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BJP mobilising supporters in Kashmir for PM’s rally

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Ram Madhav to arrive in Srinagar on Oct 31 to oversee preparations To make its presence felt in the Kashmir valley, the BJP has decided to mobilise a large number of party supporters for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Srinagar on November 7. The party has already begun the exercise to ensure the participation of BJP workers from the Valley in the rally. Highly placed sources in the BJP said national general secretary of the party Ram Madhav, who was instrumental in the formation of the coalition government, is…

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PDP-BJP alliance great chance to change J-K’s destiny: Mufti

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Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Wednesday justified the PDP-BJP alliance, describing it as a great opportunity that has come his way to change the destiny of the people of the state. He promised to lay a strong base for building a new J&K, where peace and prosperity go hand in hand. “I have no personal agenda and don’t enter into any deals. History has given me an opportunity to change the course of the state and I have taken up this challenge with both hands,” he stated. The Chief…

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US public assertion on terrorism, Kashmir dispute irks India

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Indian envoy seeks briefing on outcome of Nawaz’s visit to US India has lodged protest with the United States against its public assertion with regard to terrorism that has been given bilateral trajectory between India and Pakistan and Kashmir has been termed as ‘dispute’ in the wake of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s meeting with President Obama on Friday last in White House. The Indian reservations have been reflected in its wide media observations. Highly placed diplomatic sources in Washington told The News Tuesday that India was awaiting the response of…

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File status report on flood relief package: HC to Centre

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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court today gave one more week to the Union Government to file the status report on the relief package meant for the September 2014 flood victims. During the resumed hearing of a public interest litigation on the September 2014 floods, the division bench of Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Hasnain Masoodi said the Central government should file the status report on the relief package within one week or else the Union Finance Secretary should be present in person on November 3, the next…

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Sgr-Leh highway and Mughal road reopen for traffic

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Traffic on the 434-km-long highway, connecting the Ladakh region with the Kashmir valley resumed on Tuesday after remaining suspended due to snowfall for three days. The Srinagar-Jammu highway and historic Mughal road, linking the Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region were also through for both way traffic. According to traffic police sources traffic on Srinagar-Leh highway was allowed last evening. They said that vehicles stranded at Drass, the second coldest place in the world after Siberia and Meenmarg for the past three days were allowed…

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We will teach ‘Informers’ of south Kashmir a lesson, says Hizb

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Militant outfit Hizb-ul-Mujhadeen Tuesday said that Indian agents are active and have been helping Indian forces to track and assassinate Kashmiri militants. Chief Spokesperson Hizbul Mujhadeen Burhan-u-deen told CNS on phone that Indian agents are active in Kashmir and it is because of these agents that militants are being killed in different parts of Kashmir. “We have directed our intelligence chief to identify and expose those agents who help to kill these militants,” he said. He said that it is really shocking and disturbing for us that Indian agents in…

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‘Where is Mehbooba Mufti Now?’ asks NC, Condemns ‘Arrest Spree’ in South Kashmir

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National Conference Tuesday condemned the arrest spree of youngsters in south Kashmir areas and bashed PDP for what it called ‘hypocritical politics’. “Where is Mehbooba Mufti especially that Mehbooba who posed as sympathizer of youth before her party came to power?” Provincial Spokesperson National Conference said in a statement issued to KNS today. Castigating the PDP President for her ‘hypocritical’ statements he said, “she used to shed crocodile tears for the arrested youth and had promised that all political prisoners would be released if she came to power. Now it…

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Pakistan trained terror groups to fight in Kashmir, says Pervez Musharraf

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The former army chief was responding to a question about action against LeT’s Hafiz Saeed and Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.He said Saeed and Lakhvi type people enjoyed the status of heroes at that time. Former president Pervez Musharraf has admitted that Pakistan supported and trained groups like Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) in 1990s to carry out militancy in Kashmir. “In 1990s the freedom struggle began in Kashmir… At that time Lashkar-e-Toiba and 11 or 12 other organisations were formed. We supported them and trained them as they were fighting in Kashmir at the…

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Geelani writes Ban Ki-Moon to persuade India, Pak to initiate dialogue on Kashmir

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Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Monday appealed the United Nations Secretary General to appoint a special envoy on Kashmir and persuade both India and Pakistan to initiate a process with which the United Nations as well as the genuine leadership of the people of Jammu & Kashmir will be associated so as to ensure the permanent settlement of this long pending dispute which will be based on the principles of justice. Spokesman of Hurriyat (G) in a statement said that Geelani in a letter to Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon…

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Oct 27th strike a referendum against India, Hurriyat (G)

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While thanking people for observing complete and statewide shutdown, All Parties Hurriyat Conference said that this shutdown is a clear referendum from the people of the state that they do not accept this forced occupation and their freedom struggle will continue in every way and at any cost till the presence of a single Indian soldier in the Jammu & Kashmir. While strongly condemning the continuous house imprisonment of Hurriyat Chairman Syed Ali Geelani from last 6 months and continuous detention of Shabir Ahmad Shah, Ghulam Nabi Sumji, Nayeem Ahmad…

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