London: People of Jammu and Kashmir must think and act as Kashmiris and should not promote national interest of either India or Pakistan, said Dr Shabir Choudhry, a prominent leader of the London -based Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front at a seminar held at the UN Human Rights Council building in Geneva.

The seminar was organised by Interfaith International and the title was: Towards a confederation of Peoples in South Asia, and the Seminar was moderated by Dr Charles Graves.

A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) activist was shot dead in a gun fight with military forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri area.

Srinagar: Union Minister of State for Commerce, Jairam Ramesh said that the Centre has sanctioned setting up of a Rs 35 crore international trade centre at Pampore in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Indian Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) is making a plan for the projected centre to be submitted to the state government on October 10. The cornerstone would be laid on the 3rd week of October, Mr. Ramesh told newspersons before leaving for Delhi at the end of his three-day visit to the state.

Srinagar: A defense spokesperson averred that an over ground worker of a militant outfit was detained in Baramulla district.

Jammu: The People’s Democratic Party alleged free trade between India and Pakistan should not be limited to the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad route, but lengthen to other ‘traditional routes’ also.

PDP patron, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed articulated the recommencement of business between the two countries was “indicative of the inevitability of the peace process in the larger economic interest of the region."

He also said that the Indo-Pak dialogue process was passing on the accurate path, ‘despite occasional hiccups.’

Srinagar: A total of Rs 105.03 crore has been used up under different Centrally-sponsored developmental schemes in Jammu and Kashmir.

While presenting inside information of it to the Estimates Committee of the Assembly on Tuesday, Rural Development Secretary Mohammad Sayed Khan stated that Rs 23.81 crore under IAY, Rs 37.46 crore was spent under SGRY, Rs 35.11 crore under NREGS and Rs 8.65 crore under the SGSY programmes.

Headed by PDP MLA Ghulam Hassan Khan, the Committee got together to reexamine the performance of the rural development department.