Pak, Separatists, Terrorists biggest enemies of Kashmir: Indresh Kumar

RSS leader Indresh Kumar said Pakistan has been fuelling stone-pelting, violence, militancy and by no parameters can be called a well-wisher of Islam and the people of Kashmir. Pakistan, separatists and terrorists are the biggest enemies of Kashmir, Kashmiris and Kashmiriyat, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) said on Thursday, advising Islamabad to ”keep off Kashmir” and reminding it of how its “hate-India” campaign cost it dearly in the past. Talking to the media on the sidelines of a function organised by the Bharat-Tibet Sahyog Manch in Jammu, RSS leader Indresh…

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Pak, UAE currencies seized in fresh raids

Terror funding: NIA searches 7 more locations in Srinagar, Jammu, Gurgaon; incriminating material found The National Investigation Agency today recovered currencies of Pakistan, UAE and Saudi Arabia as it conducted raids for the second consecutive day on Sunday at seven more locations belonging to separatists and traders suspected of hawala activities in Srinagar, Jammu and Gurgaon. The NIA has been probing funding to separatists to fuel unrest in the Valley. The residence of Ayaz Akbar Bhat, a close aide of hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani, at Maloora, Srinagar, was…

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Jitendra Singh says ‘there’s no Kashmir issue between India, Pak’

There is ‘no Kashmir issue’ between India and Pakistan, Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said and asserted that the only outstanding matter is how to retrieve the part of Jammu and Kashmir which remains under illegal occupation of the neighbouring country. “There is no Kashmir problem. It has been made clear on all the fronts. There is no issue of Kashmir between Indian and Pakistan and we are not ready to accept it. “…It was way back in 1994 that Indian Parliament passed an unanimous resolution stating that if…

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Respect ‘primacy of politics’ in India, Pak, says UN peace panel head : Kashmir Issue

Kashmir issue must be resolved in the context of the “domestic and political” environment between India and Pakistan, the head of the UN peacebuilding commission has said as he underlined the need for respecting the primacy of the political situation on the ground. “The Indian Kashmir issue (with) Pakistan is an old issue. It has been there for a very long time. It will be resolved in the context of the local, domestic, political environment between Pakistan and India,” Peacebuilding Commission Chair Macharia Kamau told reporters at a news conference…

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Mufti for dialogue with separatists, Pak

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Friday pitched for dialogue with separatists as well as with Pakistan, saying the state’s development is hampered by the political uncertainty. “I strongly believe that all issues between India and Pakistan should be resolved amicably by engaging in a meaningful dialogue,” he said during an informal conversation with members of the Indian Broadcasting Foundation here. “On internal front, we favour dialogue with all shades of opinion,” Sayeed said, referring to the separatists. To press his point, he gave the example of…

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