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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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Amarnath yatra attack: Why the bus violated security norms? 5 Unanswered Questions

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The attack on a bus of Amarnath pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag on Monday night that left seven people dead and 19 injured has left several questions unanswered. Here are some: • Was the bus registered with the Amarnath shrine board? If not, why? Pilgrims and the vehicles they use have to be registered with the shrine board. Then how was the bus, which had a Gujarat number plate (GJ09Z 9976), allowed to ply? It is also unclear who owns the chartered bus, the sale of which to a…

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Kashmir Unites to condemn attack, Mehbooba, Omar, Azad, Geelani, Mirwaiz others express grief

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The attack in Anantnag in which six Amarnath pilgrims were killed on Monday evoked widespread condemnation from political and social circles across Kashmir. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti expressed deep shock and anguish over the killing of Amarnath pilgrims. “Yatris were esteemed guests of Kashmir and perpetrators of this crime have done a death blow to the ethos and culture of the state,” she said in a statement. Strongly condemning the attack, the Chief Minister said “time has come for every right-thinking Kashmiri to rise against this macabre menace before it…

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You cannot stop Kashmir unrest at gunpoint: Congress tells Modi

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After Congress leader Saifuddin Soz said that he would have kept Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani alive for sake of dialogue, the Indian National Congress (INC) on saturday said that instead of firing on people in the Valley, Prime Minister Narendra Modi must involve in bilateral talks. “Being a Kashmiri, Saifuddin is much more aware about Burhan Wani’s matter. There are Wani’s supporters in large number. One cannot solve any matter on gunpoint. Instead of firing on people, the Prime Minister must hold bilateral talks with people of Valley,” INC…

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Chinese expert warns of troops entering Kashmir

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A Chinese expert has argued that his country’s troops would be entitled to enter the Indian side of Kashmir by extending the logic that has permitted Indian troops to enter an area which is disputed by China and Bhutan. This is one of the several arguments made by the scholar in an attempt to blame India for sending its troops to the disputed Doklam area. India has responded to efforts by China to build a road in the Doklam area, which falls next to the trijunction connecting Sikkim with Tibet…

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