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Mughal Road Closed, Traffic Restricted To Far-Flung Kupwara area also

REGIONAL

Mughal road, connecting Shopian and Poonch-Rajouri districts, was closed after fresh snowfall near Pir Ki Gali along the thoroughfare, officials said on Friday. DTI Mughal Road Qasam Choudhary told GNS that traffic was halted on the road amid snowfall. He said that the road will be reopened once the snow was cleared. The historic road was opened for all types of vehicular traffic on July 5 this year. Prior to it, the road was only allowed to be used for ferrying perishable items, mainly fruits. Meanwhile, Traffic movement in some far-flung areas of Kupwara including Keran, Karna, Macchil, Jumagund, Budnambal and Kumkadi was either restricted or suspended in wake of the snowfall and inclement weather, the officials said. (GNS)

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India Requests Pakistan to Let Srinagar-Sharjah Flight Use Its Airspace

INDIA, INTERNATIONAL

India has requested Pakistan to grant overflight clearance to GoFirst airline’s Srinagar-Sharjah flight keeping in mind the larger interest of common people who have booked tickets for the route, government officials said on Thursday. Pakistan on Tuesday did not allow the Srinagar-Sharjah flight to use its airspace, forcing it to take a longer route and fly over Gujarat to reach its destination in the UAE, they mentioned. Go First, previously known as GoAir, had started direct flights between Srinagar and Sharjah from October 23 and the service was inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to the Valley last month. “Pakistani authorities had granted overflight clearance to GoFirst flights to operate the Srinagar-Sharjah sector on October 23rd, 24th, 26th and 28th,” a...

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Elections soon after delimitation, JK to have BJP government, BJP CM: Ravinder Raina

Politics

Bhartiya Janata Party's (BJP's) Jammu Kashmir president Ravinder Raina Friday said that Assembly elections will be held in JK soon after the delimitation process and that "there will be a BJP chief minister and BJP government in the UT." Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Bhaviya Pooja and famous Shankarcharya temple in Srinagar, Raina said that once the delimitation process would end, Assembly elections would be held in J&K. "Let me tell you, the way people of J&K are accepting BJP, there will be BJP chief minister and BJP government in the UT," he said as per news agency-Kashmir News Observer (KNO) Raina said that denying air-space by Pakistan to direct flight from Srinagar to Sharjah reflects the "ill-mindset of the neighbor" and the move is totally unfair. "Flights...

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Statehood will be Restored only After Elections: Jitendra Singh

OTHERS

The youth of Jammu Kashmir is aspirational and wants to move on with mainstream India, Minister of State for PMO and Personnel Jitendra Singh told News18 in an exclusive interview. Singh, MP from JK’s Udhampur, said the sentiment is reflected in Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent statement that he would rather talk to the youth of JK than talk to Pakistan. Singh added that militancy is in its last phase in JK as militants are being given hot chase by the security forces. He added that militants on the run are trying to make their presence felt by going after soft civilian targets. He said militants are now neutralised within months of hitting the security forces’ radar unlike earlier when militant commanders gained cult status over the years. Explaining the roadmap for India’s n...

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Govt Reduces Petrol Price By Rs 12 Per Litre, Diesel Rs 17 A Litre

OTHERS

The JK government reduced petrol price by Rs 12 a litre and diesel by Rs 17 per litre following reduction of excise duty on the fuels by the Centre. “PM @narendramodi Ji has given a great Deepawali gift by announcing reduction in excise duty on Petrol & Diesel. In addition, JK admin has decided to reduce additional Rs.7 on Petrol & Diesel, thereby reducing Petrol price by Rs.12/litre &Diesel by Rs.17/litre in UT from today,” Lieutenant Governor manoj Sinha said in a tweet. Meanwhile, National Conference called the reduction in petrol and diesel prices mere eyewash and below par as compared to the exorbitant cumulative increase in the previous months. Echoing the public sentiment on the meager decrease in the petrol and diesel rates, Party Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar sa...

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Indian military power needs to be expanded: Modi

INDIA, REGIONAL

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on Thursday said that Indian military power needs to be expanded and transformed according to the changing needs. Addressing soldiers here at Nowshera Rajouri, he said that “fast changing technology landscape has demanded new changes, that is why it is critical to ensure coordination in the integrated Military leadership.” Modi celebrated Diwali with armed forces in Nowshera district in J&K. He said that spending Diwali with the Armed Forces, for him, is in the same spirit as to celebrate Diwali with his family. He said that is why he has spent all his Diwali with the armed forces at the border after assuming constitutional post. He said he has not come alone but has brought with him with the wishes of the 130 crore Indians. He said to...

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Urs of Lone sahab (RA) celebrated in Lar area of Ganderbal with religious fervor; Book on the life of Sufi buzurg released

REGIONAL

Rayees Shah The annual Urs of the 21-century Sufi saint, Faqeer Milat Haji Peer Mohammad Abdullah Lone Sahab (RA), also referred to as Lone Sahab Arif by devotees, was observed with religious fervor on Thursday at Watlar Ganderbal. Reports said that ‘Shab Khwani’ (daylong prayers) were held while devotees remained engrossed in prayers and supplications. Emotional scenes of people praying with tears in their eyes were witnessed. Devotees including women and children usually pay obeisance at the shrine. Besides the imams and the clerics of different shrines shed light on the life, teachings, and spiritual power of Lone Sahab RA. On the occasion the book titled 'Paarzaan' journey of life of Faqeer Milat Haji Peer Mohammad Abdullah Lone Sahab (RA), known as Lone Sahab Arif translat...

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Newlywed Bride Runs Away with Cash, Gold Jewellery from In-laws House in Anantnag

REGIONAL

A newlywed bride has gone missing after allegedly running away with cash and gold from her in-laws' house in Anantnag on October 31. The husband has filed a police complaint against his newly-married wife (name withheld) at the nearest police station in the district. The husband, identifying himself as Ashiq Hussain, a resident of Iqbal Pora Khriti in Larnoo, told GNS that he got married on August 17, 18 this year. He maintained that his wife, who is a resident of Batote in Ramban district, went missing on October 31, while he was out for work. “Skeptical of her going away stealthily, I at once checked the luggages’, where I was shocked to found forty thousand rupees besides gold jewellery worth two lac fifty thousand missing”, Ashiq maintained adding he lodged a complaint on the ...

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JK Education Chamber calls for immediate opening of schools

EDUCATION

Jammu Kashmir Education Chamber - an amalgam of all private schools associations of J&K, today called on the government to reopen the schools with immediate effect as the continuous closure of schools is creating huge social, psychological, and academic problems. According to a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Chamber said that the schools in Kashmir have been closed since 2019 and till date nobody in the government is coming out with any roadmap for opening of educational institutes. “Every expert and educationist says that there is no alternative to brick and mortar classrooms and online classes are creating huge problems. If the schools are not opened any time soon, the future of our students is at stake,” a Spokesman of the JKEC said. On...

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60-year-old Labourer Dies in Anantnag’s Mattan Area

REGIONAL

A 60-year-old labourer died after a glass stack came crashing down on him while unloading the material from a vehicle in the Mattan area in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said that Ghulam Qasir, 60, son of Mohammad Jamal, part of a labourer group while unloading glass, received grievous wounds resulting in his on spot death after coming under a mirror stack, falling off the vehicle. A police official confirming the incident told GNS that a case has been registered in this regard for further investigations.