Year: 2015

Lost identity of Kashmiris

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Ashok Kaul History does not allow us to pass judgments; even, you cannot draw lessons from it. However, we can interpret it, so that the consensus version acceptable in all times and to all multiplicity, if possible could be explored. Therefore, without carrying a baggage of ideology and confessionalism, dialectics of social forces and emerging of social formations seems to be a scientific approach to comprehend the social history. Why are we cursed a pathological case? True, displacement of minority en-masse, death of one lakh people, and vanishing of primary…

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Pakistan’s proposal for plebiscite in Kashmir irks India

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The Indian government has dismissed Pakistan’s suggestion for holding a plebiscite in Jammu Kashmir, saying the disputed territory was an ‘integral part’ of India, The Hindustan Times newspaper reported on Monday. “Kashmir is an ‘internal’ issue. It is an ‘integral part’ of India,” India’s State Minister for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju told reporters. It may be mentioned here that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon before his speech to the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the United Nations on Sunday. According to the Pakistan mission, Nawaz…

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Indian firm supplying ‘Cow Urine’ based medicine to Kashmir, APHC (G)

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While taking serious and strong notice of supplying of ‘Cow Urine’ based medicine ‘Sanjeewani Vati’ prepared by the Indian System of Medicine (ISM) in Kashmir and free distribution of this medicine in the government dispensaries, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (G) said that it is a plot of the communal forces who want to hurt the sentiments of Muslim majority population by making them to eat a Haram substance. While demanding for complete ban over the supply of this Haram substance in Kashmir and removal of this drug from the government…

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‘Resistance leaders united under Geelani’s leadership’

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APHC lauded the role of Pak PM All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders in a joint statement hailed the stand taken by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif at United Nations for the resolution of long standing Kashmir Issue as per UN resolutions by ascertaining the wishes of the people of Jammu & Kashmir. “The position taken by the Prime Minister of Pakistan reflects the Position taken by All Parties Hurriyat Conference headed by Syeed Ali Galani,” the separatist leaders including Ghulam Nabi Sumji, Advocate Muhammad Shafi Reshi, Hakeem Abdul…

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HC notice to Mufti govt on PIL seeking liquor ban

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State told to respond within a week on liquor shops near hospitals, schools The J&K High Court today issued a notice to Mufti Mohammad Sayeed-led PDP-BJP coalition government in a public interest litigation seeking complete prohibition of the sale and consumption of liquor in the state. The High Court has also sought response of the government about the location of liquor shops along highways and near hospitals, educational institutions and religious places. These directions were issued today by a division bench of Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Ali…

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Delhi HC admits plea challenging validity of Article 370

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Delhi High Court Monday agreed to hear a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of Article 370 that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath posted for October 19, the hearing on a plea by a 22-year-old girl who contended that Article 370 was a temporary provision that had lapsed with the dissolution of the state’s Constituent Assembly in 1957. The petitioner, Kumari Vijayalakshmi Jha, said a question before the court for its consideration was whether temporary provision lapsed automatically…

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Law Ministry under pressure to reinstate sacked lawyers – Beef Ban Row

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Will resign rather than succumb to pressure: Bukhari The Law ministry is under tremendous pressure from saffron parties to reinstate the law officers, who were sacked for failing to defend the government’s stand on beef ban issue in the High Court. According to a local news agency KNS, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Syed Basharat Bukhari, whose department disengaged two law officers after beef ban issue snowballed into major controversy, is being pressurized by both BJP and RSS to reinstate the services of these lawyers. On September 9, High Court…

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BJP, PDP divided over rejecting beef ban Bill

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The fate of the controversial Bill moved by the National Conference (NC), seeking revocation of beef ban, would be decided tomorrow because Speaker of Legislative Assembly Kavinder Gupta could not attend his office today to finalise the business calendar. The Speaker, who reached Srinagar this afternoon, straightway went to the residence of the Secretary, Legislative Assembly, Mohammad Ramzan, to condole the demise of his father, who died three days ago. The Assembly Secretariat had decided to finalise business agenda for the coming autumn session of the Assembly today but the…

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Kashmir’s “Internet Curtain”!

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M Ashraf Kashmir’s popular movement for freedom started in 1931. In 1938, the movement which was started for getting the basic rights in an autocratic set up by the Muslims was converted into a nationalist movement. The manifesto for the movement which was written by staunch communists B.P.L and Fredda Bedi reflected many similarities of the Russian Revolution. The Red Flag, the Plough representing the peasantry replicating the Sickle and Hammer of the Russian workers, the naming of the popular spot for public meetings as the Red Square and so…

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‘Digital India’ stands exposed in Kashmir; Welcome back from Stone Age’

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Minutes after mobile internet services were restored after 76 hours in J&K, netizens logged in to social networking sites to vent their anger against the ban that literally choked life in Muslim-majority State on Eid-ul-Adha days. Scores of netizens criticized the PDP-BJP government for imposing blanket ban on internet. A Facebook status of a user read: “Let PDP-BJP alliance get disconnected so that we could remain connected.” What added to anger on social networking sites was a welcome note of Facebook that read: “Do you support Digital India. PM Modi…

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