August 29, 2017 | Kashmir POST

Individuals don’t drive Kashmir Movement; NIA raids won’t have much impact, say political experts

August 29, 2017 Editor

With National Investigation Agency (NIA) tightening noose around Hurriyat leadership over “money laundering and illegal funding issues” political experts believe that these raids and arrests won’t have much impact on the overall functioning of Hurriyat, as the “freedom movement is not individual driven but was rather driven by a set of ideas”. The political experts termed “lack of credibility and distrust of people on Indian institutions” other reason that will prevent people from changing their perception about Hurriyat leaders or the overall functioning of Hurriyat as a political platform. Noted…

Seven killed after car plunges into river in Rajouri

August 29, 2017 Editor

Seven people, including three children, of a family were killed in Jammu and Kashmir`s Rajouri district after their car plunged into a river on Monday. The accident took place near Jammu-Poonch highway. The car reportedly belonged to Personal Assistant (PA) of Rajouri Deputy Commissioner Shahid Iqbal Choudhary.

Article 35A is non-negotiable: Farooq Abdullah

August 29, 2017 Editor

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday described Article 35A as a “non-negotiable article of faith” for the people of the state and vowed that his party was ready to fight every battle to safeguard the state’s special status. Farooq, while addressing a party convention, said the “assault on the state’s special status was part of a longstanding ideological mission of those quarters who have always opposed J&K’s political rights and dignity”. “This battle has been forced on the people of the state at a time when all efforts should…

‘Go back India’ slogans surface in Bani-Basohli Highway

August 29, 2017 Editor

Tension prevailed in Kathua area when ‘Go back India’ slogans were noticed on the Bani-Basohli highway. The police came to know when locals approached them with a complaint that they have noticed provocative anti-India slogan on the highway. As soon as people came to know about it they expressed resentment over the incident and demanded arrest of the accused persons who had written anti-India slogans on the highway with paint. Meanwhile, investigation has been started. “Some elements have been trying to play with the sentiments of the people in Basohli…

Manmohan Singh to head Congress policy planning group’s visit to Kashmir

August 29, 2017 Editor

Former PM Manmohan Singh, who heads the Congress party’s policy planning group on Jammu and Kashmir, will head a team of party leaders to the state next month to discuss the problems faced by the people. GA Mir, president of the state Congress party, told IANS in summer capital Srinagar, “During the last meeting of the Congress policy planning group in New Delhi, we had requested that the central Congress leaders headed by Dr. Manmohan Singh should visit J&K to discuss the problems faced by the people of the state.…

Seven Minister panel constituted to save Wular lake: Govt

August 29, 2017 Editor

The state government today constituted a group of seven senior Cabinet ministers to examine the proposal regarding accord of administrative approval for execution of work for dredging and strengthening embankments of the Wular Lake. The constitution of group of ministers followed the decision of a Cabinet meeting held on August 9. The state’s Forest, Ecology and Environment Department had submitted a proposal to the Cabinet seeking accord of administrative approval and acceptance of the single tender for execution of work for dredging and strengthening embankments of the Wular Lake, which…