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Hurriyat moderates
to meet Kashmiri Pandits on return issue
Kashmiri Pandits write to UN for
Drabu to continue as Adviser to
J & K govt
Joint venture to run Centaur hotel
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Hurriyat moderates
to meet Kashmiri Pandits
Jammu, July 5 “The first meeting will be held in Srinagar in the second half of this month and it will be followed by another in Jammu in August to finalise a plan for their return to the Valley,” interlocutor of the Umer Farooq-led Hurriyat faction Shabir Geelani said today. He said, “the Hurriyat Conference believes that Pandits are part and parcel of Kashmiri society and must return... because Kashmir belongs to them. Those who have left the Valley should come and settle here again”. Mr Geelani, who met several Pandit leaders since arriving here yesterday, said representative of the Hurriyat and the Pandits “will sit to discuss all issues about their return to the Valley, so that their misgivings do not persist”. — PTI
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Kashmiri Pandits write to UN for inclusion in talks
Jammu, July 5 “Kashmiri Pandits do not want to return to the valley at this juncture as the sense of insecurity still prevails and our community leaders have not been taken into confidence by the government,” organisation president Ashwani Kumar told reporters here today. The movement had written to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan asking him to impress upon the “Indian government, the need to include Kashmiri Pandits in the peace process on Kashmir in which the separatists are involved”, he claimed. “This would be the first phase of internationalising our plight and, in the second phase, we will be approaching diplomats of various countries to seek their support for inclusion of Pandits in the ongoing peace talks on the Kashmir issue,” Mr Kumar said. The Pandit leader also rejected the “sole claim” of separatists as being the representatives of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. “The separatist leaders have no right to project themselves as a party in the so-called tripartite or triangular dialogue process,” Mr Kumar said while referring to the Hurriyat moderate faction’s demand for inclusion in the Indo-Pakistan dialogue process. “They do not represent the Kashmiri Pandits at all,” he added. — PTI
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Drabu to continue as Adviser to
J & K govt
Srinagar, July 5 The RBI, in terms of section 10B(8) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, has granted approval for the continued association of Dr Drabu as the Economic Adviser of the state government, it said. As per the RBI approval, Dr Drabu will also continue to be a member of the high-level Task Force constituted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to work out a development strategy for Jammu and Kashmir, the statement added. Meanwhile, Dr Drabu also attended the Prime Minister’s Advisory Council meeting in New Delhi in which investments in the power sector in Jammu and Kashmir were discussed.
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Joint venture to run Centaur hotel
Srinagar, July 5 The transfer of the hotel from Indian Airlines to the state government came up for discussion at a meeting between Mr Patel and Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed here. It was decided that the hotel would be run in the joint sector with golf course being part of the package for tourists. The Jammu and Kashmir Government and Indian Airlines would look for a joint sector partner. The Union Minister also asked the Airports Authority of India to explore the use of Haj lounge for outgoing passengers. He instructed the authorities to arrange for a spacious and good quality make-shift tent to address the paucity of space in the arrival lounge in view of several flights operating around the same time.
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