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Protests after 3.30pm against rising mob attacks on Kashmiri’s: Traders Union

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Editor

With no let up in mob attacks against Kashmiris in various states following a recent militant attack in Pulwama, various trade organisations have called for a complete protest shutdown after 3.30pm in Lal Chowk and Downtown areas on Friday. These organisations, among others, include both factions of the Kashmir economic alliance (KEA), all factions of the Kashmir traders and manufacturers’ federation (KTMF), the Kashmir chamber of commerce and industry (KCCI), Shehar-e-Khaas traders’ coordination committee and Valley-based transporters. Earlier, the trade bodies held a meeting wherein the decision to observe the…

Wildfire spreading badly, Now Kashmiri students attacked in Maharashtra

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Editor

In the latest incident of assault on Kashmiri students, the students from Kashmir studying in a college in Yavatmal were attacked by members of Yuva Sena, the youth wing of Shiv Sena, police said Thursday.The attack happened Wednesday night, police said.The students were also threatened, they added.A video of the incident has gone viral on the social media and a case has been registered at the Yavatmal police station. The students were attacked around 10 pm outside their rented accommodation on Waghapur Road, police said. The students were from the…

We support UN resolutions on Kashmir: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Editor

Saudi Arabia’s minister of state for foreign affairs Adel al-Jubeir has that his country backs the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions on Kashmir and that India and Pakistan should hold talks to preserve the Kashmiri interests.The top Saudi official made the remarks during an interview with India Today in New Delhi where Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman was on a day long visit to India. “We have said there are UN resolutions with regard to Kashmir that Saudi Arabia supports,” Jubeir told senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai. Al-Jubeir said…

India to stop water flow to Pakistan: Nitin Gadkari

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Editor

India has decided to stop the flow of its share of water to Pakistan from rivers under the Indus water treaty, a move seen as an immediate fallout of a militant attack that killed 40 central reserve police force (CRPF) personnel in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district on February 14.Water resources minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted to convey the decision of the government to stop India’s share of water flowing to Pakistan. But the actual implementation of the decision may take up to six years as dams as high as 100 metres…

What will be the worth of that World Cup trophy if you haven’t beaten Pakistan: Aakash Chopra

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Editor

Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has given his opinion on the increasing calls for India to boycott their World Cup group stage match against Pakistan on June 16 at Old Trafford in Manchester. In the aftermath of the dastardly Pulwama attack that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF jawans, the general consensus in the country is that the ‘Men in Blue’ shouldn’t play against Pakistan at this year’s showpiece tournament in the UK. Chopra, on the other hand, has said that India isn’t a ‘regressive’ country and therefore, politics and…

3 Kg beef can be traced but not 350 kg RDX: Haroon Yusuf

February 22, 2019February 22, 2019 Editor

Delhi Congress working president Haroon Yusuf on Thursday created a controversy by alleging that three kg beef could be traced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi but not 350 kg RDX, referring to the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed. Senior BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad termed the statement “scandalous and irresponsible” “@narendramodi Ji can trace 3 kg of beef but cannot trace 350 kg of RDX #ModiFailsNationalSecurity(sic),” Yusuf alleged in a tweet. He later defended his tweet. “What I have said is reality.…

In the backdrop of Pulwama attack, resolution on Kashmir situation likely in upcoming RSS meet

February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 Editor

The highest decision-making body of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), will discuss the increase in number of terror attacks, locals joining terror outfits, and the situation in the Kashmir valley at its upcoming meeting in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior, according to functionaries familiar with the matter. The meeting of the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), scheduled from March 8 to 10, will come weeks before the 2019 general elections. It also comes in the backdrop of the recent attack in Kashmir’s Pulwama,…

Omar Questions Modi’s ‘Silence’ on Kashmiri being targeted in various parts of the country

February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 Editor

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi was silent on Kashmiri students being targeted in various parts of the country. Addressing the media, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also said talks with Pakistan cannot be held in the backdrop of attacks such as the one in Pulwama last week. “Our PM has talked about a ‘muh tod jawab’ but such a reply is not possible in the current situation,” Abdullah said a week after 40 CRPF soldiers were killed in a terror…

Chidambaram points out the ‘Depressing Irony’, We want Kashmir without Kashmiris

February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 Editor

Some people want Kashmir to be part of India but don’t want Kashmiris to be part of Indians, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Thursday and asserted that the “irony of the situation is depressing”. The former home and finance minister also took a dig at Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy’s statement that he favoured a call for the boycott of Kashmiri products and visiting the state as tourists. “The irony of the situation is depressing. We want Kashmir to be part of India, but we do not want Kashmiris…

Thanksgiving messages, offers for Sikh community pouring from across Kashmir Valley

February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 Editor

Kashmiri students and traders, who reached safely home today, had many a story to narrate on the help extended by members of the Sikh community in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack, providing them not only food and shelter in Punjab, but also protection. To express gratitude, hundreds took to the Internet. A cartoon depicting a Sikh extending his arm to a drowning Kashmiri was an instant hit. Cartoonist Suhail Naqashbandi tweeted: “Sardar means a leader and they lead by example. Hats off for being everywhere to help.” A picture…