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RSS anti-Kashmir statement betrays its foolishness: JKLF

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The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) has termed the RSS statement, advising the Indian government to suppress the ongoing movement in Jammu Kashmir with iron hand, as ridiculous. The JKLF Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik in a statement issued in Srinagar said, “It seems that RSS has lost all its wisdom because of its hawkish mindset. Since 1947, India has applied its policy of oppression in Jammu Kashmir. Besides killing lakhs of people, its forces subjected tens of thousands to the worst kind of torture in jails, interrogation centres and camps.”From…

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RSS not reviewing Govt, shares inputs only: Dattatreya Hosabale

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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Friday said it is not reviewing nor are giving any message to the government but only share inputs. After a three-day “coordination” meeting with the top brass of the government and the BJP, the RSS today said the Modi government was moving in the right direction with commitment and dedication and rejected criticism that it was acting like a “remote control”. The Sangh Parivar’s founthead said it was not reviewing the government’s performance but was only giving “inputs” to ministers, who are swayamsevaks, and it has…

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Mufti tells minister to work on ground

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Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Friday criticized his own Horticulture Minister for not doing enough and asked his ministry to work on ground rather than making speeches in the media. Inaugurating the state’s first-ever high-density apple orchard launched by a young techno-farmer Khurram Mir, Mufti was furious about the little work done by his minister in the horticulture field and asked him to pull his socks to work for the betterment of farmers. “We all must know ground realities are something very different than the claims we make on TV,…

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Omar has compulsive Twitter dependency syndrome: Naeem

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National Conference Working President Omar Abdullah has a compulsive Twitter dependency syndrome, the government spokesman Naeem Akhtar said Friday. Akhtar, the senior leader of ruling PDP and Minister for Education, said the former chief minister Omar Abdullah was desperate for being in news. “He wants to be in news somehow and makes such comments on Twitter for that purpose,” Akhtar said. He said Omar was missing power badly. “Otherwise, having been the Home Minister of the State in the past, he knows how SSG security drills go,” Akhtar said.

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‘You can’t have a Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark’

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Pakistan won’t accept any talks without Kashmir: Mushahid Hussain Chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Defence, Mushahid Hussain Syed says if India-Pakistan relation is the Shakespearean drama Hamlet, Kashmir is the Prince of Denmark.“You can’t have a Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark,” Syed told a 12-member journalist delegation from Kashmir. “Similarly, India and Pakistan can’t have peace and normalization of relations without resolving Kashmir.” Syed said there was a consensus in the country that Pakistan should engage with India by playing cricket, carrying commerce and indulging in cultural exchanges…

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‘Threat of nuclear war will continue till Kashmir solution’

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Senior Hurriyet leader and the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Chairman, Shabbir Ahmad Shah has said that if the Kashmir dispute is not resolved at the earliest, the threat of nuclear war will continue in the region. Shabbir Ahmad Shah in a statement issued in Srinagar lauded the stance of Pakistani leadership on Kashmir regarding talks with India that Kashmiris were the main stakeholders in the dialogue process. He maintained that the rising discourse on Kashmir dispute at global forums was moral victory for the people of Kashmir…

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Azad, Mehbooba, Mir greet public on Janmashtami

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Former Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad Azad, PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti and J&K Congress Chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir on Saturday greeted people of the state on the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami. He expressed hope that this great occasion will usher in an era of peace, harmony and prosperity in the state. Azad said that spirit of holy festivals is to strengthen the bonds of amity and foster brotherhood and harmony in the society. On this auspicious occasion, Azad also prayed for well-being of the people of the state. “While extending…

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HC asks Centre to submit relief policy for flood-hit

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Wants compliance report on Rs 44,000-cr package sought by J&K The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the Central government to produce the policy for grant of relief to flood victims and also submit its compliance report on the Rs 44,000-crore relief package sought by J&K within one week. These directions were issued today by a division bench headed by Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar, which is hearing the public interest litigation on the floods of 2014, which caused havoc in central Kashmir, including Srinagar city, south Kashmir and…

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People will be equal partners in ushering peace in J&K: CM

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said the state is on the cusp of a historic change and the present coalition Government would make the people equal partners in ushering in an era of peace and development. “The Valley has gone through difficult times in the last two-and-a-half decades. But credit must be given to the fruit growers in horticulture sector and craftsmen in the handicraft industry for sustaining the state’s fledgling economy. “Now, J-K is on the cusp of a historic change and the present Government…

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Kashmir is your responsibility, Mufti tells PM Modi

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Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take responsibility for Jammu and Kashmir. “I want to tell Prime Minister Modi that if youths of 22 years, who have completed MA/ BA are still picking up arms, it is your responsibility and not Pakistan’s,” said Mehbooba Mufti. “Getting two generals from India and two generals from Pakistan to endlessly debate on television won’t help tom resolve the problems of Kashmir,” she added. Mehbooba Mufti also criticised the government for failing to end the deadlock…

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