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NC comes in defense of Farooq Abdullah

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Opposition National Conference leaders today came in the defense of party president Farooq Abdullah over his controversial remarks saying his statement was based on “facts” as history stands testimony that the LoC has not been altered during the past nearly seven decades. Questioning BJP’s political understanding, senior National Conference leaders in a joint statement said, “We want Line of Control to be the line of peace, line of mutual understanding, trust and regional cooperation rather than line of conflict and animosity.” The NC leaders expressed hope India and Pakistan would…

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River waters to be stopped from going waste in Pakistan: PM on Indus Water Treaty

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the waters of Sutlej, Beas and Ravi rivers that rightfully belong to India will be stopped from going waste in Pakistan and he will ensure that farmers here utilise it. ” Indus Water Treaty— Sutlej, Beas, Ravi — the waters in these rivers belong to India and our farmers. It is not being used in the fields of Pakistan but flowing into the sea through Pakistan. “Now every drop of this water will be stopped and I will give that to farmers of…

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Ban Ki-moon, deeply concerned about LoC Situation

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“The UN stands by the people of the region and supports all efforts to reach durable peace and security,” said the statement. Deeply concerned over the “deterioration” in situation along the Line of Control in Kashmir, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for restoration of stability in the region, saying the world body supports “all efforts” to reach “durable” peace and security. “The secretary-general is deeply concerned about the deterioration of the situation along the Line of Control in Kashmir in recent days,” a United Nations statement attributed to his…

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Kashmir is not India’s personal property to be inherited: Farooq Abdullah

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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Friday, while cautioning the Indian government, said that Kashmir is not India’s “personal property to be inherited”, News18.com reported. Farooq Abdullah was commenting on the Indian parliament’s standing resolution on Kashmir. “Is this your forefathers property?” He was addressing a gathering in Chenab Valley, in the presence of his son and Omar Abdullah, who has also served as Kashmir’s chief minister. Farooq Abdullah also said that Pakistan is one of the stakeholders of the Kashmir issue which even the government of…

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Britain urges Pakistan, India to resolve Kashmir crisis, Turkey offers mediation

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Britain’s top diplomat on Thursday urged Pakistan and India to find a lasting solution for Kashmir a day after a deadly exchange of fire killed more than a dozen people in the disputed Himalayan region. But after meeting with Pakistani officials, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told reporters in Islamabad that it was up to the two South Asian countries to resolve the crisis and that Britain should not “prescribe a solution or act as a mediator.” India meanwhile summoned a Pakistani diplomat to lodge a protest over what it said…

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PDP-BJP government rendered defunct in Kashmir: Farooq Abdullah

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Abdullah said signs of normalcy should not be mistaken to be restoration of peace as all such activities were being carried out “in accordance with the weekly schedules being issued by Hurriyat leaders”. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and opposition National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday claimed that the PDP-BJP government in the state was rendered “defunct” and its writ was being questioned on a daily basis by quarters it had tried to first appease and then, suppress. “Such is the writ of the government in the…

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Tension escalates along Line of Control, NHPC suspends Kishanganga Power Project

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2 civilians, 6 soldiers injured in Keran, Rajouri 10 civilians killed by Indian shelling: Pakistan Shelling on NHPC project, work suspended Indian troops resumed heavy shelling on Wednesday after a day-long lull and reportedly targeted a passenger bus in Pakistan administered Kashmir’s Lawat area, killing nine people and injuring 11 others. Indian troops also allegedly fired at an ambulance which went into the area for evacuation, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. A total of 10 people have been killed today, and 18 others wounded in Indian shelling, reports said. “Indian…

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Squabbling in BJP over ‘Corruption’ by Ministers

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Squabbling in the “disciplined” BJP gets murkier after reports of some party ministers allegedly involved in corrupt practices surfaced in a section of the media and went viral in the social media. Instead of clearing the party’s stand on reports emanating from different quarters about the alleged involvement of their ministers in the misdeeds, BJP spokespersons have maintained silence. While the BJP’s arch rival Congress has already launched an agitation to get alleged corrupt ministers exposed and sacked, party (BJP) leaders have themselves started a whispering campaign to demonise their…

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Deadline for Nashri-Chenani tunnel set to dec 2016: Veeri

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Minister of Public Works and Parliamentary Affairs Abdul Rehman Veeri today set the December 2016 deadline to complete the Chenani-Nashri tunnel. He said this during a high-level meeting convened here today to review the progress of national highway projects. The officers informed the minister that all civil works had been completed on the Chenani-Nashri tunnel and testing of the operation of different equipment was awaited. Meanwhile, lifting and cleaning of leftover material inside and around the openings was being done. Taking exception to the laid-back approach towards maintenance of the…

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Governance hit as PDP, BJP leaders play regional politics

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Darbar moves every 6 months but ministers stay put in their regions With the cancellation of the winter and summer secretariats, region-centric politics and rift between the PDP and BJP ministers have adversely affected the work culture of J&K in the past nearly two years. Most of the senior BJP ministers of the PDP-BJP coalition government were absent from their duties when the civil secretariat – the highest seat of governance – was in the summer capital, Srinagar, this year. Deputy Chief Minister and Power Minister Nirmal Singh and Irrigation…

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