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Kashmir

Govt makes fresh overtures to Geelani for dialogue

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The government has made fresh overtures to reach out to Hurriyat (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, and engage him in a dialogue. After a government representative visited him Saturday, Geelani received a phone call on Sunday late evening asking him to meet Government of India (GoI) interlocutor, Dineshwar Sharma. On Sunday Hurriyat Conference (G) said that a “state representative” came to the residence of Syed Ali Geelani Saturday night to “facilitate his meeting” with Dineshwar Sharma. In a statement issued by the Hurriyat (G) it said that the state representative…

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No magic wand, but serious effort for peace: Dineshwar Sharma

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Dineshwar Sharma will meet political leaders, traders and other delegations on November 6. Centre’s special representative for Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma says he does not have a magic wand, but wants to be judged by his actions when he starts the process of talks in the Valley on November 6. “I do not have a magic wand but my efforts have to be judged with sincerity and not through the prism of the past,” Mr. Sharma said. The former Intelligence Bureau director said that no one should jump to conclusions before…

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115 Militants active in south Kashmir, 80 killed in 6 months: Army

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Around 80 militants have been killed in south Kashmir in the past six months and around 115 militants are still active in the region, a top Army official has said. “There are around 115 militants in south Kashmir and out of them, 99 are local and 15-16 are foreign militants. The actions that we have taken in past 6-7 months, we have killed nearly 80 militants including top leadership. As soon as the number of militant decreases, the situation will improve,” General Officer Commanding of the Army’s Victor Force, Major…

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Friday prayers at Jamia after 5 weeks, Mirwaiz slams Govt for ‘Linking liquor with Tourism’

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Govt’s promotion of un-Islamic ways unacceptable: Mirwaiz Hurriyat (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Jamia Masjid chief cleric warned the government that promoting tourism through “un-islamic ways isn’t acceptable to the people of Kashmir.’’ Mirwaiz was delivering the sermon on the occasion of congregational prayers at the Masjid which were allowed after five weeks. “We all want that more and more tourists visit Kashmir. No one is against the promotion of tourism. But promoting tourism through un-islamic ways is totally unacceptable to us,” he said. During his Friday speech, Mirwaiz said…

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Gowhar Bhat BJP youth leader found dead with throat slit

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A Bharatiya Janata Party youth leader was found dead with his throat slit in Shopian district on Thursday, police said. A police official said that the throat-slit body of Gowhar Ahmad Bhat of Bonagam Shopian, the youth district president of BJP, was found from an orchard near Kiloora this evening. Senior superintendent of police Shopian Shri Ram said they are investigating the incident “from all angles.” Soon after the incident, BJP’s national general secretary Ram Madhav tweeted: “Tragedy strikes at BJP. Gowhar Bhat, district youth president in Shopian in Kashmir…

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Appointment of representative on Kashmir Issue is time-buying tactic: Separatist Leaders

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Kashmiri separatist leaders today said the appointment of former IB chief Dineshwar Sharma as the Centres representative was nothing more than time-buying tactic “adopted under international pressure and regional compulsions”. Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, head of moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF chief Yasin Malik issued a joint statement here, giving their first reaction eight days after Sharma’s appointment was announced. They said that Sharma’s assertion that he is coming to Kashmir with the directive from Government of India to “restore peace” rather than…

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Joint Separatist Leadership slams property damage ordinance: ‘Outrageous, Dictatorial’

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The joint separatist leadership on Saturday called as “outrageous” and “dictatorial” the government’s ordinance that make persons and organisations calling for shutdowns, demonstrations or other forms of protest wherein properties are damaged, liable for imprisonment and fine. Governor NN Vohra, on recommendations of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, promulgated “The Jammu and Kashmir Public Property (Prevention of Damage) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017” on Thursday, leading to what the government called “amendment in the existing law relating to damage to public property to more effectively discourage and prevent the deleterious activities of individuals…

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Want to prevent Kashmir from becoming India’s Syria: Dineshwar Sharma

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The biggest challenge and the top priority in Kashmir are to de-radicalise Kashmiri youth and militants and “prevent it from turning into a Syria of India”, Dineshwar Sharma, the newly-named interlocutor for talks in Jammu and Kashmir, has said. An old Kashmir hand, who headed the Intelligence Bureau for two years from December 2015, Sharma said that his mission to bring an “end to violence would also include talking to anyone, even a rickshaw puller or a cart puller who can contribute so that peace is ushered in the state…

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Joint Resistance Leadership frame four point resolution

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Joint Separatist Leadership (JSL), comprising Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, today framed a four-point resolution jointly to be passed by the people on the October 27— the day when Indian army landed in Jammu and Kashmir in 1947. “The resolution will be read out and passed in all Masajid, shrines and Imambaras across J&K, including Doda, Kishtwar, Rajouri, Poonch and Bhaderwah areas of Jammu region after Friday prayers,” the leaders, in a joint statement today, said. “October 27, 1947, is the blackest day in…

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Two cops, CRPF jawan, Civilian hurt in Kulgam grenade attack

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Two policemen and a civilian were today injured in a grenade explosion at a police station in the Damhal Hanjipora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. “Militants hurled a hand grenade, which exploded on the premises of the police station,” said a senior police officer from the area. He said two policemen and a civilian who was at the station for some work were left with splinter injuries and were rushed to a hospital, where their condition is stated to be stable. The incident took place around 4:30 pm. The…

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