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PDP hits back at ally BJP over isolation remarks on Hurriyat leaders

May 11, 2017May 11, 2017 Editor

Day after J&K president of Bharatiya Janata Party Sat Sharma asserted that the decision to “isolate” Hurriyat leaders has been taken at the highest level in New Delhi, the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday hit back at its ally BJP, saying holding a dialogue with separatists and Pakistan is envisaged in the Agenda of Alliance and “no one can afford a volte-face on this.” In a statement here, PDP’s Vice-President Sartaj Madni said dialogue without Hurriyat is meaningless and repeated utterances of local and national BJP leaders discounting dialogue with…

Is killing youth, looting banks solution to Kashmir problems: Mehbooba Mufti

May 11, 2017 Editor

Is killing of youth, looting banks and weapons a way forward on Kashmir resolution, the J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti asked on Wednesday and urged people to “introspect and answer.” “It is a tragedy. On the one hand, they (militants) propagate Kashmir issue and on the other, kill our youth who come from poor backgrounds and achieve something like the ‘martyr’ Fayaz did,” said Mehbooba while talking to media on the sidelines of the 2nd J&K Medical Science Congress 2017 and the first annual conference of MPPCOS Society here. The…

BJP wants Durbar shift exercise scrapped

May 10, 2017 Editor

The BJP has put the coalition partner, PDP, in a tight spot as the former has demanded “abandoning” of the 145-year-old Durbar move practice. The Durbar move is the relocation of the capital and secretariat from Jammu to Srinagar and vice-versa every six months. The demand, made by BJP spokesperson Virender Gupta in statement on Monday, may trigger a new debate as voices demanding that the practice be scrapped have started getting shriller in Jammu, where the government has gone missing after the Durbar offices shifted to Srinagar. “The practice…

All about the Darbar Move in Jammu & Kashmir

May 9, 2017 Editor

Darbar Move is a century-old practice in which the government functions for six months each in the two capitals of the State, Srinagar and Jammu. As summer sets in, the Jammu and Kashmir government is all set to start functioning from Srinagar for the next six months. For the last six months, however, the government was working from its winter capital Jammu, as part of the pre-independence bi-annual ‘Darbar Move’ practice. Darbar Move is a century-old practice in which the government functions for six months each in the two capitals…

Not all students pelt stones in Valley : Mehbooba Mufti

May 9, 2017 Editor

As school students clashed with security forces in Pulwama district on Monday, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti stressed that not every young Kashmiri was a stone-pelter. Kashmir once again stood at the crossroads, she said, but added peace would return to the troubled valley which has been seeing protests, mostly by students, over the last two months. “There are some who pelt stones, but not all the youth from Kashmir do so,” she said, urging the national media not to highlight discussions that “developed hatred” against the people…

Violent Start to Summer 2017: 12 killed in first week of May

May 9, 2017 Editor

Summer has started on a violent note in Kashmir. In the first week of May, at least 12 persons, including six policemen, two bank guards and four civilians, have been killed in various incidents. At the end of April, the casualty figure of security forces in Kashmir was 12. With the killing of six policemen last week, the toll has jumped to 18. This is much higher when compared to corresponding period last year which was incidentally one of bloodiest year for the security forces. In 2016, the forces lost…

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…