Month: February 2019

We support UN resolutions on Kashmir: Saudi Foreign​ Minister Adel al-Jubeir

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Saudi Arabia’s minister of state for foreign affairs Adel al-Jubeir has that his country backs the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions on Kashmir and that India and Pakistan should hold talks to preserve the Kashmiri interests.The top Saudi official made the remarks during an interview with India Today in New Delhi where Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman was on a day long visit to India. “We have said there are UN resolutions with regard to Kashmir that Saudi Arabia supports,” Jubeir told senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai. Al-Jubeir said…

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India to stop water flow to Pakistan: Nitin Gadkari

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India has decided to stop the flow of its share of water to Pakistan from rivers under the Indus water treaty, a move seen as an immediate fallout of a militant attack that killed 40 central reserve police force (CRPF) personnel in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district on February 14.Water resources minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted to convey the decision of the government to stop India’s share of water flowing to Pakistan. But the actual implementation of the decision may take up to six years as dams as high as 100 metres…

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What will be the worth of that World Cup trophy if you haven’t beaten Pakistan: Aakash Chopra

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Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has given his opinion on the increasing calls for India to boycott their World Cup group stage match against Pakistan on June 16 at Old Trafford in Manchester. In the aftermath of the dastardly Pulwama attack that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF jawans, the general consensus in the country is that the ‘Men in Blue’ shouldn’t play against Pakistan at this year’s showpiece tournament in the UK. Chopra, on the other hand, has said that India isn’t a ‘regressive’ country and therefore, politics and…

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3 Kg beef can be traced but not 350 kg RDX: Haroon Yusuf

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Delhi Congress working president Haroon Yusuf on Thursday created a controversy by alleging that three kg beef could be traced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi but not 350 kg RDX, referring to the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed. Senior BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad termed the statement “scandalous and irresponsible” “@narendramodi Ji can trace 3 kg of beef but cannot trace 350 kg of RDX #ModiFailsNationalSecurity(sic),” Yusuf alleged in a tweet. He later defended his tweet. “What I have said is reality.…

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In the backdrop of Pulwama attack, resolution on Kashmir situation likely in upcoming RSS meet

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The highest decision-making body of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), will discuss the increase in number of terror attacks, locals joining terror outfits, and the situation in the Kashmir valley at its upcoming meeting in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior, according to functionaries familiar with the matter. The meeting of the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), scheduled from March 8 to 10, will come weeks before the 2019 general elections. It also comes in the backdrop of the recent attack in Kashmir’s Pulwama,…

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Omar Questions Modi’s ‘Silence’ on Kashmiri being targeted in various parts of the country

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National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi was silent on Kashmiri students being targeted in various parts of the country. Addressing the media, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also said talks with Pakistan cannot be held in the backdrop of attacks such as the one in Pulwama last week. “Our PM has talked about a ‘muh tod jawab’ but such a reply is not possible in the current situation,” Abdullah said a week after 40 CRPF soldiers were killed in a terror…

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Chidambaram points out the ‘Depressing Irony’, We want Kashmir without Kashmiris

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Some people want Kashmir to be part of India but don’t want Kashmiris to be part of Indians, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Thursday and asserted that the “irony of the situation is depressing”. The former home and finance minister also took a dig at Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy’s statement that he favoured a call for the boycott of Kashmiri products and visiting the state as tourists. “The irony of the situation is depressing. We want Kashmir to be part of India, but we do not want Kashmiris…

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Thanksgiving​ messages, offers for Sikh community​ pouring from across Kashmir Valley

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Kashmiri students and traders, who reached safely home today, had many a story to narrate on the help extended by members of the Sikh community in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack, providing them not only food and shelter in Punjab, but also protection. To express gratitude, hundreds took to the Internet. A cartoon depicting a Sikh extending his arm to a drowning Kashmiri was an instant hit. Cartoonist Suhail Naqashbandi tweeted: “Sardar means a leader and they lead by example. Hats off for being everywhere to help.” A picture…

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Pleas against Articles 35A, 370 won’t be heard today

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There will be no hearing of pleas against Article 35 A and Article 370 in the Supreme Court Thursday, a source said on Wednesday.The pleas did not figure in the final list issued by the apex court registry on Wednesday evening. The case was listed in the advance regular cause-list at serial no 12 from February 19 to 21.“The case does not figure in the final list of February 21 which was issued this evening by the SC registry,” the source told Kashmir Post. Article 35A empowers the J&K legislature…

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Security cover for 18 Separatists, 155 Politicians withdrawn

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Among the leaders whose security was downgraded or withdrawn were Sayed Ali Shah Geelani, Yaseen Malik, Abdul Gani Shah, and Mohd Musadiq Bhat. The administration said that after the move, about 1,000 police personnel and 100 vehicles are freed up to be redeployed. The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday downgraded or withdrew the security cover provided to 18 separatist leaders from the Hurriyat, including SAS Geelani, days after a similar move followed a suicide bombing in Pulwama that killed 40 troopers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). The…

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