Category: Today

Mehbooba Mufti promises resolution to Kashmir Issue in return of Peace

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12 militants returned home in 3 months Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday promised youth that if they help her keep peace in Kashmir, she would work toward resolution of Kashmir and revival of former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Kashmir and Pakistan policy. “If you help me, I promise you revival of policy started by Vajpayee, who started dialogue with the neighbouring country and said people of Jammu Kashmir are our own people and we have to start with them,” she said addressing a convention of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

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Thousands join militant funeral, Crowds at burials a worrying trend

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Funeral of Burhan’s aide in Tral witnesses sizeable local gathering People jostle to have last glimpse of Hafiz-e-Quran Burhan’s family joins condolences On Monday, thousands of people thronged Tral to attend the funeral prayers of Burhan Wani’s aide and top militant commander Aqib Ahmad Bhat, who was eliminated along with a foreign militant during a gunfight on Sunday. A cop of the elite counter-insurgency group of the J&K Police was also killed in the encounter. The J&K Police had handed over Aqib’s body to his family on Sunday. Thousands of…

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2 Militants, Cop killed in night-long Tral Encounter; Shutdown observed across Pulwama

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Clashes break out as people try to march towards encounter site Army major injured, 3 civilians hit by pellets Pulwama observes shutdown Two militants, including a Hizbul Mujahideen commander, and a member of police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) were killed in an overnight gunfight between militants and government forces in Hayena area of Tral in Pulwama district of south Kashmir. Three force personnel, including an army major, were injured during the encounter. Several civilians were also injured as police used tear smoke shells and pellet guns to thwart continuous efforts…

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Civilian Killed, Four injured in Pulwama Grenade Attack, Arrest spear On

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2 CRPF men among 3 injured 23 youth arrested in Ratnipora, Kakapora in night raids Photojournalist beaten while covering protests A civilian was killed and three other persons, including two CRPF personnel, were injured after militants hurled a grenade at a mobile bunker of the paramilitary force in Murran Chowk area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday. The slain civilian has been identified as Muhammad Ayoob Wani, son of Muhammad Ahsan, a resident of Wusoo village in Pulwama district. Talking to Kashmir Post, SP Pulwama, Rayees Muhammad Bhat said,…

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Pellet Guns in Kashmir Valley goes up from 640 to 5,589

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The idea is to adequately equip every unit of the paramilitary with the ‘low-intensity munition’ to deal with frenzied crowd in demonstrations and during counterinsurgency operations This summer, the use of controversial 12 bore pump action guns with pellet shots is set to grow in a big way in the Kashmir Valley. The weapon blinded and grievously injured many last year when it was used to disperse protesters hurling stones and lashing provocative slogans against security forces. Currently, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has 640 pump action guns, widely…

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Finally, Chenani-Nashri tunnel ready, PMO to finalise date of Inauguration

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With the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) conveying to the Prime Minister’s Office regarding the completion of the country’s longest Chenani-Nashri road tunnel, it is expected to be inaugurated after March 7. The exact date will be finalised after the PMO communicates the availability of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the inauguration ceremony. Earlier, the PMO had sought clearance from the NHAI regarding the opening of the much-awaited 9.2-km tunnel. “The NHAI conveyed to the PMO that the tunnel was all set to be inaugurated as all work had…

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High Court constitutes five teams to inspect condition of roads across valley

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The J&K High Court has set up five teams of lawyers to act as court commissioners and report about the condition of highways and roads from north to south Kashmir. The teams have been asked to present their respective reports in March while the matter has been posted for consideration in the first week of April. These orders were passed today by a division bench of Justice Sudhakar Ramalingam and Justice Tashi Rabstan in a PIL about the condition of highways in Kashmir. The lawyers’ teams have been constituted in…

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2 Years On, PDP-BJP Alliance a story of unkept promises

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Agenda of Alliance, which laid roadmap for the coalition, is today a document of unfulfilled assurances On March 1, 2015, when the BJP first came to power in Jammu and Kashmir riding on the shoulders of the ideologically poles apart Peoples Democratic Party, the government could have fallen within one hour of its swearing-in. It has survived for two years, a marvel of political compromises that goes by the document called the “Agenda of Alliance”. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on becoming the Chief Minister rattled the Hindu nationalist BJP leadership with…

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Infight within BJP overshadows developmental activities

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Infighting among “disciplined” leaders of the BJP is badly affecting developmental activities in the Jammu region as party ministers are not ready to even share dais with each other due to their “egos”. Today, a high-level meeting was convened by Minister of State (MoS) in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Dr Jitendra Singh to lay online foundation stones of 222 roads projects, worth Rs 1,400 crore, under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) for the Udhampur-Doda constituency. Foundation stones were laid for road projects from backward districts, including Kathua, Udhampur,…

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Would fight for justice till our last breath: Kunan Poshpora Victims

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On the 26th anniversary, of the Kunan Poshpora rape incident, the victim survivors said they would fight for justice till their last breath. The victims, who were disallowed to attend the seminar organized by Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) at local hotel here on Thursday castigated the state government for what they called “muzzling” their voice. “Since the state is headed by a woman Chief minister, we expected that the government will allow us to express our pain and sufferings we faced during the past 26 years,” the…

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