Year: 2015

‘Pakistan ready to be degraded as nation, but won’t give up Kashmir’

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After starting the 1965 war, Pakistan sought an assurance from the US and United Nations for a plebiscite in Kashmir, a declassified US document has revealed. The day on which the Indian forces entered Pakistan, US Ambassador in Islamabad Walter Patrick McConaughy met the then Pakistan President Ayub Khan and Foreign Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto who wanted an assurance from the US, UN and the international community for a plebiscite in Kashmir, declassified US documents of the era reveal. During the conversation, McConaughy told them that Pakistan was responsible for…

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Rahul slams Modi govt for not helping J&K

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‘PDP-BJP in an opportunistic coalition’ Castigating the Modi government for not helping Jammu and Kashmir, Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said it failed to benefit the State by pushing progressive schemes initiated by United Progressive Alliance (UPA) to back burner. “NDA government was a government of three or four businessmen and nobody would benefit from them. Earlier we thought it was suit boot ki Sarkaar but today we see it is a government of three or four businessmen,” Rahul said while speaking to saffron growers at Dusso village, here today.…

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The Million-Man-March” on Kashmir announced in Washington, D.C.

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Springfield, Virginia. August 27, 2015. “The Million-Man-March (MMM) will focus on the political climate of the region of South Asia and the role of the United Nations & the United States in facilitating a lasting peace and stability in the region and will provide an opportunity for a peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute,” said Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhary, former Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir. MMM will take place on Sunday, October 25th, 2015 at 12.00 p.m. in front of the United Nations in New York. It will be a…

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Rahul Gandhi promises to raise problems of Kashmiri Pandits in Parliament

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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has said he would raise the problems of Kashmiri Pandit migrants in Parliament, according to a delegation that met him here. Representatives of Congress’ Migrant Cell, who met him last evening, complained to him that the Jammu and Kashmir government was “delaying” the implementation of Prime Minister’s employment package for displaced Kashmiri Pandit youth and sought his intervention. Rahul Gandhi is a member of Lok Sabha. The delegation apprised him of problems being faced by the people displaced from the Kashmir. The delegation leader Hira Lal…

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KP’s integral part of culture, ethos of Kashmir, Kashmiriyat: Veeri

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Emphasizing on the rich tradition of the state to celebrate different festivals with amity, Minister for Horticulture, Haj and Auqaf, Abdul Rehman Veeri has called for strengthening the diverse culture of Jammu and Kashmir. Interacting with Kashmiri Migrant pandits on the occasion of celebration of annual Kapal Mochan Shradh festival at Nagbal, Shopian, the Minister expressed the hope that the Yatra will restore the trust between the Kashmiri majority and Kashmiri minority and called the ”festival a step in the right direction”. He said that celebrating festivals together with amity…

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3 civilians killed, 16 injured in RS Pura sector during ceasefire violation from Pakistan

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Three civilians were killed and sixteen others injured on Friday in fresh ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistani troops indulged in unprovoked firing and heavy mortar shelling in the RS Pura sector. Mortar shelling from the Pakistan side was still on and the Border Security Force (BSF) troops were retaliating accordingly. The injured have been admitted to hospital and are receiving medical aid.

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“Militancy rooted out by Congress revived during PDP-BJP rule”: Rahul

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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said People’s Democratic Party befooled the people of Kashmir by forming the government with a party that was untouchable for it during the election time. “PDP sought votes from people to keep BJP at bay but after elections it joined hands with the same party which according to it was anti-people and anti-Kashmir,” Gandhi told reporters outside Dak Bungalow Sopore. He said that both BJP and PDP care a fig for the people and these parties are interested in power rather than allaying the…

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Why Kashmir first?

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M ASHRAF If Kashmir is to be redeemed and saved, then every Kashmiri must adopt the maxim, “Kashmir First” in every aspect of life For every Kashmiri, the most important thing at the moment is the “Kashmir First”. It is Kashmir which gives him his identity. Here, one recalls a saying about a blade of grass growing on a piece of land. It has been said that every blade of grass in the world has a piece of land in which it has its roots. It is from this piece…

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Do not politicise my JK Visit : Rahul Gandhi

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Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for politicising his visit to Jammu and Kashmir. ”BJP says ‘Rahul Gandhi is on a tour’. For them, meeting the poor is a tour, when they meet industrialists its politics,” he said while a addressing a gathering in Baramulah. Rahul Gandhi pointed out that the people who were affected by ceasefire violations wanted compensation for the damages suffered by them. Gandhi also condemned the opposition’s move to play politics over the Congress’ posters and flags in Srinagar. ”The Congress Party…

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Another Pakistani terrorist caught alive in Uri

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In a major development, Indian security forces captured alive another Pakistani terrorist in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. As per reports, the unidentified terrorist, believed to be 22 years old, was captured alive during an encounter in Uri sector in North Kashmir along the Line of Control in which four militants were also killed. The operation was jointly conducted by the Indian Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police. The encounter which started yesterday carried on for over 20 hours. As per sources, five terrorists had infiltrated into India through…

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