Month: October 2017

BJP to observe Accession Day in big way

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As Kashmir-centric parties repeatedly question accession of J&K with the Union of India, the ruling BJP has decided to observe Accession Day in a big way. All party ministers have been directed by the state unit to mark their presence in the function which would be held in Jammu on Thursday. The BJP has reason to make the Accession Day function a grand event because party ministers have failed to convince its coalition partner to declare an official holiday on October 26 — the day when J&K acceded with the…

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‘We Blew Up WTC-7 On 9/11’, Dying CIA Agent makes Deathbed Confession

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Having originally trained as a civil engineer, Howard says he became an explosives expert after he was headhunted by the CIA in the early 1980s.He says that throughout his extensive career, he had planted explosives in items as small as cigarette lighters and as large as “80-floor buildings”.The New Jersey native says he was part of a cell of 4 CIA operatives who worked on a project dubbed “New Century” between May 1997 and September 2001 that was tasked with ensuring the successful demolition of WTC7, at a time, he…

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Appointment of interlocutor for Kashmir ‘Only For Publicity’: Congress

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The Congress said Tuesday that it doubted the “intent” of the NDA government in resolving the Kashmir issue, and alleged that it appointed an interlocutor towards the fag end of its rule “only for publicity”. Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said the Congress and other opposition parties had asked the government to talk to all stakeholders to resolve the “political issue” in the valley through confidence-building measures rather than “hot pursuit”, but it “wasted” three-and-a-half years during which many precious lives were lost. “We are…

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Braid chopping aimed to change political discourse in Kashmir: Civil Society

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A civil society group on Tuesday termed braid chopping incidents as “planned” saying the tactic is aimed to divert attention from political issues like Article 35-A and “create chaos in Kashmir.” Members of civil society were speaking at a round table conference held by Kashmir Centre For Social and Development Studies ( KCSDS) here. They rejected government’s claim that braid chopping is related to “mass hysteria”. Chairperson, KCSDS, Hameedah Nayeem said “braid chopping incidents started occurring in Kashmir at a time when the chorus against proposed abrogation of Article 35-A…

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BJP determined to resolve Kashmir Issue : Dy CM Nirmal Singh

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Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Nirmal Singh today said New Delhi was determined to find a solution to the Kashmir issue. The government would create a conducive atmosphere so that all stakeholders, including the Hurriyat, were involved in the dialogue process. “Our Home Minister has said all stakeholders can come. In our Agenda of Alliance, we have made it clear that the J&K Government will create an atmosphere where dialogue is possible. If there are grievances, the same should be put on the table with an open heart.…

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Uber a worry for local taxi operators

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The taxi and auto unions in Jammu and Kashmir have expressed concern over government’s move to launch Uber Taxi Services in the state, which they allege will dent their livelihood and render nearly 67,000 operators jobless. The state government has been, for past some time, contemplating the launch of the Uber Taxi Service, an American private company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, operating in 633 cities worldwide. In New Delhi, Uber is facing limits with regard to the number of drivers allowed to operate. “We are not against…

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Two more deaths due to Swine Flu at SKIMS

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At least three deaths have taken place in the past 24 hours due to the H1N1 influenza at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences here, with experts signaling spike in the cases amid government’s failure to make the testing and isolation facilities for such patients operational. A source said that a female patient who had tested positive for the H1N1 influenza died at SKIMS on Tuesday morning. The woman, 24, was pregnant. She hailed from peripheries of Srinagar and was supported on a ventilator for two days. “We tried hard to…

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Resistance Camp in Wait-and-Watch mode on dialogue offer

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Trio Geelani, Mirwaiz and Malik yet to respond to Centre’s initiative A day after New Delhi appointed an interlocutor to carry forward the dialogue process, all eyes are on the separatist trio, who are silent on the development. Though a “positive exuberance” is visible within the separatist camps here following the announcement by the Centre about the initiation of a sustained dialogue, all indications are that the trio is going to play wait-and-watch before the “full contours” of the Centre’s dialogue offer are made public. “We are for dialogue. First…

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Kashmir to observe Shutdown on 27 October: Joint Resistance Leadership

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Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for shutdown on October 27, saying “it is an unfortunate day for the Kashmiris when we were deprived of our freedom and liberty”. Calling it as “black day and the day of mourning” for the Kashmiris, JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik called for complete shutdown on the day. “71 years back India without any constitutional and moral justifications forcibly occupied the state of Jammu & Kashmir on the same day and since then Indian forces are mercilessly…

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NIA arrests Syed Shahid Yusuf, Hizb chief Syed Salahuddin’s son in Terror funding case

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In a major swoop, NIA has arrested Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin’s son Syed Shahid Yusuf, a J&K government employee, in a 2011 terror funding case. Yusuf was found to be in touch with Saudi Arabia-based Hizbul Mujahideen operative Aijaz Ahmad Bhat, who is also an accused in the case, and had received money to allegedly fuel and fund secessionist and terrorist activities in the Valley. The arrest of Shahid Yusuf, who works with the J&K agriculture department as village agriculture extension assistant and has a family home in Soibugh…

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