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U.N Chief concerned at violence on disputed Kashmir border

August 19, 2015 Editor

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday voiced alarm at the latest upsurge in violence along the disputed border of India and Pakistan in Kashmir and urged restraint on the part of both governments. Officials said on Sunday that Indian and Pakistani troops intensified firing along their disputed frontier in Kashmir, killing at least eight people and wounding 14. “(Ban) expresses serious concern about the recent escalation of violence along the Line of Control between India and Pakistan, which reportedly resulted in a number of casualties on both sides, including…

India warned against plan to settle soldiers in Kashmir

August 19, 2015 Editor

Hurriyet leaders have categorically rejected the India’s plan to permanently settle its retired army personnel and their families in the territory, saying that Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognized disputed territory and the move will be clear violation of the international law. The veteran Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani in a statement in Srinagar cautioned that the allotting of land to Indian soldiers would be a grave mistake on the part of Indian government. He appealed to the world bodies to play their role in stopping India from fiddling…

JK govt removed security cover of our leaders by design:JKNPP

August 19, 2015 Editor

Accusing the PDP-BJP government of indulging in “vindictive politics”, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party today claimed the ruling coalition removed security cover of a number of mainstream leaders from the opposition “by design”, even in the face of “threats”. Congress had earlier accused the PDP-BJP government of “undermining” the security of mainstream leaders and senior activists of the opposition party with a design by “selectively withdrawing” their security cover and exposing them to anti-national forces, when, the party claimed, the militancy has “gone up” in the state. ”The government has indulged…

Response on Article 35A by Nov 3: SC tells JK

August 18, 2015 Editor

State in no hurry, will present viewpoint as per the constitution: Law Min The Supreme Court has set a fresh deadline of November 3, 2015 to the State to respond to a petition of the RSS-backed think-tank challenging Article 35A of the Indian Constitution before the Apex Court. The State government has been given the fresh deadline of November 3 to give its response even though the case is still at the registry stage, officials of the Law department said. GoI had earlier sent notice to the State government and…

J&K is not any legal part of Indian like the states of Bihar, UP or Maharashtra and its status is different from them : Gilani

August 18, 2015 Editor

While out rightly rejecting the plans of the Indian government of permanently settling the retired Indian army personals or their children in Jammu & Kashmir, Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Geelani said that Jammu Kashmir is an internationally accepted disputed territory and the decision regarding its future is still pending so the settling or allotting of land to any army personnel or any citizen of India on this disputed land is the clear violation of the international rules and it has no constitutional or moral justification. Jammu &…

Tell BJP no one can touch Article 370: G A Mir to Mufti

August 17, 2015 Editor

The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee Chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir on Sunday hit out at the Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed and questioned the need of touching the topic of safeguarding Article 370 in his I-Day speech. Mir said that the Chief Minister must make it clear to his allies that the Article 370 is permanent and nobody can touch it. Mufti on Sunday had said that the special status of J&K State should be safeguarded. His emphasis on protecting J&K’s special status came at a time when State…

‘Attempts being made to impose vedic culture on Muslims’

August 17, 2015 Editor

Charging that efforts were being made to impose Hindu culture on other religions through introduction of yoga in schools, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board has sought support of other community leaders to launch a campaign against such attempts. The Board would decide its strategy in its convention to be held in Bhopal tomorrow. Working general secretary of AIMPLB Maulana Wali Rahmani charged that as part of a conspiracy an effort was being made to “imprint Hindu culture in the mindset of children of other religions, including Muslims”. He…

First batch of Haj pilgrims to leave for Medina today

August 17, 2015 Editor

The first batch of Haj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir will leave from here directly to the holy city of Medina in Saudi Arabia from August 17, officials said on Wednesday. The flights for Hajj pilgrims from Srinagar to Saudi Arabia will operate from August 17. All arrangements have been finalized, an official spokesman said here after Hajj and?Auqaf Minister Abdul Rehman Veeri chaired a meeting to take stock of the arrangements. The minister was informed that while two daily flights will operate between Srinagar and Medina from August 17 to 21,?a single flight will operate on a…

Govt to Send ‘Power Thieves’ to Jail

August 14, 2015 Editor

In a move that could trigger a public outcry, the PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir is filing cases with police against consumers resorting to power theft while “earmarking” two full-fledged police stations in Srinagar and Jammu for the purpose. In a high-level meeting chaired by J&K’s Chief Vigilance Commissioner Kuldeep Khoda here, the Power Development Department was asked to register FIRs in all cases of electricity theft or illegal power connections that come to the fore and monitor the progress of investigation and trial thereof. The meeting was attended…