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Security forces working with larger degree of freedom in Valley: Jitendra Singh

May 8, 2017 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir will be back on track soon as the security forces are now acting more professionally with a larger degree of freedom. Jammu and Kashmir will be back on track soon as the security forces are now acting more professionally with a larger degree of freedom, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday. Tension prevailed in the Valley as six policemen died in terror attack in South Kashmir in the first week of May. Six civilians also lost their lives during the same period amid stone pelting by…

Centre unwilling to accept political nature of Kashmir issue : Opposition

May 8, 2017 Editor

The opposition party stated this after a meeting of its core group – its highest decision-making body – which was chaired by NC president and Member of Parliament Farooq Abdullah. The National Conference on Sunday expressed serious concern over the deteriorating situation in the Kashmir Valley, saying the Centre’s “unwillingness” to recognise the political nature of the problem was “compounding the situation” in the state. The opposition party stated this after a meeting of its core group – its highest decision-making body – which was chaired by NC president and…

Local cab driver ferrying soldiers killed post daylong Shopian Siege

May 5, 2017 Editor

3 Soldiers also injured 4000 soldiers carry out daylong anti-militancy operation Locals accuse forces of damaging properties Drones, choppers assist forces on ground during 8-hr operation Several youth injured in clashes A civilian Sumo driver ferrying soldiers returning from a daylong anti-militancy operation in Shopian was killed when militants ambushed the vehicle on Thursday. Three soldiers were also injured in the attack. Soldiers from army’s 62 Rashtriya Rifles battalion were returning in a private Tata Sumo vehicle to their Imam Sahib camp after carrying out searches in the area. The…

Rail bridge taller than Eiffel Tower over chenab coming up in two years

May 4, 2017 Editor

In around two years from now, the Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir will be spanned by the world’s highest railway bridge that is expected to be 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower. The massive arch-shaped structure, being constructed at a cost of around Rs 1,100 crore in hostile terrain, will use over 24,000 tonnes of steel and will rise 359 metres above the river bed. Designed to withstand the wind speed of up to 260 km per hour, the 1.315-km-long “engineering marvel” will connect Bakkal (Katra) and Kauri (Srinagar).…

Use of Pellet guns controversial: National Human Rights Commission

May 4, 2017 Editor

The National Human Rights Commission has told the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that use of pellet guns during the turmoil in Kashmir Valley was “controversial”, but human rights of security personnel are also involved as crowd pelts stones at them. It alleged that the turmoil in Kashmir was “augmented by trans-border terrorism and ‘jihadi’ funding from the neighbouring country”, in a veiled reference to Pakistan. “The turmoil in Kashmir is on the spotlight now… The use of plastic pellets by CAPFs (Central Armed Police Forces) is controversial. The NHRC…

Displaced Kashmiri Pandits turn to UN over rights violations in state

May 4, 2017 Editor

Displaced Pandits have urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to give due consideration to the plight of 3.5 lakh Kashmiri Hindus who were forced to leave their homeland by militant groups inspired by Islamic extremist ideology in 1989-90. In the backdrop of attacks by militants on Pandit habitations and vandalism of transit camps housing minority community employees by stone- throwing mobs during the 2016 unrest, human rights activists have urged the UN body to take note of fact that Pandits have been denied the right to live in…

Rajnath Singh meets Governor expresses displeasure over ‘Prolonged’ Kashmir Unrest

May 3, 2017May 3, 2017 Editor

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the tense situation prevailing in the Valley and instructed Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra to work together with the state government in order to restore normalcy there. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the tense situation prevailing in the Valley and instructed Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra to work together with the state government in order to restore normalcy there. Chairing a meet with Vohra, Rajnath also discussed the grievous attack by…

Pakistani troops killed 2 Soldiers, Mutilated their bodies

May 2, 2017 Editor

‘Pak army’s BAT team conducted cross-LoC raid’ ‘Appropriate response to be given for the despicable act’ Pakistan army’s Border Action Team (BAT) conducted cross-LoC raid in Krishna Ghati (KG) sector of Poonch district on Monday and killed two soldiers and mutilated their bodies, said Indian army while vowing appropriate response. Three other security men were also injured in the attack. “Pakistan Army’s BAT team crossed LoC in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch and laid an ambush. The Pakistani troops fired rockets and mortars towards two forward posts of army in…

Separate Jammu, Ladakh from J&K to end discrimination: Shri Ram Sena

April 29, 2017 Editor

State President, Shri Ram Sena, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajiv Mahajan demanded the government of India to immediately separate Jammu and Ladakh region from Kashmir and give Jammu separate statehood, Kashmir separate state and Ladakh as Union territory “to end discrimination with the citizens of Jammu and Ladakh at the hands of Kashmiri rulers.” Addressing a press conference here today, Rajiv Mahajan said that “we have our own political, social and economic aspirations, which cannot be met under the 70-year-old Kashmir dominated dispensation.” He slammed BJP for putting Jammu’s interests and…