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Joint Resistance Leadership turn Kashmir Tourism Promoters

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Come to Kashmir and enjoy our hospitality: Geelani, Mirwaiz, Malik appeal tourists, yatris The joint resistance leadership comprising of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Muhammad Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik today invited tourists and yatris to visit Kashmir. Welcoming everyone intending to visit Kashmir, the leaders in a joint statement said, “Everyone from the world including India is most welcome to Kashmir. We invite them to come to Kashmir and enjoy our hospitality and the beauty of paradise on earth.” “From centuries Kashmiris have been safeguarding and providing exemplary…

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President Donald Trump ready to mediate & resolve Kashmir issue

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US Vice President-elect Mike Pence has opined that President-elect Donald Trump, with his unparalleled negotiating skills, is prepared to play a pivotal role in the Kashmir issue. Speaking in NBC’s “Meet the Press” show, Pence noted that the rising tensions between India and Pakistan in recent times have exacerbated the Kashmir conflict, causing the thread between the two countries to become tense enough to break. “Well, clearly there’s been great tension between India and Pakistan in recent days, which resulted in violence along the Kashmir region. And I think what…

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Unity success of uprising, Preparing for long-term protest plan: Mirwaiz

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We’re preparing for long-term protest plan, says Mirwaiz ‘Our biggest achievement is one leadership, one slogan, one goal’   Hurriyat (M) Chairman allowed to pray in Jamia Masjid after 5 months Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said that five-month long uprising raised the morale of people to an extent that Kashmiris put everything at stake and openly challenged world’s second largest military might with a message to resolve the issue. He said the biggest achievement of the ongoing uprising is that there is “one leadership, one slogan…

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Delhi’s rhetoric provoking Pakistan: Omar

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Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday termed escalation in violence on Line of Control (Loc) and spurt in militant attacks as direct fallout of New Delhi’s post surgical attack rhetoric. “What we saw after surgical strikes New Delhi indulging in rhetoric and provoking Pakistan again and again. Statements like ‘leave alone attack, Pakistan won’t dare to look towards India from now on’ were issued. Even Defense Minister threatened Pakistan of taking away both its eyes in case it dared to look towards India. We are now bearing its consequences,” Omar…

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Congress holds Aakrosh rallies against note ban

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The Congress today brought life to a standstill at several places in the Jammu region by holding Jan Aakrosh rallies to protest against demonetisation. The rallies were organised in all 10 districts of the Jammu region. In the winter capital, the rally was led by Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Ghulam Ahmed Mir. He was accompanied by other party leaders. When they refused to leave, the police took them into preventive custody at Satwari Chowk. The police at Mishriwala resorted to cane-charging which created some problem in the area. At…

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Kashmiri Students have opted for development: Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today complemented young students, their parents and others in Jammu and Kashmir for their effort to ensure high participation in the board examinations. He said though the incidents of burning of schools in the Valley was a matter of concern, students’ participation in a big way in the exam process was an indication of their resolve to strive for a better future through education. Lauding that 95 per cent of the students appeared in these examinations, the Prime Minister recounted his recent meeting with heads of…

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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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