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Military, Militancy can’t solve Kashmir Issue: UK Seminar

January 25, 2018 Editor

The seminar held in Birmingham on Sunday by Kashmir Voice International (KVI) attracted speakers from India and Pakistan. A seminar on international awareness about the Jammu and Kashmir issue was told that neither militancy nor military operations could solve the problem between India and Pakistan, and speakers called for more action to raise it at the international level. The seminar held in Birmingham on Sunday by Kashmir Voice International (KVI), an organisation comprising UK-based individuals with origins in the Kashmir Valley, attracted speakers from India and Pakistan who dwelt on…

172 Civilians, 363 Militants killed, Curfew imposed 193 times in 2 Years: Mehbooba informs Assembly

January 24, 2018 Editor

The J&K government Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that 105 civilians were killed in law and order disturbances in Kashmir during the past two years. It said 67 civilians were killed in militancy-related incidents during the period. In a written reply to NC MLA Ali Muhammad Sagar, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti disclosed that 105 civilians were killed “in law and order problems” in 2016 and 2017 in Kashmir. Post Burhan Wani’s killing, Kashmir witnessed a long spell of unrest in which dozens of civilians were killed by government forces. The…

Govt’s muscular militaristic approach won’t solve Kashmir problems: Chidambaram

January 23, 2018 Editor

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said the government’s “muscular militaristic approach” won’t help in solving problems in Kashmir. He also came out in support of Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra for saying that the rules of engagement for handling conflicts calls for restraint. “The fundamental flaw is the belief that a muscular militaristic approach will lead to a solution in Kashmir,” Chidambaram tweeted. “Governor Vohra is absolutely right when he said that rules of engagement for handling internal conflicts called for ‘restraint’, he added. The former home…

NC, Cong members stage walkout to protest power crisis in J&K

January 22, 2018 Editor

Several National Conference and Congress members on Monday staged a walkout from the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly over the government’s “unsatisfactory reply” on the issue of power crisis in the state and border shelling which has claimed 12 lives since Thursday. NC MLA Ali Mohammad Sagar was the first to leave the House and was followed by party legislators Altaf Kaloo and Javaid Rana and Congress members Vikar Rasool, Usman Majeed and GM Saroori. Opposition members staged the walkout as Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, who holds the power portfolio,…

Intel agencies warn of infiltration bids in J&K ahead of 26 January

January 22, 2018 Editor

Security along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir was beefed up following an alert by intelligence agencies about possible infiltration attempts by militants ahead of the 26 January, police said today. A group of three to four militants were seen camping across the border at a village in Pakistan, near a border out post (BoP), intelligence agencies are learnt to have warned the police and forces. The main reason behind ceasefire violations and shelling is to help infiltrate militants from across the border, IG, Jammu Zone, S D…

Infighting in BJP comes to fore, MLAs ‘Demonise’ their own ministers

January 19, 2018 Editor

The infighting within the BJP has come out in the open with the saffron party facing embarrassment in the Assembly since the start of the Budget session as party legislators have seized every opportunity to “demonise” their own ministers in the House. Virtually playing the role of the Opposition, the ‘sulking’ BJP legislators have reasons to take on their own ministers due to pressure from voters of their respective constituencies. According to party insiders, the lack of coordination on the floor of the House was quite visible because ministers seldom…

NIA charges Hurriyat leaders with ‘Sedition’, Move aimed at forcing Hurriyat into submission, says Mirwaiz

January 19, 2018January 19, 2018 Editor

A charge sheet was filed on Thursday against 12 people by the NIA including Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen head Syed Salahuddin for “conspiring to wage war against the government” and “fomenting trouble in Kashmir.” The charge sheet also alleged that officials of Pakistan high commission here were passing on money through now-arrested businessman Zahoor Watali to separatists who would hand it over to them after deducting his cut. The National Investigation Agency filed the 12,794-page charge sheet, along with annexure, before a designated NIA court here and…

Kashmir can’t secede from India: General Bipin Rawat

January 18, 2018 Editor

People in Jammu and Kashmir are tired of militancy as they have realised that it cannot give them what they want, the army chief, general Bipin Rawat, said on Wednesday. In a Facebook Live session at the ongoing Raisina Dialogue organised by the observer research foundation (ORF), he also said that people of Kashmir have “come to know that it is not possible to secede from India.” “The people of Kashmir in general, I think, are getting tired of terrorism. They have seen it for too long and they have…

Uproaring in assembly as Speaker blames Dy CM for security breach

January 18, 2018 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Kavinder Gupta today left the state government red-faced after he alleged that Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh’s escort vehicles “breached his security protocol” but the police did not act on his complaint to “please” the Dy CM. Gupta’s remarks triggered a protest in the Assembly with opposition members cornering the government for “failing” to protect the privileges of the Speaker as well as the MLAs and staged a walkout from the House “to show their solidarity” with the Speaker. The matter was raised when the…

Govt red-faced as BJP MLA says Omar govt ‘Better’

January 17, 2018 Editor

In a major embarrassment for the Mehbooba Mufti-led government, BJP legislator Choudhary Sukhnandan today claimed the previous government (headed by Omar Abdullah) was “better than the ruling dispensation” and “he was happy to be a member of the Opposition”. He also took a dig at Finance Minister Haseeb A Drabu for laying more thrust on the Kashmir valley while neglecting Jammu in various sectors. He also warned the government of simmering anger among the farmers whose land was “forcibly” being acquired for the Ring Road project and said, “He will…