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Govt, National Conference slug it out over Kud gunfight

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  Opposition terms it fake encounter The killing of a suspected militant at Kud on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway created an uproar in the Legislature today as the Opposition National Conference blamed the government for killing the youth in a “fake encounter.” However, the J&K Government maintained in both the Houses that the youth killed in the gunfight on Monday was a militant. On Monday evening, a woman was killed and two injured when a suspected militant travelling in a bus from Srinagar attacked a joint check-post at Kud on…

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Minimise visibility of troops in civilian areas: Mehbooba to Dalbir Singh

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Laying stress on the need for maintaining greater vigil along the borders to prevent infiltration, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today called for minimising visibility of troops in civilian areas and tourist places in Jammu and Kashmir. The Chief Minister said this in a meeting with Chief of Army Staff Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag in which they discussed important matters relating to internal and external security management in the state and general geopolitical situation in the region. The Army Chief was accompanied by GOC-in-Chief, Northern Command, Lt Gen D S Hooda,…

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Paragliding banned near defence areas : IAF Plea

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Against the backdrop of Pathankot airbase terror strike, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has banned private airborne activity — para-jumping, paragliding and hoisting of air balloons — within a radius of one kilometre of any defence and security installations in the state. It follows the request of the Indian Air Force (IAF), Police Headquarters, to all district magistrates to restrict “private airborne activity”. In this regard, a communiqué from the IAF, Police Headquarters (Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu area), was issued on June 2. The IAF apprehends that terrorists could…

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Mehbooba supervising selective crackdown: Omar

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National Conference working president Omar Abdullah today claimed that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was “personally and directly supervising a selective crackdown” on separatist leaders. Omar said the crackdown was selective and based on the level of public opposition to her party’s “recurring U-turns” ahead of the Anantnag byelection, which Mehbooba is contesting. “It is clear that the Chief Minister is spooked by her growing unpopularity ahead of the Anantnag bypoll and intends to re-arrest all Hurriyat leaders as soon as the election concludes,” Omar said addressing party workers in central…

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BJP terms Kashmiri separatists as ‘Pakistani agents’

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 13 June dubbed the Kashmiri separatists as ‘Pakistani agents’ and blamed them for creating disorder in Jammu and Kashmir after they conducted a meeting on the Sainik colony issue. Saying that they are following instructions given by the kingpins in Pakistan, BJP leader Ravinder Raina told ANI: “These Separatist leaders are Pakistan’s agents. They take money from Pakistan and follow the instructions of their bosses in Pakistan and work on their command.” “As far as separatists are concerned, the turmoil that has been created…

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Older Pandits yearn for past, Gen-next finds no future : Return to Kashmir

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When a teary-eyed Mehbooba Mufti offered milk to Goddess Ragnya Devi at Kheer Bhawani, 27 kilometres from here on Sunday, she became first head of Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir in a long time to perform puja at Tulmul’s famous Hindu temple. The chief minister, later, raised her hands in prayer for peace and prosperity in the state, a gesture that touched the hearts of thousands of Kashmiri Pandits gathered for the ceremony, who seek separate colonies to be able to return to the militancy-affected homeland. “She is head of the…

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Kashmiri Pandits welcome but not separate colonies’ : Separatists’ meet

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The seminar, held at Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s Hyderpora residence, was jointly organised by the two Hurriyat factions and the JKLF. SEPARATISTS Sunday welcomed the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the valley but unanimously opposed setting up of separate townships for them or Sainik colonies. At the first such seminar of separatists from different groups in eight years, moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq proposed setting up of a committee for “people-to-people contact” with Kashmiri Pandits for their return to the valley. The seminar, held at Hurriyat chairman…

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Govt spent 560 Cr in 5 years on separatists: Ajat Shatru

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“From hotel to food to air tickets everything is being paid by the government of India, while separatists holiday outside the state .  In a shocking revelation, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Ajat Shatru Singh Friday claimed that the governments of India and JK had spent a whopping Rs 560 crore on separatists in the past five years. Speaking in the Zero Hour Session, in the Legislative Council, the ruling party MLC said that the government had failed to provide security to the legislators. “Same government has provided…

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Differences between coalition partners over Abhinav Gupt Yatra

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Saffron party terms govt decision to disallow yatra ‘unfortunate’ Noisy scenes in Legislative Council as BJP protests govt ban on yatra Serious differences appear to have cropped up between coalition partners PDP and BJP over the banning of the “Abhinav Gupt” yatra due to the pressure of separatists and other Kashmir-centric groups. The BJP ministers, however, have maintained a guarded silence to avoid any controversy. A day after J&K Government’s spokesman and Education Minister in the coalition government Naeem Akhtar announced on Thursday that the yatra would not be allowed,…

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Kashmir must be under caliphate, not Pakistan: Islamic State

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Islamic State members want Kashmir under its caliphate rather than Pakistan or jihadi groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba, underlining the outfit’s dismissive view of Pakistan and groups it controls as compromised outfits that do not conform to its extreme interpretation of religious law. Web chats of IS members from different countries, including India, that are part of a chargesheet filed by the NIA against IndianOil assistant manager Mohammed Sirajuddin show the group’s belief in Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s caliphate as the final arbiter of Kashmir’s fate. In one of the chats, Jundhulla…

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