Month: September 2015

As Kashmir readies to remember last September floods

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HC questions government’s stand over the issue The J&K High Court Friday castigated the government for commemorating anniversary of the floods that struck Kashmir on 7th of September 2014, saying it (govt) was still undecided on granting the much-needed relief package to the people. The previous J&K government had sought a Rs 44000 crore relief package from Union of India in the aftermath of the destructive floods of September 2014. However, the Centre is still non-committal about providing the package for rehabilitation of the people affected and impacted by the…

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Mehbooba concerned over youths’ joining militancy

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People Democratic Party (PDP) President and Member Parliament (MP) Mehbooba Mufti today urged India and Pakistan to resume talks for restoring last peace in the region. Addressing party workers here today, Mehbooba expressed concern over loss of lives in border firing and the youths’ joining militant outfits in Kashmir valley. “It is a matter of concern that Kashmiri youth are opting for guns. Prime Minister should move a few steps forward and invite Nawaz Sharif for talks so that a long lasting peace is maintained in the two neighbouring nations”,…

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Omar has compulsive Twitter dependency syndrome: Naeem

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National Conference Working President Omar Abdullah has a compulsive Twitter dependency syndrome, the government spokesman Naeem Akhtar said Friday. Akhtar, the senior leader of ruling PDP and Minister for Education, said the former chief minister Omar Abdullah was desperate for being in news. “He wants to be in news somehow and makes such comments on Twitter for that purpose,” Akhtar said. He said Omar was missing power badly. “Otherwise, having been the Home Minister of the State in the past, he knows how SSG security drills go,” Akhtar said.

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‘You can’t have a Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark’

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Pakistan won’t accept any talks without Kashmir: Mushahid Hussain Chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Defence, Mushahid Hussain Syed says if India-Pakistan relation is the Shakespearean drama Hamlet, Kashmir is the Prince of Denmark.“You can’t have a Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark,” Syed told a 12-member journalist delegation from Kashmir. “Similarly, India and Pakistan can’t have peace and normalization of relations without resolving Kashmir.” Syed said there was a consensus in the country that Pakistan should engage with India by playing cricket, carrying commerce and indulging in cultural exchanges…

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‘Threat of nuclear war will continue till Kashmir solution’

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Senior Hurriyet leader and the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Chairman, Shabbir Ahmad Shah has said that if the Kashmir dispute is not resolved at the earliest, the threat of nuclear war will continue in the region. Shabbir Ahmad Shah in a statement issued in Srinagar lauded the stance of Pakistani leadership on Kashmir regarding talks with India that Kashmiris were the main stakeholders in the dialogue process. He maintained that the rising discourse on Kashmir dispute at global forums was moral victory for the people of Kashmir…

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Azad, Mehbooba, Mir greet public on Janmashtami

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Former Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad Azad, PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti and J&K Congress Chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir on Saturday greeted people of the state on the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami. He expressed hope that this great occasion will usher in an era of peace, harmony and prosperity in the state. Azad said that spirit of holy festivals is to strengthen the bonds of amity and foster brotherhood and harmony in the society. On this auspicious occasion, Azad also prayed for well-being of the people of the state. “While extending…

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Clashes in Srinagar after march foiled

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Violent clashes erupted between stone-pelting youth and security forces after Friday prayers in old city areas of Srinagar as authorities prevented a march being taken out, police said. Soon after the congregational Friday prayers ended inside the Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area, a group of youth came out on the streets displaying posters of Burhan Wani, commander of the separatist guerrilla outfit Hizbul Mujahedeen. As the youth tried to take out a protest march, a large posse of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and state police intercepted them triggering clashes,…

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Hajjis pray for Palestine, Kashmir

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As the people from all over the world are assembling here before proceeding towards Makkah Sharief for Umrah and Hajj, Kashmir along with Palestine figures prominently in the prayers of Muslims from different nationalities. Kashmiri Hajjis are easy to identify among the lot due to their colour, psyche and looks and one can easily make out that they are different from Pakistanis and Indians. There is a tradition at Masjid-e-Nabvi (SAW) that Muslims greet each other after every Namaz and pray for peace and prosperity for each other. Despite there…

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BJP urges NIA to audit assets of separatist leaders in Valley

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The BJP today urged the National Investigating Agency (NIA) to conduct an audit of the assets of the separatist leaders in the Kashmir valley. State BJP spokesperson Khalid Jehangir, in a statement, urged the premier agency to audit the ‘illegal assets’ accumulated by the Kashmiri separatist during the past 20 years. He said the offices of the NIA in J&K were as important as the police stations to fight Pakistan-sponsored terrorism in Kashmir in a better and professional way. He added that the NIA’s presence in the state would also…

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HC asks Centre to submit relief policy for flood-hit

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Wants compliance report on Rs 44,000-cr package sought by J&K The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the Central government to produce the policy for grant of relief to flood victims and also submit its compliance report on the Rs 44,000-crore relief package sought by J&K within one week. These directions were issued today by a division bench headed by Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar, which is hearing the public interest litigation on the floods of 2014, which caused havoc in central Kashmir, including Srinagar city, south Kashmir and…

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