Month: April 2019

Highway Ban: Mehbooba Mufti should be arrest for ‘Instigating Kashmiris’ demands BJP

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Lashing out at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti for allegedly instigating people to defy a ban of vehicular movement on the national highway connecting Jammu with Srinagar, the BJP Wednesday demanded that she be arrested for trying to create law and order problem. “FIR should been registered against former CM Mehbooba Mufti for statements to instigate the public to defy vehicular ban on highway on Wednesdays and Sundays,” the chief spokesperson of J&K Bharatiya Janata Party, Sunil Sethi, told reporters here. “We demand the arrest of Mehbooba Mufti for instigating public…

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‘Narendra Modi will bring Kashmir Issue to an end’: Devendra Fadnavis in Aap Ki Adalat

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“I believe that Modi has started taking strong steps in Kashmir. Like Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, who brought about the unconditional merger of 542 princely states in the Indian Union, Modi will also bring the Kashmir question to an end.” Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis today said, he was of the firm opinion that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “will bring the Kashmir issue to an end” (Kashmir ka jo prashna hai, khatm karengey). Fadnavis was replying to questions from Rajat Sharma in India TV’s show ‘Aap Ki Adalat’, recorded in…

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Another day of anguish and despair as MHA defends Highway Ban; Protests continue in Kashmir

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Underlining that the ban became necessary in the backdrop of the Pulwama terror attack, it issued a statement on Wednesday and said the step has been taken for ensuring safe movement of forces till May 31. The statement comes at a time when the ministry has to file its reply to the Jammu and Kashmir High Court which has directed it to respond by April 19 to a bunch of petitions challenging the decision. Facing criticism for closing down the national highway connecting Jammu with Srinagar, the Union Home Ministry…

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Imran Khan sees better chance of peace talks with India if BJP wins the ​election

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He said Mr. Modi, like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was electioneering based on “fear and nationalist feeling” Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he thinks there may be a better chance of peace talks with India if Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins the general election due to begin on April 11. Mr. Khan said that if the next Indian government were led by the opposition Congress party, it might be too scared to seek a settlement with Pakistan over Kashmir, fearing a backlash from the right. “Perhaps if the…

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Observe complete shutdown tomorrow in poll-bound​ constituencies: JRL

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The Joint Resistance leadership (JRL) comprising Hurriyat Conference (G) led by Syed Ali Geelani, Hurriyat Conference (M) led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has called for a complete shutdown on Thursday, April 11 against the parliamentary elections, NIA “aggression”, closure of highway for civilian traffic twice a week, and recent attack on prisoners in Srinagar Central Jail. The parliamentary polls are going to start Thursday from Baramulla parliamentary constituency. JRL in a statement called for complete shutdown against “NIA aggression which includes the shifting of…

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Anantnag Parliamentary seat has a Non-State subject candidate​ in the ​fray

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For the first time in the electoral history of Jammu and Kashmir, a non-state subject is contesting Lok Sabha elections from the Anantnag parliamentary constituency. Shams Khwaja of Noida in Uttar Pradesh, a lawyer by profession is among the eighteen candidates whose nomination papers were accepted by the district election officer of Anantnag. Khwaja’s nominations as an independent candidate was contested by the opposition parties on the ground that his name was not in the electoral roles of the constituency. However, in his defense Khwaja argued that the constitutional requirement…

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BJP Manifesto: For Kashmir, Not Kashmiris?

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BJP’s reiteration to repeal Articles 370, 35A will have serious repercussions in J&K, further alienating Kashmiri youth. Nowhere in the country have people reposed their faith in institutions of democracy as much as the people of Jammu and Kashmir, even braving bullets to reiterate their belief in ballots. While the rest of the country continues to celebrate the day of election, for people in Kashmir it can mean a tryst with death. Yet, people come out and risk their lives to assert their right to vote. Imagine who it feels…

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If problem of just two districts, Why to lockdown whole highway:​ Omar asks Modi

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Jammu and Kashmir National Conference party, vice-president, Omar Abdullah on Monday said that the “ensuing Lok Sabha election provides an opportunity to send credible and strong voices to parliament.” Addressing a mammoth gathering at Naidkhai Sonawari, party vice president said, “How can Mehbooba be trusted with protecting state’s special status when she was the one who implemented GST in the state? We impressed upon her not to implement it. We raised our voice against the implantation of GST in state. We told her that the implementation of GST will infringe…

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As BJP vows to revoke special rights, Kashmir leaders warn of ‘Unimaginable Repercussions’

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)is widely expected to retain power after the Lok Sabha election that starts on Thursday, though with a much smaller mandate, hit by concerns over a shortage of jobs and weak farm prices. It pledged to spend Rs 100 trillion rupees on infrastructure in the next five years to help create jobs for the millions entering the workforce each year. Pollsters say BJP’s re-election bid got a boost from recent hostilities with arch-rival Pakistan, after the Jaish-e-Mohammed based in the country claimed a…

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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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