Hurriyat (G) today supported the September 7 shutdown call given by different traders’ organizations against government’s failure to rehabilitate flood affected. “The government not only miserably failed in rehabilitation of the flood hit people of the state but they even do not repair damaged embankments of the water bodies and the common people have been left on the mercy of the situations,” a Hurriyat statement said.
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Kashmir, China, Bangladesh – RSS Issues Guidelines for Way Ahead
Focused on course correction for the government to get rid of any negative perception, the three-day conclave between the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh witnessed the latter offer suggestions on three issues – economy, education and national security. It was the second which occupied most of this afternoon. The ruling party’s ideological mentor offered feedback based on reports from its activists on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir — ceasefire violations by Pakistan and terror attacks from across the border — the relations with Bangladesh and the border situation…
Read MoreKEA reiterates shutdown call on Sep 7
PM made promises in Srinagar but never implemented: Chowdhary Reiterating its call shutdown call for September 7 against government of India’s failure to release rehabilitation package for last year’s flood-affected people of the Valley, Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) Tuesday asked People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to withdraw from its coalition partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). KEA, an amalgam of various trade bodies, criticized Prime Minister Narindra Modi for not keeping his promises which, it said, he had made to Valley’s business community in Srinagar about rehabilitating flood-affected people. “All sectors of…
Read MoreArmy Jawan, militant killed in Rafiabad encounter
One army jawan and a militant were killed on Wednesday in an encounter between militants and security forces in the Ladura area of Rafiabad in north Kashmir. While the jawan was killed in the morning when militants fired at security forces, the militant identified as Riyaz Ahmad of Brath Kalan in Sopore was killed when the army razed the residential house where the militants were holed up. According to officials, Ahmad was a local commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen. Earlier reports had suggested that two militants were holed up in…
Read MoreSupreme Court of India asks JK police not to arrest Indian army officer in custodial disappearance case
The Supreme Court of India has directed police not to arrest an Indian army Brigadier in connection with the custodial disappearance of a man, Manzoor Ahmad Dar from Rawalpora here Srinagar, in 2002. However, a division bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy directed the Brigadier Kishore Malhotra to cooperate with the police in its investigation into the disappearance. “Brig. Kishore Malhotra shall not be arrested by the police authorities but he will participate in the enquiry and co-operate with the investigating agency,” the bench, according to…
Read MoreSrinagar, Mumbai among top 5 cities surfing net to track ISIS-related activity
The government may claim a “very limited” influence of Islamic State (ISIS) among Indian Muslims, but that has not kept the curious young from closely following its activities and outreach on social media. If findings of a national survey by an intelligence agency are any indication, the largest volume of internet traffic related to ISIS is being generated not from urban, IT-savvy centres like Bengaluru and Hyderabad but mofussil towns like Chinchwad and Unnao, besides smaller cities such as Srinagar and Guwahati. Mumbai is the only metropolis among the top…
Read MoreKashmiri Separatist Masarat Alam Re-arrested in Jammu
Hardline Kashmiri separatist Masarat Alam was today re-arrested by police in Jammu jail premises after authorities released him following the Jammu and Kashmir High Court’s order. His Jammu and Kashmir Muslim League condemned his re-arrest and alleged he was taken to some unknown destination. “After Jammu jail authorities freed Masarat Alam following the court orders, a police party however, rearrested him and took him away to some unknown destination,” said a party spokesman. The separatist, who was arrested on April 17 for waving Pakistani flags in a separatist rally in…
Read MoreTenuous alliance yet to walk growth talk
The PDP-BJP rode to power to rework state’s development agenda. The Tribune reviews coalition’s performance Initial hiccups notwithstanding, keeping the bond between diametrically opposed alliance partners intact seems to be the only noticeable achievement of the ruling PDP-BJP dispensation in the first six months of its power. On March 1 when Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the maiden PDP-BJP government in the state, political pundits were not too optimistic about its survival as the alliance partners represent ideologies which are poles apart. Immediately after…
Read MoreKashmir can not be avoided in Indo-Pak talks: Germany
The German Minister also asked Pakistan to step up campaign against militants and target them without any discrimination. Germany on Monday said that “deep issues” like Kashmir should be a part of the talks between India and Pakistan as dialogue is the only way to move forward, days after the cancellation of NSA-level talks over India’s insistence that Kashmir cannot be on the agenda. “There are deep issues like Kashmir which cannot be avoided in talks,” German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in Islamabad during a joint press conference with…
Read MoreInternational Day of Enforced Disappearances
The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) led by Parveena Ahangar on the occasion of International Day of Disappeared has appealed the international community to put pressure on New Delhi to stop violence against families and the victims of enforced disappearances. In a statement here a spokesman of the Association said: “This day is observed every year on August 30 throughout the world to commemorate the struggle against enforced disappearances.” He said: “Families and relatives of the victims of enforced disappearances have been struggling for justice from past…
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