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Geelani Salutes people’s Courage, Dedication, stresses on Discipline, Commitment

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Appealing people not to be swayed by the hollow and false slogans of democracy, humanity and Kashmiriyat and remaining stead past in their struggle, Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani Thursday saluted the courage and dedication of people during these tough days of oppression at the hands of occupying forces. He was addressing a gathering from Hyderpora and adjoining areas, especially youth and women who wanted to meet him, but were stopped by the police at airport road, a statement issued by Hurriyat Conference (g) said this evening. “They started slogans…

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‘What was the need to kill Burhan’, Muzaffar Beg asks in Lok Sabha

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The lower house of Parliament on Wednesday witnessed sharp reactions from various parties over killing of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani. In a surprising development, BJP’s partner in Jammu and Kashmir, PDP, has raised questions on the Wani’s killing! “What was the need to kill Burhan Wani,” PDP MP Muzaffar Beg asked the Modi government in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Beg also questioned the timing of the encounter. “If Wani was on the radar of intelligence agencies why was he not arrested earlier,” Muzaffar Beg asked. Kashmir unrest Life remained…

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After Jyotiraditya’s call for plebiscite, Chidambaram seeks ‘more autonomy’ to Kashmir’

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Senior Congress leader and former Home Minister P. Chidambaram has said the genesis of the current Kashmir unrest lies in “broken promises and broken faith”, and that both the state and central governments were mishandling the present situation. “I think the approach (towards Kashmir issue) was wrong. We ignored the grand bargain under which Jammu and Kashmir acceded to India. I think we broke our promises, we broke the faith of the people of Kashmir, and we paid the price for it for 40-45 years,” Chidambaram said in an interview…

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BJP-PDP coalition has plunged Kashmir into turmoil: NC

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The BJP accused the state government of mishandling the recent crisis. Opposition National Conference today accused the PDP-BJP coalition of plunging Jammu and Kashmir into great political and administrative crisis while working at cross purpose. “PDP-BJP coalition has plunged Jammu and Kashmir into great political and administrative crisis. The government seems to be rudderless as both the partners are working at cross purposes,” state Vice President National Conference Kashmira Singh said. He accused the state government of mishandling the recent crisis. “This has led to tremendous loss in development activities…

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If Mehbooba is unaware of situation then who is running Govt : Omar Abdullah

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Former Chief Minister and National Conference working president Omar Abdullah Tuesday questioned that if state government doesn’t know anything about the current situation, then who was running the state. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS) he said, “Nobody knows who is controlling the situation. I am surprised that Chief Minister is unaware of the situation. First they said CM was aware of Burhan’s encounter and now they are saying she didn’t know. Then they say media ban was imposed to control the situation, now they say they didn’t impose any…

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Death toll climbs to 47 & Army deeply regrets loss of life in Qazigund firing

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A woman injured in clashes between forces and protesters in South Kashmir succumbed at a hospital, taking the death toll in the ongoing unrest to 47. Neelofar was injured in firing yesterday during clashes with army in Qazigund. Two other persons, including a woman, were killed and seven others injured in the incident. Army on Tuesday expressed “deep regret” at the “unfortunate loss of life” in South Kashmir’s Qazigund, where troops were forced to open fire at protesters, killing three in the process. The death toll in the aftermath of Hizbul…

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China ‘Concerned’ over Kashmir Clashes, calls for Peaceful Settlement

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Commenting on the unrest in Kashmir, China today said it hoped that the situation will be “handled properly” and “relevant parties” will address the issue peacefully through dialogue. “China has taken note of relevant reports. We are equally concerned about the casualties in the clash, and hope that relevant incident will be handled properly,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said in his remarks posted on the Foreign Ministry website. “The Kashmir issue is left over from history. China holds a consistent stance and hopes relevant parties will address the…

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Govt bans issuing fresh BSNL post paid SIMs, Disconnected services for non-payment of Bills

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The government has further strengthened the blockade of the communication services here with police asking the state run BSNL to stop issuing the new post-paid SIM cards to people. According to BSNL officials the police had earlier asked the BSNL to suspend the services including the landline connections which they have however opposed. The BSNL post-paid service and the landline connections are the only means of communication here in Kashmir. However on Sunday police have asked the BSNL not to issue any fresh SIM cards. Officials said that the police…

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Congress wants political solution for Kashmir Issue

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The Congress on Monday slammed the Centre over the situation in Kashmir and pressed for holding an all-party meet to discuss the issue. The opposition party pitched for a political solution rather than using “barrel of the gun” while dealing with the unrest in Kashmir. During a short-duration discussion on the Kashmir situation, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said while his party stands with the Modi government and the coalition in the state in dealing firmly with militancy, the “excessive use” of force against common citizens, including the children…

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#Protest Protest to continue, Separatists issue Calendar

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The separatists leadership on Monday issued a protests calendar for three days starting from July 19 till July 21. In a joint statement Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Muhammad Yasin Malik and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said: “In continuation with the protest program people should observe complete shutdown on July 19 and 20 and July 20 would be observed as black day. On July 21 shutdown will continue till 2pm” “There will again be a complete shutdown on Friday July 22 and post Friday prayers peaceful protest would be held in all…

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