Category: General News

General News

JK will get back power projects from Center says Haseeb Drabu

Editor

Contradiction Coalition While New Delhi continues to rule out any return of power projects to Jammu Kashmir, the State government continues to pin high hopes on it with Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu Thursday reiterating that the State would get them back from Government of India (GoI). Talking to Kashmir Post in his civil secretariat office chambers at Srinagar, Drabu said, “It is my word that we will get back the power projects from GoI.” The finance minister was referring to the assertions of Union Power Minister, R K Singh who…

Read More

A timeline of recent terror attacks across Jammu & Kashmir

Editor

BSF constable Rameez Parray was dragged out of his house and shot dead by suspected militants on September 28, 2017. Search operations have intensified in different regions of Jammu and Kashmir ever since the killing took place. Two Air Force Garud personnel were killed in an encounter with militants in Hajin, Bandipora, on Wednesday. According to officials, two militants associated with the Lashkar were also killed in the gunfight. While the operation is still in progress, officials confirmed injury of two other security personnel. Here’s a timeline of recent attacks…

Read More

Hold panchayat poll by January: Centre to State

Editor

Decision after HM’s visit to state The Union Home Ministry has directed the Jammu and Kashmir Government to hold the panchayat elections by January as it will help restore normalcy in the state. This message has been conveyed to the state government and the revision of electoral rolls has already begun. Sources said this conclusion was drawn following the last visit of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to the state in early September. It was observed that the panchayat elections were of paramount importance and this would involve people at…

Read More

Kashmir Shuts against increasing braid chopping incidents, Amid protests, kid hit by stone

Editor

Clashes in Batamaloo Curbs cripple Downtown Minor injured in Pulwama Police file FIR against locals for thrashing 2 civilians at Nishat Kashmir observed a complete shutdown on Monday against the ‘ongoing’ braid-chopping incidents that have brought the government and the police under fire from people. The call for shutdown was given by the joint separatist leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik. The government had imposed strict curbs in MaharajGunj, Safa Kadal, Rainawari and Nowhatta areas of Downtown to thwart protests, even as normal life…

Read More

Ex-RAW chief says dialogue only way to resolve Kashmir dispute

Editor

Amarjit Singh Dulat, former chief of Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), has said dialogue was the only way to resolve the Kashmir dispute, Radio Pakistan reported. Addressing a function organised by the London School of Economics’ South Asia Forum, he said India’s strategy of not engaging with Pakistan made no sense at all. “New Delhi has created a mess in Kashmir in the past 15 months,” he added. “Heavy handedness has never worked in Kashmir… actually it doesn’t work anywhere as we’ve seen recently in Spain.” Former…

Read More

ISI forms ‘Halal Dasta’ to carry out terror attacks in J&K

Editor

According to intelligence agencies, the ISI has formed a new group called Halal Dasta by recruiting members from various terror outfits to carry out attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, and along the LoC. With security forces upping their ante against terrorists infiltrating in Jammu and Kashmir from across the Line of Control (LoC), the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan has resorted to a new strategy. According to intelligence sources, the ISI has formed a new group of terrorists recruiting members of terror outfits like the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and named it…

Read More

J&K lawyer’s stand on Kashmir’s accession to India irks Supreme Court

Editor

The Jammu and Kashmir high court bar association has challenged the state high court’s order refusing to ban use of pellet guns. Chief Justice Dipak Misra’s bench took strong exception on Wednesday to Jammu and Kashmir high court bar association’s affidavit questioning the state’s accession to India and said it’s a mistake that the Supreme Court had asked reasons for protests in Kashmir. “If this court really wanted to know that (reasons for stone-pelting and protests), then it’s a mistake,” Justice Misra said when the association justified the contents of…

Read More

Seven ministers skip cabinet meet, Zulfiqar walks out

Editor

At least seven ministers were marked absent in the cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti after 50 days here on Tuesday. A source said that three ministers from the PDP and four from the BJP skipped the meeting. The absentees, the source said, included GhulamNabi Lone (minister for agriculture), Abdul Haq Khan (minister for rural development department), Imran Raza Ansari (minister for youth services and sports), Bali Baghat (minister for health and medical education), Sham Choudhary (minister for PHE, irrigation and flood control), Choudhary Lal Singh (minister for…

Read More

Hold talks with long suffering Kashmiris: Yashwant Sinha

Editor

Yashwant Sinha, senior BJP leader and former Union Minister, has called for holding talks with Kashmiris in order to bring peace in Jammu and Kashmir. Generic invites for talks are not enough, he said, adding that the Centre should identify various stakeholders and invite them for talks with a specific time frame. Addressing the annual Manthan Samvaad event here on Sunday, Sinha said Kashmiris have suffered for four generations and feel alienated. “I feel that there is a strong constituency of peace and a possibility of engaging in dialogue to…

Read More

Need to talk to Hurriyat leaders: Karan Singh

Editor

Says Valley wants Article 35A to be defended in SC Senior Congress leader and MP Karan Singh has concluded his four-day visit to Kashmir during which he interacted with members of civil society and leaders of various political parties over the situation in the Kashmir valley. Karan Singh, who arrived here on Monday, also met Governor NN Vohra and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, leaders of other parties and members of civil society. The visit followed that of the two-day tour of the Congress Policy Planning Group led by former…

Read More