Month: February 2018

Protests in city over Akbar Lone’s pro-Pak slogans, terror attack

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The pro-Pakistan slogans by former Speaker and National Conference (NC) MLA Mohammad Akbar Lone in the Assembly and the terror attack on the Sunjuwan Military Station have sparked widespread protests in the winter capital today. The protesters demanded the expulsion of Akbar Lone and strict action against the terrorist organisations and its supporters. The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), which is the youth wing of the coalition partner BJP, staged a protest demonstration against NC legislator Akbar Lone on the recent statement given by him in which he was speaking…

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What the record says about Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s views on Kashmir problem

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How would Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel have handled the Kashmir problem if he, instead of Jawaharlal Nehru, had been India’s first Prime Minister? The picture of Patel’s thoughts that emerges from his letters and conversations are complex and multilayered. Last week, in the course of a strong attack on the Congress party and its leadership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Lok Sabha: “Had Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel been India’s first Prime Minister, a part of my Kashmir would not have been with Pakistan today.” Over the years, Modi and the BJP have…

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NC MLA Akbar Lone raises ‘Pro-Pakistan’ slogan in J&K assembly

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Jammu and Kashmir assembly today witnessed chaotic scenes after National Conference MLA from Sonawari, Akbar Lone, raised pro-Pakistan slogans in the house. Later, Lone said that he was “provoked” to raise the slogans after BJP MLAs started raising anti-Pakistan slogans in the assembly. “Yes, I said it. It is my personal view, I said it in the house and I don’t think anyone should have a problem with it,” Lone was quoted saying on ANI. BJP MLAs were raising slogans against Pakistan to protest the ongoing terrorist attack on the…

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Will FIR against army major be quashed? SC to hear plea in Shopian firing case on Monday

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The plea filed by Army Major Aditya Kumar’s father Lieutenant Colonel Karamveer Singh says that his son has been “wrongly and arbitrarily” named in the FIR. The Supreme Court will on February 12 hear the plea filed by Army Major Aditya Kumar’s father Lieutenant Colonel Karamveer Singh seeking to quash of the FIR against his son. Major Aditya Kumar is one of the armymen who has been named in the FIR in connection with the firing in Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir. Lieutenant Colonel Singh has said that his son,…

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Three army jawans injured in shelling along LoC in Poonch sector

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Three Army jawans were injured in intermittent firing and shelling by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, officials said on Friday. The Army officials said intermittent firing was under way when reports last came in. The Pakistan Army continued firing and shelling overnight along the LoC in the Krishnagati sector of Poonch district, the officials said. In the firing and shelling, three jawans suffered minor splinter injuries, they said. On Thursday, a 45-year-old woman was killed in shelling by the Pakistani troops along the LoC…

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Ice Hockey tourney in Leh vies for Guinness World record

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Attempting a Guinness World record for playing ice hockey at the highest altitude, a two-day tournament was organised at Chibra Kargyam village of Durbuk block of Leh district. As many as six teams, including five international teams from Canada, Germany, Russia, the USA and India, participated in the tournament, which was held from February 5 to 7. The tournament was jointly organised by Ladakh Winter Sports Club (LWSC), Hockey Foundation and Lalok Winter Sports Association. Ladakh Winter Sport Club president P Wangchuk Noney said, “With an aim to set a…

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Review prison security, deploy CRPF in jails: Centre to J&K Govt

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The Union Home Ministry also asked the state government to ensure that no such incident takes place in future and deploy CRPF in prison security. Taking serious note of the escape of a jailed Pakistani terrorist, the centre today asked the Jammu and Kashmir government to fully review security measures in place in jails and transportation of inmates. The Union Home Ministry also asked the state government to ensure that no such incident takes place in future and deploy CRPF in prison security. “The home ministry has taken serious note…

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Peace in Kashmir would benefit all parties

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A report submitted to the Indian Parliament last month blamed Pakistan for a large spike in the number of violations of the Kashmir cease-fire agreement the two countries signed back in 2003. India alleged that the Pakistani Army had indulged in firing and/or shelling on at least 860 instances in 2017, almost three times the number in the preceding year. The shelling has become so intense in recent weeks that more than 36,000 residents of villages close to the border have been moved to safety. Besides cross-border violence, last year…

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Militants attack army camp in Sunjwan, Four killed, Scores injured, Encounter On

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A group of militants attacked the Sunjwan Army camp in Jammu city in the early hours today, leaving two army officers and two children dead and four army men injured, officials said. The militants entered from the rear side of Sunjwan Army camp where family quarters are located, DGP S P Vaid said. Sources said that a Junior Commissioner Officer (JCO), a non-commissioned officer (NCO) and two children were killed and four army men injured in the ongoing attack. The militants, who are believed to be around three, have been…

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Kashmir Valley witnesses shutdown on Afzal Guru death anniversary

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Complete shutdown was observed across Kashmir on Friday as people remembered Muhammad Afzal Guru, who was sent to gallows secretly in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail on February 9, 2013. The government imposed strict curbs in downtown here, without making any announcement, even as congregational Friday prayers were yet again barred at the historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar. Almost all the pro-freedom leaders were either placed under house arrest or lodged in various prisons across the Valley. While Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani continues to remain caged in his Hydeprora…

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