In view of the threat of agitation given by the LAB due to prolonged delay in the constitution of the Panel to address their issues including the grant of Statehood to the Union Territory of Ladakh, the Government of India (GoI) is likely to constitute a high-powered committee shortly for holding negotiations with the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA). While there has been no official statement issued so far, reports with the Excelsior newspaper indicated that Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai might head…
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BJP’s policies have taken J&K back by decades: Mehbooba Mufti
Mehbooba Mufti made the remarks in response to photographs and videos on social media in which security forces are seen frisking women and minors during surprise checking in Lal Chowk. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday alleged that the BJP government’s policies on Jammu and Kashmir have taken the union territory “back by decades”. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister made the remarks in response to photographs and videos on social media in which security forces are seen frisking women and minors during surprise checking in Lal Chowk and…
Read MoreIn a sudden move J&K Police seizes most Two-Wheeler’s from Kashmir Roads
Bikers were spotted waiting outside police stations till late evening in Jammu and Kashmir with cops offering no explanation. Jammu and Kashmir Police have seized hundreds of two-wheelers in the Valley in the past two days, without giving the bikers any reason why. The political parties have condemned the act and asked the government to take pro-people steps, rather than breaking the “back of people” and crippling them economically. Jammu and Kashmir Police, which has a very large social media presence and which tweets about almost all its activities, is…
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