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Ready to talk to Hurriyat, Pakistan, No confusion in our Kashmir policy: Rajnath Singh

May 26, 2018 Editor

Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said that India is ready to talk to the Hurriyat Conference if they are ready to talk, a media report said today. “If Hurriyat is ready to talk, we have no problem, we are ready to talk to anyone. Even if Pakistan comes for a dialogue, we are ready for it,” Singh told Aaj Tak TV channel during a programme held in New Delhi to mark four years of the Narendra Modi government. “There is no problem in any dialogue with Pakistan, it is our…

Amid Bloodbath and Destruction along IB, BJP celebrating four years of Modi Govt

May 26, 2018 Editor

Amid bloodbath and destruction along the International Border, the top brass of the state BJP on Friday celebrated four years of the NDA government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The high-profile celebrations were held at Akhnoor which also witnessed destruction in the recent shelling from across the border. The Pallanwalla sector, where eight-month-old Nitin lost his life due to Pakistani firing, is part of the Akhnoor area. The BJP celebrations evoked a strong reaction from people, especially in Akhnoor. “Instead of organising the function with a pomp and show,…

If found guilty, Major Gogoi will get exemplary punishment: Army Chief

May 25, 2018 Editor

Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat said on Friday Major Leetul Gogoi will be given “exemplary punishment” if he is found guilty after the Rashtriya Rifles officer was detained along with a woman and a local man on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar. “If anyone in the Indian Army, at any rank, does any wrong and it comes to our notice then strictest action will be taken,” Gen Rawat was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. “If Major Gogoi has done something wrong then I can say that…

Suspension of operations by security forces likely to continue in Valley after Ramadan: Sources

May 25, 2018 Editor

Suspension of anti-terror operations by security forces in Jammu in Kashmir is likely to continue after Ramadan. The Ministry of Home Affairs had on May 16, 2018, asked security forces not to launch operations in J&K during the holy month of Ramadan. The ministry had said that the decision had been taken to help the “peace-loving Muslims observe Ramadan in a peaceful environment”. The Centre had also said that the security forces reserved “the right to retaliate if attacked or if essential to protect the lives of innocent people”. As…

Thanks to Ramadan Ceasefire, Interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma will finally get to do his job

May 25, 2018 Editor

Unexpected things are happening in Kashmir — the Centre announced a suspension of military operations popularly being referred to as the ‘Ramzan Ceasefire’; there are strong rumours of the Centre holding talks with the Hurriyat leadership and the central government appointed interlocutor to Kashmir – Dineshwar Sharma – visited Makhdoom Sahib, a popular Sufi shrine, to pray for peace in the Valley. Sharma’s visit to Kashmir, his first since suspension of military operations were announced, was meant to review the situation in the Valley and build upon goodwill earned through…

Muscular policy on Kashmir is brainless policy: Yashwant Sinha

May 24, 2018 Editor

In an apparent swipe at the Centre, former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today said a ‘muscular policy’ on Kashmir is a brainless one as muscles do not have brain. Speaking at an event to launch a book, written jointly by former chiefs of intelligence agencies of India and Pakistan – A S Dulat and Asad Durrani respectively besides author Aditya Sinha, he suggested India must talk to Pakistan in order to resolve the Kashmir issue. Referring to recent media reports, Sinha said Indian media says Pakistani Rangers are pleading for…

Hurriyat will talk to GOI: Prof Abdul Gani Bhat

May 23, 2018 Editor

Days after Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) rejected Delhi’s unilateral Ramadan ceasefire in Kashmir, former Hurriyat chairman Prof Abdul Gani Bhat Tuesday said Hurriyat Conference would talk to Delhi as fighting war is not an option anymore. “I don’t say I should be invited for talks. But the consensus will evolve over the time and people who want to talk will talk to both India and Pakistan,” Prof Bhat told Kashmir Post over phone. Bhat has been a strong supporter of dialogue throughout his political career. “Fighting a war is no…

Hurriyat was ISI creation, Regrets giving ‘Factions’ free run in Kashmir: Pakistan’s former Spy Chief

May 22, 2018 Editor

In what is believed to be the first such confession to emerge from Pakistan, the country’s former spy chief Mohammad Asad Durrani has admitted that the Hurriyat was the creation of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Durrani, who served as the ISI chief from 1990-1992, the years when the armed separatist violence broke out in Kashmir for the first time on a mass scale, said, “I think that the formation of the Hurriyat to provide a political direction to the resistance was a good idea.” But what he didn’t consider a…

Narendra Modi calls for ceasefire, Mehbooba praises the ‘Difficult Decision’

May 21, 2018 Editor

Arriving in Jammu and Kashmir days after the announcement of a ceasefire for Ramzan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to youths to return to the mainstream, calling himself “a disciple of Kashmiriyat”. Welcoming the ceasefire as a sign of the Centre’s “big heart”, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti assured the PM that the people would respond to the gesture. Inaugurating the 330 MW Kishanganga Hydel Power Project, Modi said in Srinagar, “Whether it is the withdrawal of thousands of cases against students or the decision of ceasefire taken in…