Day: November 7, 2020

Charge Mehbooba & Farooq with sedition: Non-partisan Group of Concerned Citizens

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Over 250 retired officers of the defence forces, IAS, IPS, IFS and the judiciary issued a statement on Thursday calling for former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Farooq Abdullah’s detention and prosecution for sedition for recent remarks that they said promoted separatism. Calling themselves a non-partisan group of concerned citizens, they wrote: “Our group is quite disturbed at the manner in which certain vested interests have been continuously trying to misuse the freedom of expression, talk ill about our country and its Constitution, and try to promote…

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BJP has no courage to speak up against China: Mehbooba Mufti

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In a scathing attack on the Centre, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said that the government has suppressed people in Jammu and Kashmir but has “no guts to speak up against China that has occupied 1,000 kilometres” in Ladakh. She was addressing the party workers ahead of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) meet at Farooq Abdullah’s Bhatindi residence here on Saturday. “China has taken over 1,000km in Ladakh region but the government continues to hold talks with them. The Chinese…

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Kashmir Economy loses Rs 5 Cr per day due to highway blockade: KTMF

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The business in Kashmir faces a loss of Rs five crores per day due to frequent blockade of Srinagar–Jammu highway, the data provided by Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Fund (KTMF) has revealed. The highway remains frequently closed due to the ongoing blasting of mountains for highway expansion and adverse weather conditions, having a far reaching effect on Kashmir economy. According to reports, the highway has remained blocked for more than fifty days this year alone. The blocking of Srinagar-Jammu highway results in decline in the quality of fruits due to…

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GoI will regret ending J&K’s special status: Mehbooba Mufti

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PDP President and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the Government of India will regret revoking Articles 370 and 35A and the day will come when they will restore the special status to J&K. “Time will come when they will restore not only Art 370 and 35A, but they will also ask the people of J&K what else they want from the us (GoI) besides special status,” Mufti said while addressing party workers for the first time in Jammu after her release from detention post-August 5, 2019, constitutional changes…

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