Year: 2018

Farooq Ahmad Dar regrets voting, says Major Gogoi roaming freely

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A year after Farooq Ahmad Dar was used as human shield by army, the victim Monday said he regrets casting the vote last year during bypolls to Srinagar parliamentary seat. “It has been a year now since the incident took place. Today I regret and feel ashamed for casting the vote. For casting vote, I was used as a human shield by army and the incident has totally changed my life,” Dar told reporters during a peaceful protest organized by chairman of International Forum of Justice (IFJ) Ahsan Untoo at…

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Kashmir an issue of right to self-determination: Shehla Rashid

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Calling for a political resolution of Kashmir, former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) vice president Shehla Rashid Monday said Kashmir was an issue of the right to self-determination of the people. Addressing a news conference here, Shehla said Kashmir was not a human rights issue or an issue of terrorism but an issue of the right to self-determination of the people. Taking a dig at the State government, she questioned why gun was being used as the first response toward youth. Shehla highlighted several issues regarding the academic system,…

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Amid high drama by lawyers, Crime Branch files charge-sheet in Kathua Rape-Murder case

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We filed charge-sheet against 7 accused: IGP Crime Kathua lawyers attempt to prevent filing of challan Jammu Bar calls shutdown on April 11 Amid high drama and protests by lawyers in court of Chief Judicial Magistrate to prevent filing of charge-sheet, the Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police Monday filed charge-sheet against seven accused in the rape and murder of 8-year-old minor girl of Kathua. As some vehicles of Crime Branch including a 407 vehicle carrying seven accused entered the court complex in police protection to produce challan against them in…

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Mehbooba meets Modi, seeks help to end violence in valley

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Three days after appealing to the country’s leadership to listen to the voices of pain from the state, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. She apprised him about the overall situation in Jammu and Kashmir. During the meeting, the Chief Minister stressed finding ways and means to end the cycle of violence in the state by dealing with alienation among the youth. She said the people, who had suffered immensely during the turmoil in the past three decades, were looking up…

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Breakthrough needed to ward off conflict: Abdul Gani Bhat

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Stating that India and Pakistan desperately need a breakthrough to ward off the ghosts of war, senior Hurriyat leader and Muslim Conference head Abdul Gani Bhat said an agenda with master strategy was must for generating “propitious political environment” in the region. Bhat made these assertions during a meeting of the executive council members of the Muslim Conference here on Sunday. He said if strategies don’t work out, no breakthrough could happen. “The Kashmir dispute involves two major countries of the South Asian region. Therefore, we will need an agenda…

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Farooq Abdullah bats for Internal Autonomy, calls for converting LoC into line of Peace & Goodwill

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Strongly pitching for Indo-Pak dialogue, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said internal autonomy to J&K within the framework of the Indian Constitution and the conversion of Line of Control (LoC) into ‘line of peace and goodwill’ were a pragmatic way forward to herald peace in the region. “India and Pakistan should resume the dialogue process and engage people of J&K in an acceptable solution,” Farooq said while addressing party workers at Balakote in the Mendhar constituency of Poonch district. He said sagacity lay in acknowledging the realities and…

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PHE dept draws up Drought Plan as valley witnesses snow-less winter

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In view of the inadequate precipitation during winter, the state’s public health engineering department has drawn up a ‘Drought Plan’ to ensure potable water supply in coming months. The department has sought Rs 131 crore from the state government to augment the supply of water and upgrade infrastructure to meet water demand. “The Valley has received less precipitation over the last 8 months which has resulted in depletion of water sources,” Chief Kashmir, PHE Kashmir division Er. Abdul Wahid told Kashmir Post. The money will be spent on construction of…

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Rains lash Valley, MeT predicts more rains in next 3 days

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Rains lashed Kashmir Sunday bringing down the maximum temperature across the Valley with the MeT office forecasting the wet spell to continue over the few next days. Most parts of Kashmir, including summer capital Srinagar, received rains today, an official of the meteorological office here said. He said the downpour brought down the maximum temperature by several degrees across Kashmir. Kupwara recorded a maximum temperature of 16.4 degrees Celsius against yesterday’s 25.6 degrees Celsius, the official said. He said Srinagar recorded a high of 20 degrees Celsius, compared to 26…

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After Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar joins issue on Kashmir

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Days after Shahid Afridi was roundly slammed for his controversial comments on Kashmir, former Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar also waded into the debate tweeting: “I wish one day in my life time I get a news of Kashmir, Palestine, Yemen, Afghanistan and all the troubled area of the world are free because my heart bleeds for humanity and loss of innocent life.” The tweet was later deleted. In another tweet, he urged the youth of India and Pakistan to stand up for the cause of peace between the two neighbouring…

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Win Kashmiri hearts the way we have in Swat, Balochistan: Pakistan NSA to India

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Pakistan NSA Naseer Khan Janjua offered this counse Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria in a meeting at the Pakistan Prime Minister’s Office two days after India gunned down 13 extremists in Kashmir. Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Naseer Khan Janjua advised Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria that the Narendra Modi government should win the hearts of Kashmiris much like Pakistan has done in the Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and in restive Balochistan province. He proffered this counsel to Bisaria in a meeting at the Pakistan Prime Minister’s…

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