Mehbooba Mufti meets Rajnath Singh in wake of Kashmir unrest

Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday urged the Centre to reach out to the people of the troubled state and talk to all stakeholders. “Jammu and Kashmir can become a bridge between India and Pakistan, if proper dialogue process is initiated,” the Jammu & Kashmir chief minister said after a meeting with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. She met the Home Minister in the wake of unrest in the valley following the death of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani. At least 50 people have lost their lives and…

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Clashes in Srinagar, Anantnag; Mehbooba meets Rajnath to discuss Kashmir situation

Police on Monday resorted to tear gas shelling in Dalgate area of Srinagar soon after people assembled to offer Assar prayer on the road. Local sources said that as soon as people started offering Assar prayer, on the road as a mark of protest against the civilian killings, police and forces fired many tear smoke shells and did not allow the prayers. They said that police action was followed by stone pelting by protesters. Meanwhile, Hurriyat (M) spokesman, advocate Shahid ul Islam has strongly condemned the police action in Dalgate and termed…

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Burhan Wani’s father new face of stir, offers daughter to ‘Struggle’

The father of slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani is emerging a leader of the protest movement in the Valley, overshadowing established separatist voices like Syed Ali Shah Geelani and the Mirwaiz. On Friday, Muzaffar Wani led a procession of thousands in Pampore as more people turned up to hear him, ignoring a call by the Hurriyat factions to march to Hazratbal in Srinagar. A recently formed umbrella separatist group, which includes Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik of the JKLF, had given a call for ‘Dargah chalo’ on…

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Syed Salahuddin threatens Nuclear War; ‘Who gave Salahuddin right to speak about Kashmir?’: Venkaiah Naidu

After Hizbul Mujahideen Syed Salahuddin today threatened a nuclear attack on India over the Kashmir issue, Union Minister Venkiah Naidu slammed the terrorist and asked who gave him the right to speak about Kashmir, ANI reported. “Who is he and who has given him the right to speak about Kashmir? Dhamki se kuch nahin hoga (His threats won’t work on us),” said Venkaiah Naidu, parliamentary affairs minister told ANI today. The minister also chastised Pakistan for allowing the likes of Salahuddin and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed operate freely on its…

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Authorities at SKIMS asked to keep mum on uprising injuries

The government has directed the hospital administration of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) not to provide to the media any details about the civilians injured in firing and shelling by the government forces. Official sources at SKIMS told Kashmir Post that the administration has been ordered by the higher officials “to keep mum” on the condition of those injured by government forces during the raging anti-India uprising. A senior official at the SKIMS, when asked to reveal some details about an injured patient from Kalaroos, Kupwara, declined to answer…

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Geelani warns ‘Black Sheep’ not to test patience of People

Reacting to the Government of India’s response to Supreme Court that “all is well in Jammu and Kashmir”, Chairperson All Parties Hurriyat Conference (g), Syed Ali Geelani, on Saturday said that even on the day when this report was filed 4 innocent civilians were killed and more than 500 people got injured by the Indian forces and police. “If this is the normalcy then people at the helm of affairs at Delhi seem to be in psychological and mental imbalance themselves,” Geelani said in a statement issued early this evening.…

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Oppn demands start of political process; NC stages protest march against civilian killings

Urging the Prime Minister to break his silence on the deteriorating situation in Kashmir, Opposition in Rajya Sabha led by Congress today demanded initiation of a political process to defuse the crisis that has led to an unprecedented 30 days of curfew across the Valley. The Opposition parties also demanded stopping the use of pellet guns on protesters, even as one member demanded withdrawal of AFPSA from the Kashmir Valley and withdrawal of the dominating presence of army from civilian areas. Raising the issue in Zero Hour after his notice…

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‘India’s crown burning, heat yet to reach Delhi’; Azad

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said that “India’s crown is burning but the heat hasn’t yet reached Delhi”. Questioning silence of Prime Minister Modi on Kashmir, which India calls its crown, Azad said: “Hindustan ka Taj jal raha hai, par uski garmi Delhi tak nahi pahuchti (India’s crown is burning but the heat hasn’t yet reached Delhi).” Expressing anguish and pain at the continuous 30-day curfew, Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M) said there was nothing working in the Valley except armed forces. “More than 1000 incidents…

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BJP seeks talks between all stakeholders to end violence

A BJP-organised conclave in Jammu & Kashmir has sought dialogue between all stakeholders to end the ongoing spell of violence in the Valley. The conclave, organised by BJP general secretary and pointsman on J&K affairs, Ram Madhav, at the Patnitop hill station in Doda district was attended by senior party leaders from the state and many intellectuals associated with the party along with prominent members of RSS. Sources in BJP said there were strong calls during the brain-storming session for dialogue between all stakeholders within the state to end the…

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#KashmirOnBoil, 7 Injured in Bijbehara clashes; Two critical

Seven civilians, including two women, were injured – two of them critically – after government forces fired pellets to break up a demonstration in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district on Monday morning. Witnesses said that government forces barged into several houses in Semthan village of Bijbehara, following which people took to streets as a mark of protest. Forces fired pellets at the protesters, triggering massive clashes in which seven people sustained pellet injuries. The injured were sent to SDH Bijbehara where from two critically injured persons were referred to Srinagar…

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