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Prime Minister Narendra Modi asks states to reach out to Kashmiri Students

April 24, 2017 Editor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while summing up the third meeting of NITI Aayog Governing Council today, urged upon the Chief Ministers present there to take special care in reaching out to students from the Kashmir valley studying in their respective states. The Prime Minister’s remarks relating to the Valley students came after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti raised the point at the meeting, asking her counterparts to “make them (Kashmiri students) their ambassadors” in J&K. Modi’s advice assumes significance as it comes against the backdrop of thrashing of some Kashmiri students…

India wants Kashmir, but not Kashmiris?

April 22, 2017 Editor

What has led to the extreme and inhumane reactions against Kashmiris across India? Remember how strongly we condemned the hate crimes against Indian immigrants in the United States in recent times? Our blood boiled at the sight of the images of body of Hyderabad techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was killed by a xenophobic American in Kansas. We all reacted instantly and channelised our anger in demanding immediate action against the culprit by the Donald Trump administration. We were right in our demands. After all how could we tolerate our Indians…

Alliance in trouble as PDP, BJP drift apart

April 22, 2017 Editor

“When we arrest stone-pelters, we face enormous political pressure to release them because some of the stone-pelters are from both the PDP and the NC. Both parties use their own influence to subvert law and order,” From their political philosophy to socio-cultural idiom, every innate fault line within the PDP-BJP alliance is proving to be antithetical to governance and security in Jammu and Kashmir. Two years after they come to power in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP and the PDP are locked into a war of words both publicly and…

Gulmarg ‘Best Mountain Destination’: Survey

April 22, 2017April 22, 2017 Editor

Gulmarg has been voted the best mountain destination in the country on the basis of an online survey conducted by a leading media group. Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma gave away the award at a function organised in New Delhi. Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh were also awarded in other categories. The award for Jammu and Kashmir was received by Shahnawaz A Shah, Officer on Special Duty (Publicity) in the Tourism Department; Galib Shah, secretary, Royal Springs Golf Course, Srinagar; and Manav Gupta, secretary, Jammu Tawi golf course. Speaking…

Madhav’s ‘War and Love’ remark legitimises a crime: Altaf Bukhari

April 22, 2017 Editor

A senior PDP minister today took exception to BJP’s national general secretary Ram Madhav’s ‘war and love’ statement, made to defend the ‘human shield’ act of the Army. Minister for Education Altaf Bukhari went to the extent of accusing Ram Madhav, the architect of the PDP-BJP government, of issuing the statement as part of a move aimed at “legitimising a crime that is internationally abhorred under covenants of human rights.” The Education Minister also condemned the remarks made by BJP minister Chander Prakash Ganga, saying that ‘bullets cannot win the…

Coalition may survive current stress, but BJP-PDP partnership is on thin Ice

April 22, 2017 Editor

Political churning has begun over possible changes in who governs Jammu and Kashmir. Tensions are high between the main coalition partners: PDP and the BJP. A series of meetings were underway on Friday. Even if this does not lead to an immediate split, recent events have certainly put the coalition on thin ice. At some point, a period of Governor’s rule may ensue, after which Delhi’s political strategists might try to install an alternative civilian government. According to rumours in Srinagar, BJP leaders are in touch with a prominent PDP…

5 Reasons why this round of Kashmir bloodletting is getting dangerous for India

April 22, 2017 Editor

It is obvious that the situation in Jammu & Kashmir has deteriorated significantly between last year and now, with the army and police fighting Pakistan-based jihadis and stone pelters with their backs to the wall. Many observers blame inept political management by the Centre for the widespread alienation of people in Kashmir Valley (but not necessarily people of Jammu and Ladakh), making restoration of normalcy very difficult. We have been here before – in 2010, in the 1990s, etc – but this time the shift in public mood is qualitatively…

Resistance group calls Madhav, Ganga remarks alarming

April 22, 2017 Editor

Terming as ridiculous C P Ganga’s statement that stone-throwers need to be dealt with bullets, Geelani said: “They are Hindu terrorists in power corridors and enjoy support and favors of Delhi. We have no system to check these elements, otherwise he should have been in jail.” BJP leader Ram Madhav’s statement on the controversial human shield incident is the right-wing party’s “national policy” on Jammu and Kashmir, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani said on Friday, day after Madhav backed an army officer who had strapped a man to…

Who is the Chief Minister of State, Ram Madhav or Mehbooba Mufti, asks NC

April 22, 2017 Editor

‘Mehbooba’s family members interfering in administrative matters’ National Conference (NC) on Friday, while taking strong notice of “Senior Police Officers meeting BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav” at BJP Office in Jammu while on duty, said this indicated the complete collapse of all administrative systems and protocols. In a statement issued from Party Headquarters ‘Nawa-e-Subha’ in Srinagar, National Conference Provincial President Kashmir and Former Minister of State for Home, Nasir Aslam Wani said it was unclear as to who was heading the Government as directions were being passed to the civil…