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National Investigation Agency ropes in tax officials to probe LoC trade

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has roped in tax officials to probe trans-LoC trade and alleged receipt of money by separatists groups in the Kashmir valley, believed to be the main source of terror financing, officials said today. The Centre has allowed the deputation of officers of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise) in the NIA to help the investigators probe the multi-layered trade transactions, they said. The federal agency to probe terrorism-related cases had in December registered a case to look into the barter trade at the…

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People of Kashmir are between two maximalist positions: Chidambaram

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The Congress leader’s tweets come a day after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti pointed out that the instability in the Valley is not due to a lack of law and order, but due to few external dimensions, while also urging the entire nation to come together to resolve the issue of Jammu and Kashmir. Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Sunday took to Twitter to stress on the prevailing instability in the Kashmir Valley and blamed the Centre for aggravating the problem by taking ‘a maximalist position.’ “On…

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Nation first ‘be it China or Kashmir’, opposition leaders post all party meet in New Delhi

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The issue with China and the growing unrest in Kashmir will be raised in the Parliament session beginning next week by opposition parties, who were on Friday briefed by the government about the situation on both the fronts. Emerging from the meeting, Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma told reporters that their party has raised some doubts before the government but made it clear that “nation is first – be it China or Kashmir”. “There is too much of tension and that should be lowered through diplomacy. We…

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JK Police forms SIT to probe Amarnath bus attack

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The bus was not registered with the Amarnath Shrine Board and had reportedly violated the travel rules. The Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by a DIG-rank officer to probe the July 10 terror attack on a bus carrying Amarnath Yatra pilgrims in south Kashmir. “We have constituted the six-member SIT headed by South Kashmir Deputy Inspector General of Police S.P. Pani for speedy investigation in this important case,” Inspector General of Police Kashmir Munir Ahmad Khan said. Other members include Anantnag Senior Superintendent of Police…

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BJP dishonors sacrifice of martyrs, absent from martyr’s graveyard

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Terms the revolt against Dogra Maharaja as conspiracy hatched by Britishers Call for ending the practice of observing July 13 as official holiday For the third year in a row, PDP’s alliance partner BJP skipped the official function held for paying homage to the martyrs of the 1931 massacre. In a statement, State BJP spokesperson, Virender Gupta said: “July 13, 1931 was the most controversial event that spurred Muslim communal politics in Jammu and Kashmir while sidelining the ethos of Sufism in the Valley and thus cannot be celebrated as…

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Kashmir problem is Nehru-Gandhi family’s legacy: Smriti responds to Rahul’s attack

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Union minister Smriti Irani hit out at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the attack on Amarnath pilgrims and politicizing the issue at a time when the country was “united against terrorism”. “Upon return from strategic and very well known holiday, Mr Gandhi has chosen to attack the Prime Minister, especially when nation stands united against terrorism,” Irani said on Wednesday. The BJP leader was referring to Rahul’s flurry of tweets earlier in the day, in which he claimed that PM Modi’s quest for…

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Modi’s policies created space for terrorists in Kashmir: Rahul Gandhi

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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s quest for “short term political gain” has “created space for terrorists in Kashmir”, leading to incidents like the terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims on Monday, which left seven people dead.+ The Congress leader then tellingly used a formula, the kind PM Modi favours to describe things, to talk about the fallout of Modi’s BJP allying with the PDP in Kashmir to form the state government there. Office of RG ✔ @OfficeOfRG Modi’s policies have created space for…

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Show Kashmir is part of India, scrap its ‘Special Status’ in 8 days: Shiv Sena to PM

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government has not been able to change the situation in Kashmir and it is now time for tough action, said Sena. To rein in terrorism in Kashmir, the Shiv Sena has urged the Narendra Modi-led Union government to scrap Article 370 that gives special status to the state within eight days and show that Kashmir is an integral part of India. In an editorial in the Sena’s mouthpiece, Saamna, the party said while terrorism was rampant in Kashmir during the Congress-led regime, the Bharatiya Janata…

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‘Kashmiris condemned attack, this will restore India’s faith on Kashmiris’: Jitendra Singh

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Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said that “the way people from all quarters (of J&K) have condemned the attack on (Amarnath) pilgrims is the real Kashmiriyat.” Singh and Union minister Hansraj Ahir also acknowledged there might have been a security lapse which failed to prevent Monday’s terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims that left seven people dead. “Such incidents help us to overcome and introspect security lapse but be assured that we are dealing with issue seriously,” Singh said. Ahir also said they will investigate the security situation. “If there…

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Govt reviews security after attack on Amarnath pilgrims; incident is blot on all Kashmiris and Muslims: Mehbooba Mufti

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While Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, undeterred by the terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims, 22,633 devotees embarked on the pilgrimage. Escorted by CRPF and police personnel, 3,289 pilgrims, comprising 2,283 men, 756 women and 250 sadhus and sadhvis, left in 68 vehicles in a convoy from Jammu for Baltal and Pahalgam base camps this morning. Meanwhile, the HM took stock of the prevailing situation in Kashmir Valley, particularly the two routes to the shrine, located in the Himalayas at an…

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