will secure an overwhelming victory to form the government in the 2014 Assembly elections. Presently the NC rules in coalition with the Congress party. "We will win the election next year based on our performance. Our actions will speak loudly for us," Omar said at a public gathering in Shopian area of south Kashmir. Referring to the boycott of assembly proceedings by Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during...

    Posted 3 days ago.

    Omar, Mehbooba Hunting For 'Safe' Seats For 2014 Kashmir Polls?

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    Sheikh Qayoom SRINAGAR: Are Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti hunting for "safe" seats for the 2014 assembly elections? The question is particularly poignant in Abdullah's case as it would mean his moving away from a constituency that his grandfather and father have nursed since 1975 and which has gone out of the family's grasp only once. Political circles here are agog with rumours that Abdullah would not contest...

    Posted 7 days ago.

    Identify Subjects of Greater Public Importance: Kashmir Chief

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    Amnesty to stone pelters: 196 cases involving 1432 youths withdrawn SRINAGAR: Chief Minister of Jammu and kashmir, Omar Abdullah on Wednesday suggested identification of subjects of greater public importance in each department for urgent focusing. He was attending a meeting of the consultative committee of departments under his charge. In the meeting, a presentation also stated that there has been a decline in percentage...

    Posted 10 days ago.

    Kashmir Chief Showers Praise on IPL Debutant Parveez Rasool

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    SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has praised Kashmiri cricketer Parveez Rasool who made an impressive debut in popular Indian Premier League. After spending time on the sidelines for 12 matches, the 24-year-old all-rounder finally found a place in the playing XI of Pune Warriors ahead of their match against Kolkata Knight Riders here. "Well done Parvez Rasool. Great name for your first scalp," the CM wrote on his twitter page. Rasool bowled four tight overs off-breaks as he had impressive figures of 1/23 to...

    Posted 15 days ago.

    Special Recruitment of Teachers in Kashmir's Backward, Border Areas

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    SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet today approved special dispensation for recruitment of teachers on the Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) pattern. The recruitment will be made in socially and educationally backward areas and near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in border region of Ladakh. The Cabinet which met here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah extended the validity for filing up regular vacancies of teachers retrospectively with effect from August 4, 2012 till date. Also the validity has been...

    Posted 17 days ago.

    'New SOPs For Former Kashmiri Militants Coming Home Via Nepal'

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    New Delhi: A new set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for Kashmiri militants, who want to return to India through the Nepal border to surrender, will be rolled out soon, Union Home Secretary R K Singh said today. "We have got comments of all stakeholders on the subject. And the improved procedures, I think, will be out in a few days," Singh told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar here, according to PTI. The issue has come to light following the arrest of Liyaqat Ali Shah who was arrested by the Delhi...

    Posted 19 days ago.

    Geelani's Freedom to Remain Curbed: Kashmir Chief

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    SRINAGAR: An end to restrictions imposed on the movement of senior Kashmiri separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani seems unlikely. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that the restrictions would stay on Geelani's public functions as "these are followed by violence." "Whenever I had intervened in removing restrictions on his (Geelani's) movement and public speeches, these have invariably been followed by incidents of stone-pelting," Omar told reporters here, according to PTI. The Chief Minister was responding to a...

    Posted 19 days ago.

    J-K to Have Medical Supplies Corporation

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    SRINAGAR: The Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has given a nod to the constitution of J&K Medical Supplies Corporation (JKMSC) to facilitate procurement of standard and quality drugs. The corporation will also ensure foolproof arrangements of testing the drugs supplied to hospitals in the state. An official spokesman said Abdullah also approved the constitution of Board of Directors of JKMSC to be headed by the Chief Minister as its Chairman and Minister for Medical Education and Minister of State for Health as Vice...

    Posted 19 days ago.

    Why Vohra's Second Term As Kashmir Guv Matters

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    "...in August 2008, Vohra led the administration to quell the anti-India uprising..." Khursheed Wani SRINAGAR: Ahead of Assembly polls in embattled Jammu & Kashmir, the Centre’s decision not to disturb the Raj Bhawan by offering second term to Governor NN Vohra has significant political implications, observers say. The Governor’s advice and interventions would be important in establishing future...

    Posted 26 days ago.