Year: 2017

Reprisal for Love Jihad? Muslim man burnt alive over ‘Love Jihad’ in Rajasthan

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The attacker, identified as Shambhu Lal Regar, was arrested after a series of video clips purportedly show him hitting and stabbing a man, burning the body and warning “jihadis” to leave India The Rajasthan Police on Thursday arrested an unemployed man who in a series of video clips was purportedly seen hitting and stabbing a man, burning the body and warning “jihadis” to leave India or meet a similar fate. Police were yet to share the details of circumstances surrounding the Shambhu Lal Regar’s arrest. The clips, circulated on WhatsApp,…

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Mani Shankar Aiyar stokes fresh row, calls Modi a ‘Neech Aadmi’

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After Chaiwala dig in 2014 and Aurangzeb barb that backfired on the party, senior Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has triggered another row. Aiyar, who had tried to humiliate Narendra Modi for selling tea+ ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, has yet again attacked the Prime Minister using derogatory language. “Mujhko lagta hai ki ye aadmi bahut neech kisam ka aadmi hai, isme koi sabhyata nahi hai, or aise mauke par is kisam ki gandi rajniti karne ki kya avashyakta hai?” Mani Shankar Aiyar was quoted as saying by…

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Kidnap policeman’s brother returns home safely

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The brother of policeman who was abducted on Wednesday evening by unidentified gunmen in Ajas area of Bandipora has returned home safely. Mudasir Ahmed Khan brother of constable Farooq Ahmad Khan was abducted by unidentified gunmen in Chravan, Ajas. On his return, Mudasir told reporters that militants picked him from home, inquired about his brother and at midnight asked him to return back. “Two militants picked me outside our house. They questioned me about my brother. I was taken to forest and released there at mid night,” he said. One…

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Nehru arrested in Kashmir after brush with sentry

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Thursday 21 Jul 1946 -BOMBAY-Pandit Nehru (Natîonaî Congress leader) was arrested while trying to enter Srinagar. Nehru earlier declared that if the Ban on his entry to Kashmir were not lifted, he would defy it and walk to Srinagar, says Renter. Thc Stock Exchange and thc cotton market to-day were idle as a result of the Kashmir incidents. The local press has featured the story of an incident in which Nehru was slightly injured. Banner headlines include: “President Elect Bayoneted.” Nehru was slightly injured, on the cheek by a bayonet when he tried to push back a…

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60% of Modi’s speech was about Congress, not future of Gujarat: Rahul Gandhi

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Gujarat election 2017: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been criticising the Congress and the party’s policies in his home state. Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he mostly talked about the Congress in his speeches as he had no plans for poll-bound Gujarat’s future. Gandhi also promised a “golden future” for the people of Gujarat, and said if the Congress forms government in the western state, it will not take decisions like the (GST) “Gabbar Singh Tax” and demonetisation. Modi has been strongly…

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If it’s a fight between you and them, why bring families in between?: Parents of active militants

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The families of at least 30 active local militants have told the police that they have no contact with their sons since they left their homes to join the militant ranks. A source told Kashmir Post that the family members of these militants were called to the circuit house in Shopian on Tuesday for an “interaction session” which the police said was aimed at “reaching out to the families of youth who have joined the militant ranks to get them back into mainstream.” ‘No idea about his whereabouts’ Bashir Ahmad…

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BJP calls for probe into all selections made by Public Service Commission

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The BJP today demanded an impartial probe into all appointments made by the Jammu and Kashmir State Public Service Commission (PSC) during last two to three years, a party spokesperson said. Claiming that candidates from Jammu region were neglected and only 10 to 20 per cent made it to the selection lists, BJP state spokesman Prof Virender Gupta said, “BJP demands that the Jammu & Kashmir government should hold an impartial enquiry into the selections made in various posts by the Public Service Commission in the last two to three…

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5.4 Magnitude earthquake jolts parts of J&K

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The epicentre of the earthquake was J-K-Xingjian border; no reports of casualty or damage so far. A moderate intensity earthquake occurred in Kashmir in the wee hours of Thursday. No report of casualty or damage has come from anywhere so far. “A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale occurred at 4.59 am today (Thursday),” sources in the disaster management department said on Thursday. “The epicentre of the quake was near J&K-Xingjian border and its coordinates are latitude 35.5 degrees north and longitude 77.6 degrees east.” Geologically, the…

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Agency-backed religious scholars trying to incite sectarian violence: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

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Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Wednesday said that there was a need for “unity” among religious scholars whom he accused of trying to incite sectarian violence in Kashmir. “A number of delegations from different parts of Kashmir, especially south Kashmir visited me and showed concern about the hate speeches being preached on mosque pulpits to set Kashmir on fire,” Mirwaiz said at a Seerat conference organized by Awami Action Committee (AAC). JKLF chairman, Yasin Malik, senior Hurriyat leader and Shia cleric , Moulana Abbas Ansari, also spoke at…

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At BJP rally on Dal, cadre recite Quran, Urdu poetry

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today held a first-of-its-kind rally at Char Chinari, a small island on the Dal Lake, as part of its efforts to gain foothold in the Kashmir valley. The party cadre recited Quranic verses, read Urdu poetry and underscored the need to have a strong Muslim leadership in Kashmir while seeking support from a place where it has so far failed to make any electoral gains. “Char Chinari has usually inspired poets but this is for the first time we have held a programme here and…

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