Day: April 9, 2019

RSS leader Chandrakant Sharma killed, Curfew imposed, Internet suspended, Army called in Kishtwar

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The Rashtriya Swayamasevak Sangh (RSS) leader Chandrakant Sharma who was critically injured after a gunman opened fire on him in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir has died, officials said. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jammu spokesperson Arun Gupta confirmed Singh’s death to Kashmir Post. “Chandrakant ji succumbed to injuries in Kishtwar,” Gupta told Kashmir Post. Sharma’s personal security officer was also killed in the attack at the district hospital Kishtwar.Curfew has been imposed in Kishtwar, Doda and Bhadarwah town as a precautionary measure, said a police official. Curfew was imposed…

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Article 370 hindering the ​development of J&K, People now want Change: PM Narendra Modi

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PM Modi said it was former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s policies which were being an obstacle for the development in the Valley. The people of Kashmir want a change, including Article 35A and Article 370 as they hinder development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. “The problem in Kashmir is largely due to the 50-odd political families there. They have been milking the issue. They don’t want any benefit to be given to the common Kashmiri people. They are using public sentiment for political gains. The income tax department has cracked…

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Is India really ready to Integrate and Assimilate Kashmir and Kashmiris?

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By targeting Kashmiri students, did fanatic groups not undermine India’s message? And by not acting firmly against them, did Modi send the right message to Kashmir and Kashmiris about their future with India? “The Kashmir conflict will be resolved within the parameters of insaniyat (humanity),Kashmiriyat (composite secular, eclectic Kashmiri culture) and jamhooriyat(democracy),” were the words of our late prime minister A.B. Vajpayee. While growing up in Kashmir during the early 2000s (when NDA-I was in power), one could see a deepening of jamhooriyat in the backdrop of the humane policy (insaniyat) of the Central government.…

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BJP is playing with fire: J&K parties hit BJP over Articles 370, 35A poll pledge

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The BJP’s manifesto for the general elections has stirred a hornets’ nest with political parties in Kashmir insisting that the proposal to scrap Article 370 and Article 35A of the Constitution is a dangerous move. Mainstream political parties in Kashmir on Monday termed the BJP’s proposal to scrap Article 370 and Article 35 A in its manifesto as dangerous which will have far reaching consequences and will end relations of state with India. The BJP in its election manifesto released in Delhi had said that party’s position on Article 370 has…

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Gurudwara in Leh defaced, Sikh symbols replaced with Hindu symbols

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A Sikh body has expressed deep anguish and concern over the defacement of a Gurdwara located in Leh area of Ladakh division of Jammu & Kashmir. All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) has urged Governor Satya Pal Malik to intervene and get the matter resolved within shortest possible time. In a statement, APSCC Chairman Jagmohan Singh Raina said that some elements who want to divide people in the name of religion have defaced the Gurdwara Pathar Sahib located at an altitude of 12,000 feet in Leh. Raina said that the…

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Four PILs filed challenge National Highway Ban, Rajnath rules out rollback

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The J&K High Court has directed the state administration to file its response to four public interest litigations (PILs), which have termed the recent order banning the civilian movement on the Jammu-Srinagar-Baramulla highway “as arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional” and sought its immediate quashing. Issuing notices to the state administration and also keeping the matter on board for further directions on Wednesday, a division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Tashi Rabstan on Monday directed Additional Advocate General Bashir Ahmad Dar, representing the state, to…

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BJP leader Vikram Randhawa ‘Roughed Up’ in Chatta Jammu

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In an embarrassment for the BJP, a senior party leader and MLC Vikram Randhawa was virtually roughed up by an unruly crowd in the Chatta area of Jammu district on Sunday evening when he along with party workers was canvassing for Jammu candidate Jugal Kishore Sharma. The incident came to light after two videos went viral on the social media where Randhawa and his supporters were forcibly made to leave the area amid anti-BJP sloganeering after having a brief scuffle and heated exchange with locals. According to locals, Randhawa was…

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Demanding separate PM will force us to scrap Art 370, 35A: Rajnath Singh

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Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the Centre would be left with no option but to scrap Article 370 and Article 35A as the Valley politicians were demanding a separate Prime Minister for Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at a rally at Badyal Kaaziyan near the International Border in Suchetgarh, Rajnath said as the Home Minister he had tried his best to reach out to the people in Kashmir. “I was open to dialogue with the separatists as well and had asked the then Chief Minister also to talk to…

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