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Some police officers working for NC killed Burhan to dislodge Govt: Muzaffar Beig

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He said that had CM been informed by police about the encounter, Hizb commander would have been arrested and not killed. Senior PDP leader and MP, Muzaffar Hussain Beig, on Wednesday accused ‘some police officers’ of working for opposition National Conference, saying that killing of Hizb Commander Burhan Wani was part of big conspiracy aimed to dislodge the present Government. He said that had CM been informed by police about the encounter, Hizb commander would have been arrested and not killed. “The conspiracy was aimed to dislodge the present Government…

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No formal proposal from JK Govt to withdraw AFSPA: RTI

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The Jammu and Kashmir government has not submitted any formal proposal for the withdrawal of the controversial AFSPA Act from the state, according to an RTI reply. “There is no formal proposal from the state government of Jammu and Kashmir for revocation of AFSPA,” Ministry of Home Affairs said in reply to an RTI query. Human rights activist M M Shuja had filed an RTI to the Union Home Ministry seeking information about the state government’s demand for revocation of AFSPA from the state. The Home Ministry also said that…

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Mughal Road can’t be declared National Highway: Gakdari

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PM to inaugurate Chenani-Nashri tunnel after 1-2 months Delhi-Katra expressway to reduce journey from 14 to 6 hours Kashmiri contractors should build Kashmir roads Taking cue from Pakistan, GoI to convert 22 roads into runways Plan to construct 27,000 km roads along Pakistan, China, Bangladesh borders Government of India Tuesday ruled out making the historic Mughal Road an alternate national highway saying the Defence Ministry was not giving its approval due to security reasons. “Security is an issue which has to be cleared by the Defence Ministry,” Union Minister for…

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Burhan Wani’s successor requests Kashmiri Pandits to return, assures safety

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Amid the ongoing protests after Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani’s death, his purported successor requested migrant Kashmiri Pandits to return to the Valley and offered them protection. In his second video address after Wani’s killing on July 8, Zakir Rashid Bhat, 22, tried to reason with the Pandits who left Kashmir after militancy erupted in the state in 1989. “We request Kashmiri Pandits to return to their homes. We take the responsibility of their protection,” said Bhat, who was wearing a camouflage uniform with a grenade in his hand and…

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Opp parties in JK worried over ‘Dangerous Situation’, say war no solution

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National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said for the dialogue process to start, all political prisoners and youth arrested during the current unrest should be set free. Amid heightened tensions at the border, opposition parties of Jammu and Kashmir, led by National Conference, on Friday held a meeting over the current “dangerous situation” and disfavoured war, saying India and Pakistan should hold talks to resolve the Kashmir issue. “We are all concerned about peace in Jammu and Kashmir. India and Pakistan should sit on a table and resolve this issue,” NC…

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Opposition meet, favours talks on Kashmir issue

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The state’s opposition parties today asked India and Pakistan to initiate a dialogue to resolve the Kashmir issue and demanded the release of political prisoners, including leaders of separatist groups, as a first step towards initiating this process. Former Union minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, who hosted the leaders of state’s opposition parties, said the talks should be held with all stakeholders, including the Hurriyat. “It is important that political prisoners, including those of Hurriyat, should be released, and after that talks should be initiated to solve this…

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IIM to Jammu region, a ‘Blatant Partisan Politics’: Omar Abdullah

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Opposition National Conference (NC) working president Omar Abdullah today termed as “blatant partisan politics” the Centre’s decision to set up an IIM in Jammu region and hit out at Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, saying she had sold her soul to remain in power. “Jammu gets the IIT & gets the IIM also. Where have all those voices that called for balanced regional development in J-K disappeared?” the former J-K chief minister tweeted. He was reacting to the Union cabinet’s nod to establish an Indian Institute of Management…

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After IIT, Jammu walks away with IIM

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Centre clears proposal, says steps to be taken to set-up ‘out-campus’ in Kashmir Jammu will have 20th Indian Institute of Management (IIM) with the academic session starting this year while an out-campus will be set up in Kashmir later, as Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the decision under the Prime Minister’s development package for the state. Also, the modernisation of infrastructure in NIT- Srinagar campus will now begin as funding of Rs 100 crore has been approved for the purpose besides a Rs 50-crore project for seven hostels for girl…

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India’s first mega cable-stayed railway bridge to link Katra and Banihal

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After almost a decade of flip-flops, Railways has finally decided to build what will be India’s first mega cable-stayed railway bridge at Anji Khad on the Kashmir link project between Katra and Banihal. The Railways will thus abandon the existing contentious plan of building a mega arch bridge at Anji Khad, which had been stuck for years, Indian Express reported. The cable-stayed bridge on Anji gorge, also known as Anji Khad, will be the Railways’ second attempt to link the two crucial tunnels on either side — Katra and Reasi…

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1989 Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case invoked by police to book JKLF leader under PSA

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Police has invoked the 1989 kidnapping case of Rubaiya Sayeed to detain a JKLF leader, Noor Muhammad Kalwal under infamous Public Safety Act (PSA). The PSA dossier of Kalwal prepared by SSP Srinagar states that the JKLF leader was known for his past activities which can be inferred from the fact that for his release in 1989, Rubaiya Sayeed daughter of then Home Minister of India Mufti Muhammad Sayeed was kidnapped by the militant outfit. Rubaiya Sayeed was kidnapped on December 8, 1989, days after her father Mufti Muhammad Sayeed…

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