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All parties should be taken into confidence over Kashmir: Congress

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Congress today said that the Modi government should take all the political parties into confidence if it wants to solve the Kashmir issue. “The Kashmir issue is very sensitive. There is no doubt that Kashmir is part of India. If the Prime Minister has to resolve the issue then it has to be done with humane angle to it,” Congress national spokesman Tom Vadakkan told reporters in Panaji. Quoting the statements of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Vadakkan said “pellets are no answer to the violence.” “The Centre has…

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United Nations ends half a century of silence on Kashmir: Human Rights Activists

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The United Nations (UN) has ended its long silence on Kashmir and has quietly increased pressure on India in recent months, diplomats and human rights activists say. They said India was criticized at the opening of the 35th session of UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday. This happened for the third consecutive session of the Council, and diplomats and human rights defenders say this is unprecedented, they said, adding: “The coming days indicate New Delhi could face more international diplomatic challenges on Kashmir.” “We continue to receive reports…

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Doval doctrine and Army’s iron fist; Kashmir clean up in two months

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The Doval doctrine clubbed with the iron fist of the Indian Army is what you are getting to witness in Kashmir today. National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval’s doctrine made says, “Do not overreact, it will pass off as they cannot sustain beyond a point.” On the other hand, the Indian Army which has been given a free hand to deal with the Kashmir crisis has promised to wipe out every militant by the next winter sets in. Wiping out the 180 odd militants in the Valley is important for the…

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PDP misled people on Power Projects, AFSPA, Art 370: Omar Abdullah

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Says GoI created political vacuum by failing youth reach out ‘Farooq told Modi to talk to Pak, Hurriyat; stop arrests and pellet gun use’ Opposition National Conference Working President and former chief minister, Omar Abdullah Tuesday said the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) misled people about the return of power projects, revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and safeguarding of Article 370. “They misled people saying they would ensure the return of power projects to the State, revocation of AFSPA, and safeguarding of Article 370 and promised employment…

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Sonia Gandhi, Omar Abdullah blame Centre, PDP-BJP govt for current unrest in Kashmir

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi today blamed the Centre and the PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir for the current unrest in the border state, accusing them of “colossal failure” and “systematically alienating” the local population in the Valley. Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday blamed the Centre and the PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir for the current unrest in the border state, accusing them of “colossal failure” and “systematically alienating” the local population in the Valley. The fresh offensive by the Congress against the BJP over the crisis in…

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BJP sticks to guns, gets its stand ‘Cleared’ at CSC meet: Police Caderization

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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday said its stand on the police caderization issue, which had brought it at loggerheads with its ally PDP, was “cleared” during the Cabinet Sub-Committee meeting held on Monday. Talking to Kashmir Post, state general secretary of BJP Ashok Koul said the cabinet would now take a final call on the matter. He said the CSC meeting, held under the chairmanship of BJP minister Chandra Prakash Ganga, took place as “quorum was complete.” “Drabu Sahab had come. The meeting took place as four members were…

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Pakistan can not take Kashmir issue to ICJ: Sushma Swaraj

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Asserting India’s stand that Islamabad cannot take Kashmir issue to the International Court of Justice and the issue has be to resolved bilaterally. India wants to settle all issues with Pakistan through Highlighting the achievement of the Modi government’s three years of achievements, External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj reiterated India’s stand that India wants to settle all issues with Pakistani through dialogue, but talks and terror cannot go together. While denying any flip-flop on the part of government in handling Pakistan, the Minister ruled out any meeting between Prime Minister…

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Traders funding separatists to fuel violence in J&K under NIA scanner

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Traders under suspicion used to export goods having over-invoiced bills and they would route the amount thus raised, to pro-freedom leaders for to fund unrest in Kashmir. The trade and business with Pakistan has come under scanner of the National Investigating Agency (NIA), as it has allegedly fallen into the hands of money launderers, who are using it to fund separatists to fuel violence in valley. Several teams of NIA, since the last 48 hours, have been conducting raids in Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Delhi in connection with an…

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Congress booklet gets Jammu-Kashmir map wrong, BJP calls it shameful, seeks apology

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The booklet has been printed and released by the All India Congress Committee. A 15-PAGE booklet distributed by the Congress on Saturday during party UP in-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad’s visit to Lucknow included a map that mentioned a part of Kashmir as “Indian-Occupied Kashmir”, leading the BJP to allege that “Congress and Pakistan both speak the same language”. The map was included in the booklet in reference to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Named ‘National Security Endangered.. Bravado, Rhetoric, Hyperbole Rules…!’, the booklet mentioned that the corridor is worth $54 billion…

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Pak, UAE currencies seized in fresh raids

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Terror funding: NIA searches 7 more locations in Srinagar, Jammu, Gurgaon; incriminating material found The National Investigation Agency today recovered currencies of Pakistan, UAE and Saudi Arabia as it conducted raids for the second consecutive day on Sunday at seven more locations belonging to separatists and traders suspected of hawala activities in Srinagar, Jammu and Gurgaon. The NIA has been probing funding to separatists to fuel unrest in the Valley. The residence of Ayaz Akbar Bhat, a close aide of hardline Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani, at Maloora, Srinagar, was…

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