March 2019 | Page 4 of 13

Omar brought NIA, POTA to JK, gifted seven power projects to GoI: Mehbooba Mufti

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 Editor

Demands 44 seats for resolving Kashmir issue We created 20,000 chowkidar vacancies for PDP workers before Govt’s fall Allying with BJP was like washing hands with ‘sulphuric acid’ Hurriyat didn’t respond to interlocutor, Home Minister talks Joined hands with BJP to stop my rebel leaders from selling Kashmir’s interests Don’t have a case filed in CBI like a certain leader Spent all my bank balance on last election Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti Sunday accused former chief minister and National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah of bringing NIA…

Attacks on Kashmiris continue, Student allegedly attacked in Bengaluru

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 Editor

There seems to be no end to attacks on innocent Kashmiris are are continuing after the Pulwama attack, in which 49 CRPF personnel were killed. In the latest incident, a Kashmiri student residing in Bengaluru was brutally attacked by four men. The reason behind the attack is yet to be ascertained. 24-year-old Absar Zahoor Dhar was assaulted by youths in AECS Layout near HAL in southeast Bengaluru. The victim who is studying civil engineering suffered grave injuries to his hand, head and face. Reportedly, the victim does modelling to fund…

It will be an uphill task for BJP to repeat 2014 show in J&K

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 Editor

Protecting State’s special status and distinct cultural identity will be a campaign issue. An upmarket carpet shop at Srinagar’s Polo View has hanged a placard: ‘I protest any attack on Article 35A (related to J&K state subject rights)”. Such protest banners are more common than any party banner or flag in Srinagar. The shop owner Nazeer Ahmad, 61, who always boycotted elections in the Valley since the 1990s, says he’s closely watching the developments taking place ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. “I may not vote again but I…

Rasikh Salam, Kashmiri pacer makes IPL debut

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 Editor

South Kashmir boy Rasikh Salam Dar has become second ever cricketer from J&K to play in Indian Premier League (IPL) as he was included by Mumbai Indians in the playing eleven of their opening match on Sunday in Mumbai. Rasikh Salam who was picked up by Mumbai Indians during players’ auction has been handed debut by Mumbai Indians in their first match of the IPL-2019. He is now second ever player from J&K to play in lucrative cricket league after Parvez Rasool. Overall he is fourth J&K player to get…

The sequence of events in Awantipora custodial death points to holes in police theory

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 Editor

Magisterial inquiry not handled by administration where the death occurred. The sequence of events following the custodial death of a 28-year-old teacher, Rizwan Asad Pandit, from south Kashmir’s Awantipora area points to the gaping holes in the police theory. Three days after the death of Pandit on March 19 in police custody at Srinagar’s special counter-insurgency cell, Cargo, an FIR was lodged against the deceased for “an attempt to escape from a police vehicle” on the way to a location in south Kashmir. Of the three main police stations of the Awantipora…

JKLF banned under the anti-terror law, 14.4 lakh penalty on Syed Ali Shah Geelani imposed by ED

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 Editor

The Yasin Malik-led Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) was banned by the Centre under anti-terror law on Friday, officials said. The outfit has been banned for alleged promotion of secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir, they said. They said the organisation has been banned under various provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Its chief Yasin Malik is under arrest and at present lodged in Jammu’s Kot Balwal jail. This is the second organisation in Jammu and Kashmir which has been banned this month. Earlier, the Centre had banned the…

7 Rebels, Minor boy killed during four gunfights across Kashmir in last 24 hours

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 Editor

Four gunfights between security forces and militants rattled different parts of the Valley in 24 hours, in which five militants, including a top Lashkar commander, were killed and at least seven jawans injured. All four operations are still going on. On Thursday, encounters started at three places in north Kashmir’s Baramulla, Sopore and Bandipora areas. Around midnight, another gun battle started in south Kashmir’s Shopian. Working on “specific information” about the presence of militants at Nambalnar village, which is surrounded by woods, forces cordoned off the village on Wednesday evening…

‘Did we really attack’: Sam Pitroda questions Balakot strike, ‘People will not forgive Oppn’: Modi slams Sam Pitroda

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 Editor

Close confidant of Rahul Gandhi and Chairman of the Overseas Indian National Congress questioned the death toll in the Balakot airstrike conducted by the Indian Air Force in Pakistan in retaliation to the Pulwama terror attack. “If they (IAF) killed 300, its ok. All I am saying is can you give me more facts and prove it,” said Pitroda in a wide-ranging interview to ANI. When asked on his views on the airstrike against the Jaish-e-Mohammad camp in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, he added that international news outlets had an…

Despite 92% attendance LK Advani uttered only 365 words in Parliament during the last 5 years

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 Editor

Much has changed in the life of Lal Krishna Advani in the past five years. Though he continues to sit in the front row of Lok Sabha, he is no longer the fiery parliamentarian India has known him to be. August 8, 2012. The Lok Sabha was debating an adjournment motion on the issue of illegal infiltration into Assam and large-scale ethnic violence in the state. Leading the debate for the Opposition was Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) ‘Loh Purush’ (Iron Man), Lal Krishna Advani. The text of the debate from the day…

Modi govt behind Pulwama attack got jawans killed for votes: Ram Gopal Yadav

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 Editor

Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav has revived attack on the Narendra Modi government over Pulwama terror strike owned by Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed. Yadav has called the Pulwama terror attack a “conspiracy” in which “soldiers were killed for vote”. The SP leader said if the government changes in 2019 Lok Sabha election, and a probe is conducted into the Pulwama terror attack, “big fish” will be caught. “Paramilitary forces are unhappy with the government. Soldiers were killed for votes. There was no security checking between Jammu and Srinagar. Soldiers…