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Re-open routes used by Shah-i-Hamadan to reach Kashmir: Mehbooba Mufti

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Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today stressed the need for reviving the teachings of Hazrat Amir Kabir Mir Syed Ali Hamdani saying these hold the key to many of the issues confronting humanity in the present day world. Speaking at a seminar, ‘Shah-i-Hamdan-The savior of our soul’ here today, the Chief Minister said the present day society which lives in a state of social recession and cultural crisis needs to go back to the teachings and philosophy of Hazrat Amir e Kabir to get back on the path of virtue, peace…

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Ministers who participated in ‘Pro-rapist’ rallies had to go: Mehbooba to Modi

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said she had put the state police in a “do-or-die” mode to bring the culprits to book when the horrendous case of the rape and murder of an eight-year-old Kathua girl surfaced. In an interview to Kashmir Post, the CM, speaking on the case that brought the three-year-old PDP-BJP alliance to a breaking point, said now she was looking toward the judiciary for justice after the chargesheet had been filed and the accused were in jail. On whether she had served…

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Pravin Togadia slams Modi Govt over Ram Temple, Kashmir on 2nd day of fast

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Togadia slammed the BJP over its handling of the Ayodhya temple issue and asked what the party would do if the Supreme Court gives its judgement in favour of the mosque. On the second day of his indefinite fast, former VHP leader Pravin Togadia on Wednesday asked the Narendra Modi government to implement the BJP’s promises regarding the Ram Temple, Uniform Civil Code and Article 370, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing his supporters at the fast venue here, he said the BJP government should honour the…

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Churn in J&K BJP after Ministers’ exit

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Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Nirmal Singh was assigned two additional portfolios on Tuesday, which fell vacant after the resignation of two BJP Ministers in the wake of the Kathua rape-and-murder case. The decision has fuelled a rebellion within the party as BJP leaders insisted on “immediate reallocation of portfolios”. Party sources said all nine BJP Ministers have offered to resign before the State BJP president Sat Sharma, apparently miffed at the delay in reallocation. “No resignation was accepted and all leaders were asked to resume work,” said…

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All BJP ministers in J&K Cabinet to resign but PDP-BJP coalition intact: Reports

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) asked all its ministers in the Jammu and Kashmir government to resign but Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti rushed to clarify that the BJP is not pulling the plug, reported PTI. The official version is that a reshuffle has been in the works for some time now but clearly, the political stakes have changed dramatically after protests over the horror of an 8-year-old being raped and murdered in Kathua. Sources said BJP strategist Ram Madhav told local BJP ministers to send in their resignations during meetings last week…

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Hang the rapists of Asifa, demand raising from Chenab Valley, Kashmir, Kargil

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Kashmir valley, the Chenab region of Jammu and Kargil region of Ladakh Monday witnessed widespread protests seeking death penalty to the rapists and murderers of eight-year old nomadic girl in Kathua. The students from Central University of Kashmir held protests in Press Enclave here where they waved placards and shouted slogans. “No civilized society will tolerate people who organize pro-rapist rally. The world is watching,” said Ashfaq Ahmad, a student. “It is shame that now the women are not safe even at sacred places like temples. We condemn those who…

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SC orders protection to Kathua rape victim’s family, lawyer; issues notice to JK Govt

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The father of the Kathua rape and murder victim had moved the Supreme Court seeking to shift the trial to Chandigarh, saying he would not get a fair hearing in Jammu The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Jammu and Kashmir government on a petition to shift the trial of the eight accused in the Kathua gang rape and murder case out of the state and ordered protection for the victim’s family and their lawyer. Even as the trial got underway on Monday in a Kathua court,…

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End of road likely for BJP-PDP govt in J&K as cracks in alliance widen

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Has the PDP-BJP alliance in Jammu and Kashmir reached a tipping point from where there is no point of return? That is the question on the minds of political observers in the state who have been watching the alliance drift apart after coming together in 2014, in what was described as an ‘unholy marriage’ of two ideas lying at the opposite ends of the political spectrum. “We are tired of their (BJP’s) deception,” a senior PDP leader and member of Jammu and Kashmir’s legislative council, told Firstpost, adding, “We were…

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#JusticeForAsifa, From Silence to a rush of empathy for the victim, Humanity Lost and Found

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As soon as the bone-chilling details about rape and murder of a child in Kathua came to fore this week, the gruesome incident hogged the headlines in media. From TV studios in New Delhi to reputed newspaper like New York Times, the cries of justice for the victim, eight-year-old Asifa, have grown louder since. In its report headlined“an 8-Year-Old’s Rape and Killing Fuels Religious Tensions in India,” the New York Times wrote that the incident “seemed another isolated, horrific episode of sexual violence in India, perpetrated against a powerless girl…

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Pro-rapist rallies allowed in Jammu, bullets and curfews ‘Order of the day’ in Kashmir: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

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Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday slammed Jammu and Kashmir government for its “duplicity”, saying in Jammu pro-rapist rallies were being allowed while in Kashmir bullets and pellets have become “order of the day.” “Goons of #JammuBar &Political opportunists given a free run to enforce the despicable pro-rapist bandh in #Jammu while in #Kashmir bullets,pellets,curfews,arrests,gags,closing of Edu.Institutions order of the day “to maintain law&order”&“prevent untoward incidents”!What duplicity!” (sic) Mirwaiz wrote on Twitter. On Wednesday, four civilians were killed in forces action in Khudwani area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam…

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