Month: March 2019

GOI bans separatist group Jamaat-e-Islami J&K

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The Union Government today banned separatist group Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir, a religious and political organisation, for a period of five years for indulging in activities “prejudicial to internal security and public order”. The notification, issued by the Union Home Ministry, stated that the step was taken in view of Jamaat being in touch with militant outfits and supporting extremism and militancy in the state. Post-Pulwama attack, several Jamaat leaders have been arrested in Kashmir. The Jamaat was banned for two years in early 1990s too.

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Restrictions in Kashmir parts, Mobile Internet speed throttled

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Restrictions were imposed in Downtown Srinagar and parts of south Kashmir including Anantnag town while the mobile Internet speed was throttled across the valley on Friday.Reports said that the forces were deployed in strength in the Old City and Anantnag and Bijbehara towns in south Kashmir. Rolls of concertina wires were installed in Anantnag town to restrict the movement of the pedestrians and commuters. An official said that the step has been taken as a precautionary measure to maintain “law and order”, reported news agency GNS.Hurriyat (M) chairman and Kashmir’s…

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Pakistan is our ‘Brother’, the government must work to improve ties: RSS

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The RSS on Friday favoured engagement with Pakistan and other neigbours, saying they were “formed out of the same body (India)”, and endorsed the Narendra Modi government’s “direction, intent and commitment” in the past 14 months. The BJP’s ideological mentor said there was a need to discuss how to improve relations with people related historically and geographically vis-à-vis India’s neigbours. RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale shrugged off the acrimony between India and Pakistan, saying such things happen “in a family … between brothers” and one should move on and…

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In brewing Kashmir Crisis, India and Pakistan brace themselves for new turbulence

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India’s air strikes and Pakistan’s response are a major shift in the India-Pakistan conflict, says Priya Chacko, lecturer at the University of Adelaide. On Tuesday, India launched air strikes targeting what it claimed was the biggest training camp of the militant group, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) near the town of Balakot in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The strikes were said to be aimed at preventing an imminent attack on India and succeeded in killing hundreds of militants. Earlier this month, the JeM claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 40…

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As Kashmir Crisis intensifies, ‘Time to settle India-Pakistan conflict for good’

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In Jammu and Kashmir, taxi drivers say business is down by more than 80 percent compared with two years ago, while hotels are only getting a handful of guests Tensions soared between India and Pakistan in recent days as both sides launched said they launched air strikes Migrant workers are fleeing India’s northern state of Jammu and Kashmir and tourist arrivals have fallen to a trickle amid an escalating conflict with Pakistan, badly hurting businesses in the Himalayan region known for its scenic beauty and fruit harvests. Hundreds of taxis…

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Kashmir Crisis is causing chaos for air travel across the ​globe

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Escalating tensions in and around Kashmir between Pakistan and India has led to chaos in the skies with passenger services to Europe cancelled and flights diverted. Numerous planes have been forced to avoid Pakistan following the closure of its airspace after two Indian military jets were shot down, meaning routes that would ordinarily take around two hours are now lasting longer than five. British Airways, Air India and Singapore Airlines are among those airlines forced to reroute services that would normally fly over northern India, with many forced to make…

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