Day: May 9, 2018

All-party meet today to discuss Kashmir violence

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Apart from ruling PDP and BJP, the opposition National Conference and Congress are expected to participate in the all-party meeting. The Jammu and Kashmir government has convened an all-party meet Wednesday afternoon to discuss the worsening situation in the valley that has seen frequent gunfights between militants and security forces and deaths of civilians in firing during protests near these encounters. Apart from ruling PDP and BJP, the opposition National Conference and Congress are expected to participate in the meet. “In order to improve the situation, the government will have…

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Hardened local terrorists a concern for security forces

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Kashmiris joining the Hizbul Mujahideen are now displaying a higher level of commitment and risk-taking on par with foreign terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba or Jaish-e Mohammad operating in Jammu & Kashmir, a trend that has seen locals stage terrorist strikes and choose death over surrender when cornered by security forces. “Local terrorists recruited by Hizbul Mujahideen had carried out a terrorist strike at a CRPF camp in Pulwama on December 31, 2017. Until then, suicide attacks were known to be the preserve of ‘well-trained and committed’ foreign terrorists pushed into J&K…

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Tourist death could be last nail in Kashmir Tourism Coffin: Industry

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The tourism trade in Kashmir condemned the killing, saying that those who had thrown stones at the vehicle in which the tourist was travelling were not well wishers of Kashmir but cold-blooded murders. The fragile tourism industry in Kashmir has taken another blow with the death of a tourist hit by stone-pelters, and the sector fears that the incident may further affect the already falling footfall in the troubled Valley. The killing of the Chennai youth could be the proverbial final nail in the coffin of tourism in Kashmir, Ashfaq…

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Post tourist death, condemnation of stone-pelters pours in from across Valley

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When the four members of a family from Chennai embarked on a journey to explore “paradise on earth”, they could never have imagined it would turn into hell for them the way it did on Sunday. After spending a day in Srinagar, the family was heading towards the tourist resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir, when their convoy came under attack from stone-pelters at Narbal crossing on the Srinagar-Gulmarg Road, on the outskirts of Srinagar. “They came under attack at 8 am on Sunday while the family was heading towards…

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Modi to inaugurate new Vaishno Devi track on May 19

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Governor NN Vohra, also the chairman of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, reviewed the completion of Tarakote Marg through teleconferencing at Raj Bhawan here on Tuesday. The track will be thrown open to the pilgrims on May 13. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will formally inaugurate it on May 19. The meeting was also attended by shrine board Chief Executive Officer Umang Narula, Additional Chief Executive Officers MK Kumar and Anshul Garg, Chief Engineer MM Gupta and other officials concerned. In February 2011, the shrine board had approved the…

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