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RSS to launch Tiranga Yatra from Kashmir on I Day

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RSS will take out a “Tiranga Yatra” which will start from Kashmir on August 15 with the aim of eradicating militancy in the Valley. “On the occasion of 70th Independence Day on August 15, the nationalistic forces will hold a Tiranga Yatra that will start from Kashmir and end in New Delhi. The motive would be to eradicate militancy from Kashmir,” RSS leader Indresh Kumar told reporters in Udhampur district. Kumar was in the city to take part in the Kargil Vijay Diwas celebrations

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Rajnath Singh’s Kashmir visit an eyewash: Congress

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Terming Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s visit to J&K as an eyewash, the Congress today said the Centre failed to announce confidence-building measures (CBMs) to reach out to the people of the Valley. “It was expected that Rajnath Singh would announce some CBMs directly benefiting the people, besides addressing the current situation. However, the Home Minister remained stuck to the official position on the current unrest and no serious efforts were made to reach out to the people, particularly to those who lost their dear ones. The visit was a…

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Revoke AFSPA on trial basis, Mehbooba urges Centre

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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday lashed out at Pakistan for instigating youths in Kashmir to take up arms, saying it has to change its policy, and asked the Centre to revoke AFSPA on trial basis from selected areas as a beginning towards ” winning the hearts “ of people. “Today when a Kashmiri child takes up gun, they (Pakistan) call him leader and say he is doing good, but when their own children, some from madrassas etc take up gun, they attack them with drones and hang them in military courts.…

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Modi must follow up steps to bring down tension in Kashmir: Omar

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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister agreed the centre broke promises on issues that formed the state’s accession to India, saying they have been “dishonest with the people of Jammu and Kashmir”. Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said any initiative that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may take to resolve the current crisis in the Valley could calm tempers but if it is not followed up then it becomes difficult to sort out. He agreed with former Union Home Minister P Chidambaram’s views that the centre…

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BJP demands probe into role of NC in Kashmir Unrest

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BJP today latched on to a media report claiming that National Conference (NC) was fuelling the ongoing turmoil in Kashmir to demand a probe into the alleged role of the opposition party. “The allegation (of involvement of some NC workers in fuelling the unrest) is too serious and needs to be investigated expeditiously and role of NC in fuelling the current turmoil exposed,” BJP state spokesperson Anil Gupta said in Jammu. “NC is unable to digest the fact that it has been rejected by the people time and again as…

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Law agencies to decide on lifting of mobile, Internet ban : High Court

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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today made it clear that it cannot direct lifting of the communication blockade in the Valley. It was for the law enforcing agencies to decide when to lift the ban on Internet and mobile communication, the HC said. The observations were made today by a Division Bench of the High Court, comprising Chief Justice IN N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar, which is hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by MM Shuja of NGO J&K Peoples Welfare Forum. The PIL is…

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Sri Lankans urge immediate resolution of Kashmir issue, Protests spread to Germany, Sweden

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The Kashmir Study Forum Sri Lanka along with Pakistani and Sri Lankan community organized a peaceful demonstration in front of United Nation Office at Baudaloka Mawatha in Sri Lanka to highlight the recent upsurge in extrajudicial killing and human rights violation in Indian Occupied Kashmir by the Indian forces. The participants of the assembly expressed their grave concern about the ongoing killings of civilians by Indian security forces in the towns and villages of Kashmir. Since 8th July, 2016, Indian forces have` killed more than 50 innocent Kashmiris, injured over…

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Rajnath to meet stakeholders in Valley; to avoid Separatists, Business community to boycott meet

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Business community to boycott meeting with Home Minister How can we talk amid killings? Kashmir is a dispute, resolve it once for all: KEA In a major snub to Kashmiri separatists, Union home minister Rajnath Singh will not be engaging with them during his two-day deliberations with various stakeholders in Jammu & Kashmir starting Saturday in Srinagar. While Singh, who will be in the Valley for the first time since violent protests broke out following the killing of Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani , will be hearing out political parties, civil…

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Cong attacks Modi over ‘Silence’ on Kashmir unrest

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Congress today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “silence” on the Kashmir unrest and also demanded compensation of Rs 10 lakh to each victim of violence in Gujarat’s Una besides action against guilty policemen. “The Prime Minister is in Gorakhpur today and talks big. But he did not talk of Kashmir or Dalits, as he normally speaks on almost everything.   “Today people of Kashmir are waiting for the Prime Minister to make a statement to show that he is concerned about Jammu and Kashmir and is applying balm…

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Strict Curfew, Communication crackdown continues for 14th day in Valley, SC to hear plea seeking Guv’s rule

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Strict curfew and communication clampdown continue on 14th day Friday in Kashmir while one more injured youth succumbed at SKIMS Hospital after 10 days of treatment. Ishfaq Ahmad, who was injured during the clashes at Hiller in Kokernag area of Anantnag district, succumbed to his injuries at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical sciences here on Thursday night. Ishfaq’s body was taken to his village on Friday morning and the last rites performed. With this the death toll in ongoing unrest has mounted to 49. In view of the protests called by…

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