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Sinha-led team arrives on ‘Mission Kashmir’

August 17, 2017 Editor

Senior BJP leader and former Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha arrived here on Wednesday while others members of Concerned Citizens Group (CCG) led by him will arrive on a two-day visit to Kashmir on Thursday. Sinha arrived in Srinagar today. He said Kapil Kak (retired Air Vice marshal), Bharat Bhushan (Editor Catch News) and Sushobha Barve head of Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation would arrive tomorrow. Sinha said the visit was part of their efforts to continue working for peace and dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir. “We will meet a…

Seventy years on, digging a deeper hole in Kashmir

August 14, 2017 Editor

The move by a BJP/RSS front organization to repeal the validity of Article 35-A will lead to adverse consequences are likely to further devastate an already suffering region. Its long-term negative consequences are likely to outlive us all. The clouds always appear ominous when it comes to Kashmir. But as India marks the 70th year of independence, the clouds look menacing. A little known non-governmental organization, Jammu and Kashmir Study Centre (JKSC), considered a front of the RSS and the BJP has challenged the validity of Article 35-A of the…

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq threatens agitation if Article 35A abrogated

August 12, 2017 Editor

Separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today warned that people will hit the streets if the state’s special status is harmed by abrogating Article 35A. In a statement, the separatist leader said after allowing the imposition of the GST in the state, “hectic efforts are underway by the BJP and the RSS to altogether do away with the special status of J&K by challenging Article 35A in the Supreme Court.” “As this Article bars non-state subjects to settle and buy property in J&K, it is being challenged in a court with…

BJP hatching conspiracies to influence referendum process: Geelani

August 10, 2017 Editor

“Pro-Indian parties rhetoric about prevailing situation is just a political gimmick and added that they are responsible for tampering and fiddling with article 370.” Hurriyat (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Wednesday said, that authorities in New Delhi are hellbent to tamper with the Muslim majority character of Jammu and Kashmir. Cautioning people against the nefarious designs of Delhi and its henchmen in state, Geelani said that people in state won’t allow anyone to alter or interfere with the integrity and special status of the state and will safeguard it…

Ready to quit assembly, join Hurriyat: Er Rasheed

August 10, 2017 Editor

Independent legislator and Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) chairman Er Rasheed on Thursday offered to resign from assembly and join united Hurriyat “for the larger Kashmir cause of right to self determination”. Rasheed made the remarks during a press conference in Srinagar in response to Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s call to pro-India politicians to join the Hurriyat. “It is not time to blame each other but work for resolution of Kashmir dispute and stop New Delhi from its utterances and efforts, it is indulged in changing the dispute…

Valley braces for unrest over Article 35A

August 8, 2017 Editor

The Hurriyat as well as mainstream opposition parties, including the Congress and CPM, are bracing to oppose any move to scrap or dilute Article 35A of the Constitution. Though separatist factions and mainly the Hurriyat groups have called for complete shutdown to protest against any “fiddling” with Article 35A by a larger SC bench, the mainstream combine, led by former CM and MP Farooq Abdullah of the National conference, warned the Centre of dangerous consequences if it even tried to dilute the Article. Article 35A offers special privileges to state…

Srinagar records hottest night of season

August 8, 2017 Editor

Srinagar recorded the hottest night of the season so far at 22 degrees, three degrees above normal, while there was no respite from hot and humid weather during the day in the Kashmir. A Met department official rain and thundershowers could occur at isolated places during the next 48 hours in valley. He said Srinagar recorded the hottest night of the season after mercury surged and settled at 22 degrees, against 21 degree recorded yesterday. The night temperature was around three degrees above normal. Meanwhile, the hot and humid temperature…

Joint Separatist Leadership warn Govt, call for shutdown on Aug 12

August 8, 2017 Editor

The joint separatist leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Monday called for Kashmir-wide shutdown on August 12 against the “ongoing genocide of Kashmiris, onslaught on common people and attempts to change the state subject law in Jammu and Kashmir.” In a joint statement here, the leaders said: “People of Kashmir will observe a complete shutdown on Saturday (12 August 2017) and register their protest against these anti-Muslim and anti-Kashmir actions.” They said the ongoing “killing spree, genocide of young Kashmiris, hooliganism of government…

Center, State govt’s pushing youth towards militancy: Opposition

August 7, 2017 Editor

“PDP earlier sought votes to keep BJP at bay but after the elections were over, the party in the lust of power forged an alliance with it, which resulted in anger among the youth,” Saying that the dialogue is the only way out to resolve the Kashmir issue, the mainstream opposition parties on Saturday blamed central as well as the state government for pushing Kashmiri youth to join militant ranks. The mainstream opposition parties, including National Conference (NC), Congress and People Democratic Front (PDF) blamed the anti-Kashmir policies of Narendra…