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Pained the way Geelani’s body was treated after his death: Mehbooba Mufti

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Pained the way Geelani’s body was treated after his death - Mehbooba Mufti

‘You fight with a person when he is alive. But when he dies he becomes a body. That body deserves respect,’ Mehbooba Mufti said. Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said people of Kashmir are sad and are in pain the way the government treated separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani after his death. Accusing the government of being afraid of Geelani’s body and of fighting with the separatist leader’s body after his death, Mehbooba said, dead bodies deserve respect. “You fight with a person when he is alive. But when…

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Hurriyat at a crossroads

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Hurriyat at a crossroads

The Hurriyat Conference, the political platform of separatists in Kashmir, is getting increasingly marginalised, with the Centre cracking down on its leaders and considering a ban on both factions. By -Bashaarat Masood After banning the Jamat-e-Islami and the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), there have been reports that the Centre is considering a ban on both factions of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference. What does the Hurriyat Conference stand for, and what is its relevance? The beginnings In the winter of 1992, when militancy was at its peak in…

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Tarigami moves Supreme Court to challenge abrogation of Article 370, 35-A

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Tarigami moves Supreme Court to challenge abrogation of Article 370, 35-A

Prays for an early hearing of the case in the ‘interest of justice. The Central Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) and spokesperson of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), MY Tarigami Friday filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court of India, challenging the constitutional validity of abrogation of Article 370 and 35-A and passing of the Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Act 2019 in the parliament, which bifurcated the state into two Union Territories. In the written petition, Tarigami has prayed before the Supreme Court to…

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‘Only unity can take people out from Suppression, Repression and Oppression’, somebody’s ideology can’t be changed on gunpoint: Mehbooba Mufti

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‘Only unity can take people out from Suppression, Repression and Oppression’, somebody’s ideology can’t be changed on gunpoint: Mehbooba Mufti

While laying emphasis on the need for unity, former Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday said that ‘only unity can take people out from suppression, repression, and oppression.’ She was addressing workers at the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) meeting in Srinagar. “There is so much suppression,” she said adding that this suppression can be tackled and get rid of by the unity which is the need of the hour. “We are facing a lot of suppression. Let us see when elections are…

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Notion of normality is far from reality, ‘Further alienating Kashmiri’s by its actions’: Yashwant Sinha

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Notion of normality is far from reality, ‘Further alienating Kashmiri's by its actions' - Yashwant Sinha

Contesting the central government’s belief that everything is normal in Kashmir, former Union finance minister and Trinamool leader Yashwant Sinha says this notion “is completely wrong and far from the reality”. The former BJP leader said that people in Kashmir still have a strong resentment in their minds against what the Modi government did on August 05, 2019. “It is good to see that Kashmiris are not offering themselves to get killed on roads and they have resumed the normal activities (post-August 05, 2019), but that does not mean that…

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Hurriyat Conference likely to be banned under UAPA, TeH removes sign board from its office in Hyderpora

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Hurriyat Conference likely to be banned under UAPA, TeH removes sign board from its office in Hyderpora

A ban under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act may be imposed on both factions of the secessionist conglomerate Hurriyat Conference which has been spearheading the separatist movement in Jammu and Kashmir for over two decades, officials said. They said a recent probe into the granting of MBBS seats to Kashmiri students by institutions in Pakistan indicates that the money collected from aspirants by some organisations which were part of the Hurriyat Conference conglomerate was being used for funding terror organisations in the union territory. The officials said both the…

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Restore Article 370, resolve Kashmir for everlasting peace in sub-continent: Mehbooba to GoI

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Restore Article 370, resolve Kashmir for everlasting peace in sub-continent - Mehbooba to GoI

‘Taliban forced US forces to flee, but world watching their behavior; I urge Taliban no to commit any act that goes against Afghan people’ Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti Saturday said that if New Delhi is really interested in ensuring peace in J&K and the sub-continent, it must restore article 370 and resolve Kashmir through dialogue. Addressing a gathering at the southern district of Kulgam, Mehbooba said for everlasting peace in Kashmir, the Government of India must restore the special status which they snatched illegally on August 5,…

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How can J&K leaders justify their presence in the meeting if they could not convince the leaders to talk about 370: Sajad Gani Lone

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How can J&K leaders justify their presence in the meeting if they could not convince the leaders to talk about 370 - Sajad Gani Lone

With the opposition parties’ joint statement skipping mention of Article 370, Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Saturday said how can J &K leaders justify their presence in the meeting if they could not convince the leaders to talk about 370. In a series of tweets, news agency Lone asked why leaders from J&K have become part and parcel of the “don’t talk about 370” discourse. “No mention of Article 370 in opposition parties meet. In wonderment how can J and K leaders justify their presence in the meeting…

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Only two people from outside J&K have managed to purchase properties in the UT since 370 abrogation: MHA

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Only two people from outside J&K have managed to purchase properties in the UT since 370 abrogation - MHA

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has informed the Lok Sabha that there are only two people who have purchased properties in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370, in which the former state’s special status was removed, thus making way for people from other states to buy land. The MHA has said in a written reply in Parliament that there are only two people who have purchased properties in Jammu and Kashmir in the past 2.5 years since the Centre’s action. As per the information provided by…

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J&K under ‘Direct Assault’ from New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi

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J&K under ‘Direct Assault’ from New Delhi - Rahul Gandhi

Statehood in full should be restored forthwith; Elections be held in a free and fair manner; My fight against PM Modi’s divisive policies to continue, Congress believes in love, honour, not hatred; will visit Jammu, Ladakh soon Stating that J&K was “under the direct assault from New Delhi”, All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said and the Government of India should restore full statehood to J&K and conduct the elections in a free and fair manner. Rahul, who arrived in Kashmir on a two-day sojourn, also…

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