Month: August 2017

‘Tiranga Yatra’ to Kashmir stopped in Samba

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A ‘Tiranga Yatra’ bound for Kashmir was today stopped by police in Samba in Jammu and Kashmir, and sent back. The 65-odd marchers from Sonipat in Haryana carrying with the national flag conducted prayers at an ashram in Vijaypur in Samba and returned, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Anil Kumar Magotra told PTI. He said the marchers were on their way to Lal Chowk in Srinagar to unfurl the national flag there on Independence Day. “We welcomed them and took them to Barrian Ashram where we persuaded them to return,”…

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Read the larger message behind saving Article 35A

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The debate over Article 35A, which bestows special privileges to permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir, is not over yet. And, it would not be over even after the Supreme Court delivers its judgment on the petition that has challenged its validity on the grounds that the Article proclaimed through Presidential Order of May 14, 1954, was issued without the mandatory approval of Parliament. Now the matter is with the court but no one is waiting for that. On the face of it, the Opposition’s defence of Article 35A has…

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Rajnath Singh assures permanent solution without compromising Kashmir Identity

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Addressing India TV’s conclave on anti-terrorism, he said that the door for talks with separatists were open though he did not elaborate on the measures being taken to permanently solve the decades-long Kashmir imbroglio. The government is working towards a permanent solution to the Kashmir issue without compromising on the identity of the people there, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday, alluding to fears that the attempts were being made to revoke the special status of the troubled state. Addressing India TV’s conclave on anti-terrorism, he said that the…

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Jammuites should decide about the Article 35A: Devinder Rana

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National Conference trying to create fear psychosis: BJP Provincial President of National Conference, Jammu, Devinder Singh Rana Saturday said that people of Jammu should be given a chance to decided whether to abrogate Article 35-A or not. Addressing a presser in Jammu he said: “Jammu Dogras would be main sufferers if Article 35-A is abrogated. The people of Jammu should be given a chance to hold a referendum so that they can decide whether to abrogate Article 35-A or not.” He said talks about the abrogation of the Article is…

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Chenab Valley Shuts against ‘Efforts’ to abrogate Article 35A

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A complete shutdown is being observed in Chenab Valley to protest against a plea in the Supreme Court seeking abrogation of Article 35-A of the constitution. Joint Resistance Leadership has called for Kashmir Bandh to protest the “efforts” to abrogate Article 35-A which confers special rights on residents of Jammu and Kashmir. Anjuman Islamia Bhadarwah, Markazi Seerat Committee Doda, Anjuman Islamia Gandoh, Masjid Committee Thathri and Majlis-e-Shoura Kishtwar have also issued a bandh call, resulting in a complete shutdown in Chenab Valley by Muslim community. Shops, other business establishments and…

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Pakistan & Joint Resistance Leadership is ready to talk, but is India ready? Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

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‘This generation is fed up with subjugation, suppression and status-quo. Sadly, that is why some youngsters are taking to guns’ In a freewheeling interview Hurriyat (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq quotes that both Pakistan and joint resistance leadership is ready to talk, but the question is, is India ready? The current situation in Kashmir, especially after Burhan Wani’s killing, has turned world attention back on Kashmir. Isn’t it right time to materialize that attention into a dialogue? Resistance leadership has always been advocating a speedy resolution of the Kashmir dispute,…

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Center drops special road package for J&K

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Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has dropped the special package for building road infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir. According to 252nd report of Rajya Sabha’s Department-related parliamentary standing committee on transport, tourism and culture which was tabled in the Parliament on Thursday, Chairman of the committee Mukul Roy during a meeting with the officials of Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways expressed serious concern over the ministry’s decision ‘to drop the special package for Jammu and Kashmir’. Roy was referring to the decision to scrap Prime Minister’s…

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Right-wing ‘Footprints’ behind the Article 35A petition

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The men behind the little-known non-governmental organisation ‘We the Citizens’ which has challenged Article 35-A in the Supreme Court are associated with right-wing groups and the person who filed it died in 2016. The petition, which has triggered a political storm in J&K, had been filed by the NGO through its president Sandeep Kulkarni in 2014. Kulkarni, who is no more, was associated with rightwing groups and had even served notice to Congress for maligning Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). “I know him (Kulkarni) since 2006. He was living in Hindu…

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Civil Society to send a memorandum to UN Chief, OIC

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Amid growing clamour against proposed abrogation of Article 35-A, Kashmir’s civil society members on Friday passed a resolution to oppose the move tooth and nail. They decided to send a memorandum to UN secretary-general, all permanent members of UNSC and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries. The civil society members have also decided to hold a silent sit-in protest at Lal Chowk in next few days. Addressing a roundtable conference on Article-35-A here, senior lawyer Zaffar Shah said the writ petition against Article 35-A filed by NGO “We the Citizens”…

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Kashmir needs peace process not unnecessary controversies: APSCC

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All Party Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) chairman Jagmohan Raina who met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh apprised him about the the volatile situation that has risen due to controversy of Article 35 A in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly in Kashmir valley. In a press statement issued to Kashmir Post Raina said: “Home Minister should take political opinion from all the stakeholders of Kashmir before deciding anything.” He said Kashmir needs peace process not unnecessary controversies. #Article35A, #Shutdown, #Controversies

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