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‘Amaranth Yatra now a militarised pilgrimage’ : NGO

April 21, 2017 Editor

Restrict Yatra to its traditional period of 15 days: JKCCS Terming the Amarnath Yatra as a militarised pilgrimage, Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society Thursday alleged that Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has been acting as ‘state’ within the state. JKCCS said that the SASB Act needs to be repealed, or amended bearing in mind secular, constitutional tenets. “The SASB which functions like a state within the state needs to be reformed such that it plays only an implementing role with final decision making reposed with the JK government. JKCCS…

Everything is Fair in Love And War: Ram Madhav on Human Sheild Video

April 21, 2017 Editor

Architect of the BJP-PDP alliance government in Jammu and Kashmir, Ram Madhav speaks about the situation in the Valley. The BJP general secretary talks about the violence during the by-poll in Srinagar constituency, and justifies the controversial video in which armed forces are seen using a Kashmiri man as shield in front of their jeep. Edited excerpts: Kashmir Post (KP): The Kashmir Valley is on the boil once again and complicating matters are ministers in the government who are saying ‘pathhar ka jawab bullet se dena chahiye’. Do you agree with such…

Coalition wants Pulwama probe report within week

April 20, 2017 Editor

Attaches college principal to Director of Colleges pending inquiry The government has ordered a high-level probe into the Pulwama college incident in which over 50 students were injured in police action. Pending inquiry, the principal, Degree College (Boys), Pulwama, where the incident happened on April 15, has been attached to the Director of Colleges, highly placed government sources told Kashmir Post. Widespread student protests were witnessed in Kashmir on Monday over the Pulwama college incident, which left further 60 students injured in clashes with the police. “To know what actually…

Chinks in PDP-BJP coalition widen after LC Poll Verdict

April 20, 2017 Editor

Instead of defeating the opposition Congress, they (BJP) defeated their own ally (PDP),” a senior PDP Minister said. Fresh differences have cropped up between the ruling allies, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after the former lost a “safe seat” in the recently-held Legislative Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir. A senior PDP minister said there was an understanding for two seats each for both PDP and BJP. “They were joint candidates and the mandate for both the parties was to get them elected. Instead of defeating…

‘Scared of camera’: Kashmir internet shutdowns seen as an attempt to choke voices

April 20, 2017 Editor

Freelance press photographer Abid Bhat used to hotspot the 4G internet on his mobile, connect it to his laptop and send pictures to international publications. His work stopped since 3G and 4G mobile internet services were suspended in the Kashmir Valley from Monday afternoon. “I do not have a fixed-line broadband connection at home. I am requesting friends to allow me to use theirs,” Bhat said. The internet becomes the first casualty whenever the situation in the militancy-ravaged Valley turns from restive to volatile. The latest clampdown is to restrict…

Kashmiri Students attacked in Rajasthan over heckling of CRPF in Kashmir

April 20, 2017 Editor

t least ten Kashmiri students who are studying at Mewar University Chittorgarh in Rajasthan were assaulted on Wednesday evening by a group of locals belonging to a particular community over heckling of CRPF men during recent parliamentary elections in Budgam district. Students hailing from Kashmir told Srinagar-based news agency GNS over phone from Mewar University said that locals of the area attacked them soon after they stepped outside the college gate for buying medicines and some other items. “Four students received injuries during the incident and were hospitalized”, they said.…

Who is to blame and what is the way out? Kashmir Turmoil

April 20, 2017 Editor

The institutions which are supposed to restore sanity to the Kashmir Valley appear to be opposed, or at least indifferent, to this idea. Right from the 1990s, whenever there was escalation of violence in the Valley the captains of these institutions reviewed their strategies and made amends. From last summer – after the encounter in which Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani was killed – the situation has been allowed to drift with no visible change in strategies. Today all Kashmir-watchers are of the opinion that Kashmir is fast slipping out…

Kashmir unrest, Babri order top agenda at BJP core group meeting headed by Narendra Modi

April 20, 2017 Editor

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for a meeting of the core group of the BJP over the recent Kashmir unrest and the Supreme Court’s Babri ruling. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for a Bharatiya Janata Party core group meeting at this residence. The meeting began at around 3 pm today and saw attendance by senior Union ministers Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari and Venkaiah Naidu. According to sources, the top issues on the agenda of the meeting included current unrest in Kashmir and the Supreme Court ruling…

Student protests continue across Kashmir, Colleges to remain closed Today, Tomorrow

April 20, 2017 Editor

Reports of clashes were received from some parts of Srinagar wherein students resorted to clashes with police, however situation returned to normal after police swung into action. Student protests continued for the third consecutive day Wednesday against the thrashing of Pulwama Degree College students by government forces last Saturday. The continuous protests by students have forced the government to suspend classes in all colleges for next two days “as a precautionary measure.” “Teaching work in all colleges of Kashmir division shall remain suspended on April 20 and 21 as a…