High flying rumors become Don Quixote’s windmills in Kashmir

High flying rumours become Don Quixote's windmills in Kashmir

Kashmir has been agog since the last five days with rumours running high that ‘something big like August 5, 2019’ is going to happen. In 2019 also rumours flew wild saying ‘Delhi was planning something big’ and those rumours came true when articles 370, 35A and the statehood were scrapped by the Indian Parliament. What fuelled the rumours of 2019? The official advisory to tourists to leave the Valley, the curtailment of the Amarnath Yatra which was in full swing when the government decide to cut it short. The huge…

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Post Sinha & Shah’s Delhi meet, demand for separate statehood rising from across Jammu region

Post Sinha & Shah's Delhi meet, demand for separate statehood rising from across Jammu region

With J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and more paramilitary troops being rushed to Kashmir, speculation has been rife that the Centre is about to make some major decisions on Jammu and Kashmir. This has prompted Jammu-based parties to come forward demanding that Jammu be made a separate state. Sinha met Shah and Home Secretary A K Bhalla in New Delhi for a security review meeting. Soon after the meeting, rumours have surfaced that the Centre is planning to give statehood to Jammu and may…

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