Alludes to Supreme Court rejecting similar plea 3 years ago The Delhi High Court today dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) against the validity of Article 370 of the Constitution under which Jammu and Kashmir enjoys special autonomous status. A Bench comprising Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said it was dismissing the PIL as the Supreme Court had already rejected a similar plea. On July 11, 2014, the apex court had refused to entertain a PIL questioning the validity of Article 370. A three-member Bench headed by…
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Re-polling will trigger more violence and killings; Javaid Mustafa Mir
Expressing shock and resentment over the decision of Election Commission to go for re-polling in some parts of Central Kashmir, People’s Democratic Party legislator and former Minister Javaid Mustafa Mir Tuesday said that what was the fun of deferring polls in South Kashmir when ECI was intending to go for re-polling in Central Kashmir. “Like others, this decision of Election Commission has baffled me and I don’t understand why Election Commission wants to put people at risk,” Mir told local news agency adding that re-polling has enough potential to trigger…
Read MoreIndia and Pakistan should find a peaceful solution to Kashmir issue through dialogue: UN Secretary
“It is obviously an issue that he (Secretary General) is following…If we are able to say more, we shall be able to say more…I am not sure what coming to grip means. He is well aware of the issue.” Days after the United States offered mediation between India-Pakistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has underscored the need for India and Pakistan to find a peaceful solution to the Kashmir issue through dialogue, his spokesperson said on Tuesday. As per the reports of PTI, Guterres’ spokesperson Stephane Dujarric dismissed claims that the…
Read MoreFor God’s sake please start talking: Yashwant Sinha
Modi’s offer to Kashmir youth fell very short I write with immense sadness about the prevailing situation in the valley of Kashmir. I have no doubt in my mind that the situation has been allowed to go from bad to worse while the rest of India remains in denial. Our indifference to the continued violence in the Valley and the loss of precious human lives there is a matter of great concern. When the Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to Jammu to inaugurate the new Chenani-Nashri tunnel, I had hoped…
Read MoreRepoll in 38 Booths of Budgam on April 13, Omar Abdullah questions logic behind
Fool-proof security arrangements put in place to ensure peaceful voting: CEO Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Shantmanu, Tuesday reviewed the arrangements put in place for re-polling at 38 polling stations in district Budgam of Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency scheduled to be held on April 13. District Election Officer (DEO) Budgam, SSP Budgam and other concerned were present at the meeting. The CEO said adequate security will be provided at all the 38 polling stations that are located at 32 different locations in district Budgam. He said foolproof arrangements of security have been…
Read MoreHolding by polls in May will hit Kashmir’s peak tourist season: Tourism Inc
‘Internet blockade affecting booking’; Operators mulling to write to ECI The decision to hold deferred by polls of the Anantnag parliamentary seat on May 25 is going to hit Kashmir’s peak tourism season, tour and travel operators here believe. Election Commission of India on Monday announced that by-polls for the Anantnag seat would be re-scheduled for May 25 after violence marked the voting for Srinagar by-polls on April 9. At least 8 people were killed and scores got injured in forces firing on the Election Day Sunday. Tour and travel…
Read MoreKashmir mourns civilian killings, Woman ‘died of tear gas suffocation’ in Pulwama
Woman dies of tear smoke in Pulwama Restrictions in downtown Srinagar, clashes at many places PDP supporters vehicle set on fire at Chrar Train services remain suspended for 2nd day A 40-year-old woman died of suffocation caused by excessive tear smoke shells fired by forces during clashes in Tahab area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday while life across the Valley remained disrupted for second consecutive day on Tuesday due to the shutdown called by joint Hurriyat leadership against the civilian killings in Budgam and Ganderbal. The shops, business establishments, petrol…
Read MoreSetback for PDP, BJP as Zanskar MLA leaves coalition
Ahead of the crucial Legislative Council elections, the PDP-BJP coalition received a setback today as the Independent MLA from the Zanskar Assembly constituency, Sayed Baqir Razvi, today refused to back the PDP-BJP candidates. Razvi’s decision has spoiled the PDP-BJP combine’s arithmetic because he was earlier a part of the coalition. “The PDP-BJP coalition has betrayed us on a number of occasions so there is no logic to support the government’s candidates in the Legislative Council elections,” Razvi told Kashmir Post. However, he said the decision to support the opposition candidate…
Read MoreBroadband Internet Services restored in Kashmir, EC announces re polling in 38 stations on April 13
Broadband internet services resumed after two days in the restive Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, though the region remained shut in response to a separatist strike over the killing of eight people in this weekend’s Srinagar by poll violence. But mobile internet services were yet to be restored. Businesses and educational institutions were closed for the second consecutive day in Kashmir. Roads were deserted; security checkpoints and pickets dotted every neighbourhood, and only a handful of people ventured out in the curfew-like nervous calm. The Election Commission announced repolling in 38…
Read More‘Indian democracy murdabad’ slogan raised by NC & Congress members in Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency
National Conference and Congress members were seen raising ‘Indian democracy murdabad’ slogan in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday. The NC and Congress members, unhappy with the decision to defer the election in the Anantnag parliamentary constituency till May 25, today gheraoed the Anantnag Distroct Collector and raised the anti-India slogan. On Monday, the Jammu and Kashmir government in its report to the EC had said that the law and order situation in Anantnag is not conducive to the holding of free and fair poll while the ruling Peoples…
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