Year: 2019

European Parliamentarians call for the ban of pellet shotguns on Kashmiris

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An enormous cross-party group of Members of the European Parliament have called for a ban on the use of pellet guns on civilians in India-controlled Kashmir. Wajid Khan, a Labour Member of the European Parliament representing the North West of England, has authored the letter to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Wajid Khan has been championed the cause of Kashmir in the Parliament since his appointment 2 years ago. He secured the historic Kashmir hearing in the human rights committee in February. Speaking to this correspondent, Wajid Khan said that…

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SC hearing of Articles 35-A and 370, Bar asks members to remain available

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Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, Srinagar has asked the following members of the association to remain available in the Supreme Court on 27 and 28 of March, 2019—so as to cause their appearance in the cases relating to the setting aside of Articles 35-A and 370 of the constitution of India, if those cases are taken up for consideration, on any of the aforesaid dates: M. A. Qayoom, President, Mohammad Ashraf Bhat, General Secretary, Z. A. Shah, Senior Advocate & Executive Member, Z. A. Qureshi, Senior Advocate &…

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Today PM Modi to kick off BJP’s election campaign from Jammu

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s star campaigner, is scheduled to launch the party’s Lok Sabha election campaign in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Officials said Modi is scheduled to arrive in Jammu by an Indian Air Force special aircraft at around 4.30pm and then take a chopper to Doomi-Akhnoor, some 25 kilometers from here, to address a campaign rally. “Prime Minister is likely to reach the rally venue at around 5pm and after the 55-minute public address and meetings with senior party functionaries, he is scheduled to…

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Why young Kashmiris are joining an insurgency against India

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He was the kind of professor students adored, always ready to help with books, advice or small loans. His colleagues in the sociology department found him reliable and ambitious, a scholar whose research on consumerism might propel him to a post elsewhere in India. So it was out of character when Mohammad Rafi Bhat failed to attend a faculty meeting at the University of Kashmir one Friday afternoon last year. His family, too, had no idea where he was. Two days later, when his colleagues turned on their televisions, their…

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Kashmir’s contribution to the field of Medicine

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We have been listening, telling, reading and writing about Kashmir’s contribution to the world in the field of literature, art, architecture, music, dance, drama, language, culture, philosophy, history, civilization, religion, spirituality and tradition. Some important contributions made by Kashmir could not be articulated in an organised manner due to various reasons in the past. One such area remains as the field of medicine and surgery. The Indian contribution in the field of 3Ms (Music, Medicine and Mathematics) to the world is well researched and documented, however, in the overall Indian…

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In couple of years, Rasikh Salam will be a special player: Yuvraj Singh

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Impressed with his composure and control over his swing, former India batsman Yuvraj Singh said J&K young fast bowler Rasikh Salam is going to emerge as a special player in the next two to three years.“Rasikh swung the ball in the nets, that is why the boys wanted to play him. He got hit for a six and four in the last two balls. Other than that, he bowled well.” Yuvraj, who scored a half-century on his debut match for the Mumbai Indians against Delhi Capitals, said, “I think he…

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Uphill task for BJP as four Rajputs lock horns for Doda-Udhampur seat

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Unlike 2014 parliamentary polls, BJP is facing tough time on Doda-Udhampur seat where four influential Rajputs are in fray. As the opposition political parties in Jammu and Kashmir joined hands to support common candidate of Congress party in both the seats of Parliament i.e. Jammu-Poonch (Raman Bhalla) and Udhampur -Doda-Kathua (Vikramaditya Singh), the BJP is “feeling nervous” and is contemplating to convince former legislator and ex-Minister Choudhary Lal Singh to withdraw his nominations. In 2014, Congress candidate and present, Leader of Opposition, Ghulam Nabi Azad was defeated by the BJP…

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Kashmir’s iconic attraction Dal Lake is facing a slow death by sewage

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Sitting near a shop in the interiors of Dal Lake, 65-year-old Abdul Rehman is old enough to remember a time when the lake’s water was clean enough to drink. Today, he gazes sadly at the highly degraded state of its water. “Even after filtering multiple times, this water will not be fit to drink,” he said.Rehman now makes it a point to ask every tourist in a shikara who glides by his shop to not throw waste overboard. “This city’s tourism economy is heavily dependent on the lake,” he added.…

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Pulwama recruiting ground for LeT, JeM: Govt report

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Pakistan-based terror groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e- Mohammed (JeM) recruited the most number of locals from Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama both in 2018 and in 2019, according to a report prepared by security agencies and shared with the Prime Minister’s office, among others. Forty Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were killed in Pulwama on February 14 when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a bus carrying the paramilitary troopers. JeM claimed responsibility for the attack.Describing the attack, the report, a copy of which has been…

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BJP told him not to contest, Murli Manohar Joshi revels in a letter to voters

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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi will not contest from the Kanpur Lok Sabha seat, the BJP confirmed on Tuesday after a letter from the party veteran emerged informing people of the city that he had been asked by the party not to contest from here or elsewhere. In the letter, Joshi, who was insistent on contesting the seat for a second time, said the party’s organisational secretary Ram Lal had conveyed to him that he would not be contesting from Kanpur or elsewhere. BJP’s city president Surendra Maithani…

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