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Geelani censures Omar: ‘NC bargained state’s interests for personal gains’

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‘If India is ready for a plebiscite, we’ll ask Pakistan to withdraw its forces from PaK’ Day after National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said the resolution of Kashmir is “possible within the ambit of the Indian Constitution”, the Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani slammed him on Sunday, saying his remarks were “far from historical realities” and that his NC “sold state’s interests for personal gains.” Speaking at conference ‘India and Pakistan: A Subcontinental Affair’ organized by students of New York University in US on Saturday, Omar had said…

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Mehbooba’s ‘Local Militants’ remark riles BJP leaders

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After launching a veiled attack on the PDP for trying to divide the Jammu region on “communal” lines, the BJP today opposed the suggestion of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to the police and the security forces to deal with “local militants” with compassion. “Drawing a line to differentiate a local militant and one from a foreign land does not matter as both are doing same activity and no country can accept it as a forgiving mistake. Taking up gun against the nation is something no country can accept and people…

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Farooq hits out at coalition for ‘Reign of Repression’ in Kashmir

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Assuage political aspirations of J&K people to address root cause of all problems: NC chief The National Conference today asked the PDP-BJP coalition to stop the alleged reign of “repression and coercion” unleashed against the entire population in the Valley, lest the situation takes such an ugly turn that it becomes beyond the control of the governments at Srinagar and in New Delhi to handle. “Enough is enough”, Farooq Abdullah, National Conference (NC) president and former Chief Minister of the state, said while referring to killings and large-scale arrests being…

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Mehbooba govt’s push for ‘Normalcy’ in Valley is unwise when none exists

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In Kashmir, normalcy has attained a distressing meaning. As the clock strikes five in the evening, people flock marketplaces in droves. The sight at the city centre Lal Chowk in Srinagar is remarkably confounding and soothing at the same time. Within minutes, the barren roads come alive with a mix of cheerful and anxiety-ridden faces. Traffic snarls are a common occurrence. And for a moment, it seems, all is well. As the sun sets and the darkness of night begins to take over, the abnormal normalcy returns. With shoppers long…

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Try to bring back Youths to Mainstream: Mehbooba to Police

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday urged the police to try to bring back to mainstream the youth who have fled their homes to join militancy, instead of their being killed in encounters. In remarks which come in the wake of a prolonged unrest in the Valley triggered by gunning down of local Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani , she said, “Those who have taken up arms or those who have not but are missing from their homes and want to join militancy, they are local boys. “I…

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Police re-opens cases filed against youth during 2008, 2010 uprisings

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Several detained after being called to police stations; Top police officer claims they are being ‘called for questioning’ The FIRs registered in 2008 and 2010 mass uprisings against youth allegedly involved in stone-throwing and street protests that time have started to haunt the victims again as police is arresting them afresh, sources told Kashmir Post on Thursday. For the past three weeks, sources said, police is either raiding or calling the youth—against whom FIRs were registered in 2008 and 2010 public uprisings—to concerned police stations and detaining them there again.…

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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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