Month: June 2017

Syed Ali Geelani rules out talks with GoI

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‘We’ll never talk with those pursuing fanatical ideology’ Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Wednesday ruled out talks with Government of India (GoI) saying there will be no talks with Delhi till it accepts Jammu and Kashmir as a disputed territory and they will never talk to those pursuing fanatical ideology. “There can be no talks with GoI unless it accepted J&K as a disputed territory. We’ll never beg for talks,” Geelani said in a statement issued here today. He said authorities in New Delhi are “irrational, following fanatical…

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Cannot afford to take U-turns on dialogue

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When dialogue is demonised as a “sell-out”, it becomes an ugly word. The Centre has complicated matters by treating dialogue as an evil that grants justification to violence in Kashmir. The PDP-BJP coalition government’s Agenda of Alliance states it clearly that the coalition will initiate talks with the internal stakeholders, including the Hurriyat Conference. The PDP is all out for a dialogue with separatists, while the BJP now refuses to acknowledge this crucial commitment. The point 21 of the Agenda of Alliance recalls former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s initiative…

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Governor NN Vohra visits Kheer Bhawani shrine, reviews arrangements

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J&K governor N N Vohra visited Mata Kheer Bhawani shrine at Tulmulla, Ganderbal and prayed for peace and well-being of people. He extended his greetings to the people, particularly Kashmiri Pandits, on the occasion of ‘Jyestha Ashtami’. BB Vyas, chief secretary; Baseer Ahmed Khan, divisional commissioner, Kashmir; Tariq Hussain Ganai, deputy commissioner Ganderbal; Fayaz Ahmad Lone, senior superintendent of police Ganderbal, representatives of Dharmarth Trust and several members of Kashmiri Pandit community received the governor on his arrival at the shrine. “The governor discussed with chief secretary and other officers…

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