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After Mehbooba’s remarks, ‘Victims’ hopeful of debate on Article 35A

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Even as Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has given a strong warning against any tampering with Article 35A, people ‘suffering’ due to the provision are confident that a debate will help in highlighting this “discriminatory” clause illegally incorporated in the Constitution to deprive a section of its constitutional rights. Valmikis, West Pakistani Refugees (WPRs) and women married outside J&K, are the victims of the provision which enables the state Assembly to define permanent residents and give them special rights and privileges. “This is what we want. The nation is not aware…

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Chinese Army strategist warns of Kashmir intervention after Doklam

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The latest warning came from PLA Navy Senior Captain Zhang Ye, who is a research fellow of the PLA Naval Research Institute and a prominent strategist. Even as National Security Adviser Ajit Doval holds key talks with the Chinese leadership, a prominent strategist of a People’s Liberation Army think-tank has warned that India’s “trespass” into the Doklam region would set the precedent for “a third party’s” intervention in Jammu & Kashmir. While Chinese State media have made similar arguments in recent weeks amid the on-going stand-off, the latest warning came…

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J&K govt has to be extra cautious over Article 35A petition: Legal experts warn

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The government of India’s stand on Article 35-A which grants J&K legislative powers to define state’s permanent residents has become “uncertain” and the state government needs to be “extra cautious” while handling the matter in the Supreme Court, legal experts cautioned on Thursday. The ‘warning’ comes days after New Delhi didn’t file an affidavit on the matter in the court and instead sought a “larger debate” on the “very sensitive” issue. “The state government has to be very cautious and very careful now because the stand of the government of…

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Pak, Separatists, Terrorists biggest enemies of Kashmir: Indresh Kumar

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RSS leader Indresh Kumar said Pakistan has been fuelling stone-pelting, violence, militancy and by no parameters can be called a well-wisher of Islam and the people of Kashmir. Pakistan, separatists and terrorists are the biggest enemies of Kashmir, Kashmiris and Kashmiriyat, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) said on Thursday, advising Islamabad to ”keep off Kashmir” and reminding it of how its “hate-India” campaign cost it dearly in the past. Talking to the media on the sidelines of a function organised by the Bharat-Tibet Sahyog Manch in Jammu, RSS leader Indresh…

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Special status being ‘Demolished’ Brick-by-Brick: Opposition

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A day after passage of statistical data bill in Rajya Sabha, opposition parties on Thursday said the application of the bill to J&K is “unconstitutional” and a “blow to Article 370.” J&K Congress chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir said the Parliament cannot extend the bill to J&K without the concurrence of the state legislature. “It is deliberate attempt to undermine the authority of state legislature,” he told Kashmir Post. He blamed PDP for supporting “every wrong initiative” of the Centre “for remaining in power.” “PDP must come clear on this. Out…

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Zakir Musa announced as head of new Al Qaida-linked cell

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Appointment of Zakir Musa represents deepest inroad al-Qaida has made in disputed region An al-Qaida-affiliated propaganda channel has announced one of Kashmir’s most popular militant leaders as the head of a newly created cell in the disputed Himalayan territory. The appointment of Zakir Musa as head of the new group represents the first time militants linked to al-Qaida have operated openly in Kashmir, site of a decades-long separatist insurgency and the only Muslim-majority region under Indian control. Musa, 23, is the leading figure among a new generation of militants who…

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J&K records Rs 4,650 crore deficit in power tariff collection: CAG

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The Jammu and Kashmir government has recorded Rs 4,650 crore deficit in collection of power tariff during the year 2015-16, a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said. It said the target for tariff collection has not been achieved and the shortfall was Rs 1,503 crore during 2015-16. The CAG report for the year ended March 31, 2016, which was tabled in the Assembly last month, said, “The actual sale of power is only 24.10 per cent of the purchase of power resulting in deficit of Rs…

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Are Geelani, Mirwaiz, Malik next? Time will decide, says DGP

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Commenting on the recent arrest of several Hurriyat leaders by National Investigation Agency (NIA), director general of police SP Vaid on Wednesday said that time will decide the fate of senior Hurriyat leaders, referring to Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik. He said that people of Kashmir have right to know who is responsible for bloodshed in Kashmir. “I can’t say anything about further arrests, especially of senior Hurriyat leaders at this time. Time only will decide,” said SP Vaid while replying to media questions during…

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India rejects OIC resolutions on Kashmir, calls them ‘Incorrect and Misleading’

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In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) made it clear that the OIC has no locus standi on India’s internal affairs. India on Tuesday outrightly rejected the resolutions passed by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Jammu and Kashmir and pointed out that these resolutions contained “factually incorrect and misleading” references to internal matters of India. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) made it clear that the OIC has no locus standi on India’s internal affairs. India’s sharp response came after the the 56-member…

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Stone-pelting incidents: Pakistan-based JuD using WhatsApp to foment trouble in Kashmir

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Seven people including Altaf Ahmed Shah, the son-in-law of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, were arrested on July 24 by the NIA. The National Investigating Agency (NIA), which is probing the terror funding cases in Jammu and Kashmir, has found at least 28 WhatsApp groups that are being administered by members residing in Pakistan, a report said on Wednesday. A report published in ‘The Times of India’ states some cadres of terror outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawaa are also involved in creating such WhatsApp groups. The sources in the country’s top…

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