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Communalists won’t let Kathua minor rape victim rest in peace

March 12, 2018 Editor

She was an innocent Gujjar girl before her life was cut short by some monsters. The brutes also outraged her modesty. This horrendous crime took place in Rasana village in the Hiranagar belt of Kathua in Jammu where she used to take to the dusty streets like any other child of her age. She was just eight years old. This terrible crime has been communalised by political groups looking for electoral dividends in their respective areas of influence where they think that exploitation of this incident would fetch them Muslim…

Angry PDP raps Haseeb Drabu after his controversial statement on Kashmir Issue

March 12, 2018 Editor

Asks state FM to withdraw statement that goes against party’s agenda Explanation sought Two days after state Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu said “Kashmir should not be seen as a political problem,” his party today hit out at him saying that J&K was a political problem and its resolution formed the PDP’s core agenda. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s uncle and party’s second in command Sartaj Madni asked senior PDP minister Drabu, credited with forging party’s alliance with the BJP in 2015, to “retract the statement immediately if it has been reported…

Three militants killed in Anantnag, Schools, Colleges to remain shut today in Srinagar

March 12, 2018 Editor

Three militants have been killed during a brief gunfight between militants and the government forces in district Anantnag on wee hours of Monday. DIG south Kashmir Amit Kumar told Kashmir Post that a nocturnal Cordon and Search Operation was launched at Malikpora, Hakura area of Anantnag, ensuing in a brief gunfight. He said three militants were killed in the gunfight. He identified the three militants as Ehsan Fazili @ Esha Roohullah (TuM) X-Btech student of Srinagar, Syed Owais Shafi (HM) of Vailoo, Kokernag, Kokernag and third one from Pakistan. DIG…

Crime committed to drive out nomads, reveals CB probe in Kathua Rape-N-Murder

March 10, 2018 Editor

The ongoing probe by the Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police into rape and murder of an eight year old Kathua girl has revealed that the heinous crime was carried out to “drive out nomads from the Rasana village dominated by a particular community.” “The detailed status report has been submitted before the High Court. Next date of hearing is 14 March,” inspector general of police, Crime Branch, Syed Afad-ul-Mujtaba told Kashmir Post. An official said that the CB in its report has said: “Drugs were used to sedate…

Five-Point peace formula for solving Kashmir Issue: Abdul Gani Bhat

March 10, 2018March 10, 2018 Editor

A senior separatist leader today said he was considering an outline for India and Pakistan to “move forward” on the K-issue and also listed a five-point formula for creating a “propitious environment” in the volatile region. Abdul Gani Bhat, an executive member of a separatist amalgam headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, also urged all parties to the dispute to “rise above hostility, intransigence and historical ironies.” “India and Pakistan as responsible nuclear states owe a duty to millions in the region who seek peace to rid them of the ghosts…

Chorus for CBI probe grows louder, Jammu Bar joins right-wing bandwagon

March 10, 2018 Editor

A day after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s refusal to hand over the Hiranagar “murder and rape” case of the minor girl to the CBI, various organisations today decided to join hands to corner the state government over its “adamant” approach. The case has deepened the regional divide in the state as all Jammu-centric social, political and religious organisations today came forward in support of the demand for a CBI probe into the case to ensure justice to the victim and her family. In contrast, Kashmir-centric leaders, both mainstream and separatist,…

Highlight Nehru, Abdullah’s role in keeping Kashmir with India: Manmohan Singh

March 10, 2018 Editor

Former prime minister and Congress leader Manmohan Singh, who was present at the book launch, called the J&K issue a complex problem and said that “any lasting solution was not possible unless equitable sharing of power and development of all the regions of the state is attended to”. In the presence of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the launch of a biography of senior Congress leader Karan Singh turned into a debate on India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru’s policies on Jammu and Kashmir. The book ‘Karan Singh…

BSF Jawan loses seven days salary for referring to PM without ‘Shri’

March 9, 2018 Editor

In a bizarre punishment, a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan who forgot to affix ‘honourable’ or ‘Shri’ while referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been penalised by the force, which called the mistake “disrespect” to the Prime Minister. The constable was handed down a seven-day pay cut. The incident took place on February 21 inside the BSF’s 15th Battalion headquarters in Mahatpur, Nadia (West Bengal), during the zero parade, a routine exercise to account for jawans’ daily activities. During the parade, constable Sanjeev Kumar used the word “Modi programme”…

Shopian civilian deaths: Let down by their government, people in Kashmir seek refuge in religion

March 9, 2018 Editor

Following the deaths of four civilians on Sunday during an encounter between the security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday, the indications of a violence-hit summer are already being felt across the state. There is a worry that again the cycle of protests and arrests might soon take over the Valley only to be aggravated if further deaths of civilians happen in the process. The state machinery has already ushered into an alarm mode in a tragic continuation of the ritual of previous summers. On…