Month: May 2017

Engage in direct dialogue: United States

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The US on Monday urged India and Pakistan to engage in direct dialogue to reduce tension as they faced-off at the International Court of Justice over the death penalty given to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav. “We believe India and Pakistan stand to benefit from practical cooperation,” a State Department spokesperson told PTI. When asked about the US’ stand on the case of Jadhav, a former Indian Navy officer who is facing the death penalty in Pakistan, the official said, “We encourage India and Pakistan to engage in direct dialogue aimed…

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Governor NN Vohra reviews Amarnath yatra arrangements

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Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today reviewed the preparations, including those related to the security, of the 40-day-long annual yatra to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in Himalayas, starting next month. Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today reviewed the preparations, including those related to the security, of the 40-day-long annual yatra to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in Himalayas, starting next month. Vohra, who is also chairman of the Sri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), directed all the agencies concerned to keep a close watch…

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Pakistan violates ceasefire in Rajouri; 1500 border dwellers shifted to safer areas

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Pakistan violated the ceasefire for the third consecutive day on Monday. Pakistan violated the ceasefire for the third consecutive day on Monday by firing small arms on forward posts and four hamlets in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district even as authorities shifted more than 1,500 border dwellers to safer areas. “There was fresh ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops along the LoC in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district. They resorted to small arms firing on forward areas and four hamlets since 1600 hours today,” Deputy Commissioner Rajouri Shahid…

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Clashes at SP College trigger chaos in City Centre

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Government seems to be running out of ideas to contain the anger among students in Kashmir as there is no let up in the protests. Students of SP College Srinagar on Monday staged protests against the arrest of students by police over past weeks. They were shouting anti-India and pro-freedom slogans inside the premises. As soon as the protests erupted, police reached the spot and tried to pacify the students. Witnesses said the students tried to march towards the MA Road, however the police resorted to tear gas shelling to…

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College students clash with police, SHO hit during stone pelting, Clashes trigger partial shutdown in city centre

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The students of SP College on Monday clashed with the government forces in MA road area of Srinagar. Witnesses said that the students of the college staged protests inside the campus. However, police used tear gas to prevent the protesting students from marching into the streets, triggering clashes. The Station House Officer (SHO) of Kralkhud police station was hospitalized after a stone hit his head during clashes near SP College Srinagar on Monday. Witnesses said that Suhail Mushtaq was hit by a stone in his head as clashes erupted between…

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Ransomware: What you need to know about this new cyber threat

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What is WannaCry? WannaCry, also known as WanaCrypt0r 2.0, WannaCry and WCry, is a form of “ransomware” that locks up the files on your computer and encrypts them in a way that you cannot access them anymore. Ransomware is a program that gets into your computer, either by clicking on the wrong thing or downloading the wrong thing, and then it holds something you need to ransom. How does it work and spread? The WannaCry program encrypts your files and demands payment in bitcoin in order to regain access. Security…

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Foreign Tourists bypass hot Indian plains to cold Kashmir

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Vietnamese tour operators visit Valley on FAM tour With scorching heat in the Indian plains becoming unbearable for tourists, the foreign travel agents are diverting travelers to Kashmir to enjoy natural beauty in the moderate to cold temperature here. After recent FAM visit of travel agents from Thailand, Vietnamese tour operators are now in Kashmir to promote Kashmir’s unmatched beauty and landscape. Currently a group of top tour operators from Vietnam are in Valley to get familiar with Kashmir situation, beauty, language, art, craft, people, food and cuisines to promote…

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Pak shelling leaves villagers shocked at LoC

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Damaged roofs, shattered windows and locked houses present a grim picture of heavy Pakistani shelling all along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Nowshera sector. The 85 mm and 120 mm mortars claimed two lives and injured three others in the area. People have been forced to leave their houses unattended and head towards migrant camps at safer places due to which villages all along the LoC look deserted. Jhangar is the last village of the Nowshera sector beyond which lies the LoC and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) from where…

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Kashmiri girl, whose photo of pelting stones went viral, wants to play football for India

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Kashmir’s first female football coach Afshan Ashique said she pelted stones at security forces as they misbehaved with them. Last week during the student protests in Kashmir Valley, few photographs of a girls pelting stones on security forces outside Women’s College in Srinagar went viral on social media sites. Among them was a photograph of a girl, who dreams to play football for India. Afshan Ashique is Kashmir’s first female football coach. “Yes, I pelted stones, but that’s not what I want to do. I want to play at the…

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BJP-PDP alliance on the rocks as security establishment pitches for Governor’s rule

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Two years after the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Peoples Democratic Party formed an alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, the allies are locked in a war of words, each blaming the other for rising militancy, mob violence and low voter turnout in the recent parliamentary bypolls. According to a report in the Indian Express,  a senior security official said that the alliance between the PDP and BJP is one of the causes of Kashmiri resentment and if there was Governor’s rule, it would remove this factor from the equation.Now, the security…

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