Month: September 2017

Pakistan trains guns to scare basmati farmers along LOC

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DGMOs establish hotline contact after 6 Pak nationals died in retaliatory fire In six weeks from now, the basmati crop in Jammu, Samba, Kathua and RS Pura in lower parts of the state will be ready for harvest. As per the past pattern, Pakistani forces are now keeping up with intermittent fire from across the Line of Control to scare away farmers as the crop nears maturity. Indian and Pakistani troops yet again exchanged fire yesterday and this morning. The Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of both sides intervened…

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Kashmir dominates Pakistan PM’s speech at UN, mentions it 17 Times

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UN should appoint special envoy on Kashmir Fact-finding team be sent to JK to probe HR abuses Warns India against pursuing ‘limited war’ doctrine against Pak Islamabad won’t be a scapegoat in Afghan war Rohingya ethnic cleansing an affront to humanity Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Friday devoted much of his speech at the 72nd session of UN general assembly to the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and asked the international body to appoint a special envoy. In his first speech at the UN as PM, Abbasi’s script was…

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Parvez Rasool bags man of the match in a rain hit match of Duleep Trophy

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Parvez Rasool was awarded man of the match in a rain hit match of Duleep Trophy between India Blue and India Green at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur. Only first day play was possible in the match with rain washing out the remaining three days. However, the first day heroics were enough to get man of the match award for the JK’s only International cricketer Parvez Rasool. In the first inning India Blue were bundled out for 177 runs , mostly thanks to Parvez Rasool five wicket haul. Making full use…

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Dialogue offer must evoke positive response: Sartaj Madni

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Welcoming the unconditional offer of dialogue from the Centre on Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party vice-president Sartaj Madni said it should evoke positive response from all those interested in ending the stalemate. The Peoples Democratic Party leader was referring to BJP general secretary Ram Madhav’s statement on his arrival here. The PDPleader said people of Jammu and Kashmir had been the worst sufferers of uncertainty and instability arising out of contentious issues and confrontation. “Now is the time that reconciliatory gestures from New Delhi are not put to any doubt and…

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Nirmal Singh’s letter to Mehbooba Mufti over holiday issue draws flak

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Anger is brewing in the Jammu region following the PDP-BJP coalition government’s cold response to the demand for declaring a state holiday on September 23, which is the birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh. Facing criticism for allegedly succumbing to separatists on the issue, Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh wrote a letter to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti as a “damage-control” exercise. However, his letter, sent at the eleventh hour, proved to be “counter-productive” as the people lashed out at him for the delayed response. “The resolution was passed in the…

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Kashmir based BJP leaders upset with ‘Arrogant’ Ministers

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Kashmir-based BJP leaders today complained about the high-handed attitude of party ministers at a meeting with party general secretary Ram Madhav in Srinagar. The leaders condemned the arrogant style of functioning of party ministers while solving day-to-day problems of the people. Sources said that at the meeting, which was convened by Ram Madhav to discuss organisational matters, some annoyed leaders seized the opportunity to expose their nominees in the government. “In the meeting attended by over 40 prominent leaders of the Valley, the style of functioning of ministers was opposed…

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No let up in strike against shifting of batamaloo bus stand

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Traders and transporters continued to protest against the shifting of the General Bus Stand from Batamaloo to Parimpora. They threatened to launch an agitation if their demand is not met. The transporters also continued with the shutdown in the Batamaloo area and said they would continue to oppose the shifting of the bus stand. The traders and transporters, under the banner of the All Traders’ Joint Coordination Committee, held a sit-in at Batamaloo. As soon as the protesters started their march towards the civil secretariat, where the office of the…

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Pellets force Kashmiri youths to drop out of schools and give up jobs post losing sight

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Twenty-six-year-old, Mohammad Ashraf Wani has discontinued his college education. He was blinded in an eye after government forces fired pellets at him last year on 31 October near his home at Rohmoo in Pulwama. The pellets scarred his body and, despite multiple surgeries, he was unable to regain vision in right eye. In 2016, when protests in Kashmir had become fierce after the death of Hizbul Mujahideen commander, Burhan Muzafar Wani, the 26-year-old received pellets as he was watching the protests go on. Like Ashraf, there are other large number…

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Won’t fiddle with Article 35A, 370 till we are in coalition with PDP: Ram Madhav

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BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav Thursday has told party leaders from Valley that the government won’t fiddle with the Article 35-A and Article 370 till they are in the coalition with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said. Sources said Madhav held closed door meeting with BJP Kashmir unit workers and functionaries at Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh’s residence, here. “During the meeting, Madhav assured the BJP workers that the Government of India (GoI) will stick to the Agenda of Alliance with PDP and won’t fiddle with…

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BJP faces Jammu’s ire on Hari Singh holiday issue

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Delay in declaring a state holiday on the birth anniversary of last Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh on September 23 is snowballing into a big controversy as the ruling BJP is facing ire of people of the Jammu region for “succumbing” to the PDP on the issue. Not only the mainstream political parties, such as the Congress, Panthers Party and NC, have supported the demand, social organisations also took BJP ministers to the task for bartering peoples’ aspirations for power. “The BJP ministers should keep in mind that it is…

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