Category: Community

Police may revolt in J&K if Supreme Court scraps Article 35A: Intelligence Agencies

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Intelligence agencies have warned that there could be a “revolt” in the police ranks and massive unrest in Jammu and Kashmir if the Supreme Court passes an “adverse” order on Article 35A of the Constitution Monday, a news channel reported quoting sources. The top court will hear a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the presidential order of 1954, which defines “permanent residents of Jammu and Kashmir”, and bars non-locals from buying and owning land in the state. The Jammu and Kashmir police are on the forefront in the fight…

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In 25 police districts of J&K, only five officers from Kashmir at helm

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The presence of police officers from Kashmir at key district-level positions in the state, especially in the Valley, is witnessing decline with every fresh transfer order. The transfers effected by the state Home department on Monday have triggered fears among the local officers that they would be dumped to insignificant positions in coming days. “Are not we competent enough to handle crucial assignments? How can officers with four to five years of experience handle crucial and sensitive districts in Kashmir? It is sheer injustice with us,” a group of police…

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Unity an eye-opener for Delhi: Joint Resistance Leadership

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The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik unequivocal, united and unanimous verdict by the people of Chenab valley region, Pir-Panjal Region, Kashmir valley to Kargil against planned attack on the identity and distinctiveness of Jammu Kashmir in the garb of 35 A should serve as an eye opener for Indian rulers and policy makers, In a statement, the leaders termed the unity among the people of Jammu and Kashmir on state subject law and unprecedented protest as heartening. “People across the…

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Mehbooba Mufti’s plan to quit coalition was leaked: Sham Lal

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Sham Lal Sharma, senior Congress leader from Jammu, said recently that before the BJP pulled the plug on the PDP-BJP government, Mehbooba was planning to leave the coalition, but it was leaked from her office and it gave the BJP time to take the step first. He said while reacting to the reports of the BJP-PDP coming together to form the government again. “There are no chances of the BJP again aligning with the PDP to form the government in the state. The BJP has realised that they have failed…

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UN rights chief stands by report on HR abuses in Kashmir

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The United Nations human rights chief has defended the world body’s June 14 human rights report on Kashmir that accused Indian troops of having used excessive force to kill and wound civilians since 2016 and called for an international investigation. “I will still stand by it,” United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein said at a farewell news conference at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday, referring to the report which India not only rejected as flawed but its media also unleashed personal attacks on…

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Kashmiri Pandit group join protest against assault on Art 35A

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We won’t allow tinkering of law, any dilution will lead to bloodbath: Prakash As Supreme Court is set to hear the petitions challenging validity of Article 35-A on Monday, a Kashmiri Pandit group and civil society members on Thursday staged protest against any assault and tinkering with Article 35-A. The Pandit group led by prominent Kashmiri Pandit and trade union leader Sampat Prakash assembled at Pratap Park, here and staged a sit-in protest against any tinkering with Article 35-A, which grants special privileges to residents of J&K. Carrying placards and…

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Fugitive Vijay Mallya’s Kashmir connection

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Some 25 kms from Srinagar, a quiet and serene village on Srinagar-Bandipora Road, at first glance, looks unassuming. The village is nestled among beautiful fruit orchards. It is quiet. It was once home to one of Kashmir’s most cherished fruits – indigenous Kashmir melons. Close by flows the River Jhelum, in its broadest width in the valley. It looks majestic here. It is a place that Britishers and Indian travellers would stop by on their Jhelum boat journeys to north Kashmir. In the 1990s, the area was part of the…

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Tinkering with Article 35A won’t be tolerated: Joint Resistance Group

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Separatist leaders Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik on Tuesday said any attempt to change the demography of the state by “tinkering” with Article 35A was “intolerable” and warned that Kashmiris would “spill their blood” to safeguard the identity and character of the state. Mirwaiz, who heads a faction of separatist amalgam Hurriyat Conference, said “no court, whether in India or in Pakistan, has any jurisdiction to take decisions that can in any way affect the disputed status of Jammu and Kashmir”. The Article 35A has been in the eye…

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Washington Post India head awaits permission to cover Kashmir since June 22

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Washington Post’s India bureau chief Annie Gowen has been denied permission to report on Kashmir, she tweeted on Tuesday. The Government of India recently asked foreign correspondents to seek permission in writing for travelling anywhere in Jammu and Kashmir, a move reminiscent of the early 1990s when the Indian government made it impossible for foreign journalists to report from the valley. Gowen said she had applied for permission on June 22 and called the delay “unacceptable”. “I am in Kashmir for a day to attend a friend’s wedding. I am…

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41 Security men, 32 Civilians killed in violence in Kashmir this year

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As many as 41 security men, including 20 policemen, and 32 civilians were killed in militancy-related and stone-pelting incidents in Kashmir this year, officials said today. Giving details, the officials said 39 security personnel, including 17 Army personnel, 20 policemen and two CRPF personnel, were killed and 96 others injured in militancy-related incidents in first six months of this year. Of these, 28 Army personnel, 31 CRPF personnel and 37 policemen were injured in militancy-related incidents, they said. In stone-pelting incidents, two CRPF personnel were killed and 811 others injured…

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