Tag: Kashmir
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Tight security arrangements made for polling in Srinagar, Udhampur constituencies
Top separatists, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik have reiterated their boycott call and also asked the people to observe a complete shutdown on Thursday during the second of the 5-phase election.
April 17, 2019 -
Kashmir needs an altered approach
This is not an ideal situation as the soldier when interacting with the locals looks overbearing in uniform - adorned with a weapon and accompanied by a group which dominates the village while the interaction continues.
April 16, 2019 -
Azad says terror attacks on security forces increased during Modi government
Blaming Modi for the "blatant lie" when he said on Sunday that Congress wants to withdraw forces from Kashmir and would compromise the national security, Azad said he is misleading the nation, as the Congress is committed for uncompromising approach to deal with terrorism and further strengthen the security along borders to plug the infiltration, whereas the Modi government failed to contain infiltration, cross border terrorism and control terrorism in Kashmir.
April 15, 2019 -
‘Protecting’ Articles 370 and 35A main poll issue in Kashmir
In her election rallies in South Kashmir, Mehbooba has warned that threats to abrogate the Articles 370 and 35A and also Modi government’s “muscular approach” towards Kashmir will turn the situation more gruesome and worrying.
April 15, 2019 -
Omar, Mehbooba accuse Modi of criticising their families and then stitching alliance with them
Omar was referring to the BJP first forging an alliance with the PDP in 2015 when Mufti Sayeed became the chief minister with BJP's support and after his death, Mehbooba took over the reins of the state government. Modi had criticised the Abdullah and Mufti families in his campaign during the elections in 2014 as well.
April 14, 2019 -
Won’t allow Abdullahs and Muftis to separate J&K from India, says Modi
Congress, National Conference (NC) and PDP remained the target of Modi almost during his entire election speech in which he accused the Abdullah and Mufti families of having destroyed lives of three generations of J&K.
April 14, 2019 -
Azad accuses Modi of creating war hysteria after having failed to implement last election’s promises
Azad said that all those promises and commitments which were made by Modi and BJP during the last elections have proved to be hollow and “jumlas” and after five years Modi government and BJP do not talk of their report card on all those promises but creating fear psychosis, mistrust and war hysteria.
April 13, 2019 -
Poll boycott call of separatists might help BJP, fear Kashmir mainstream parties
As a strategy to prevent the division of their votes, the NC and PDP have not fielded their candidates against the Congress on both Lok Sabha seats of the Jammu division.
April 13, 2019 -
Siachen Day celebrated at world’s highest battlefield
To this day, the Siachen Warriors continue to guard the “Frozen Frontier” with tenacity and resolve against all odds. Siachen Day, every year, honours all the Siachen Warriors who served their motherland while successfully thwarting evil designs of the enemy, over the years.
April 13, 2019 -
Long queues of voters in Kashmir’s Baramulla as people defy poll boycott call of separatists
Kupwara, which has many infiltration routes, had registered 30.8% polling till 1 pm, while Bandipura segment registered 20.9%.
April 11, 2019 -
Modi lost opportunity to solve Kashmir issue, says Mehbooba
Mehooba, while addressing a worker’s convention in Anantnag of South Kashmir, asserted that the vision and roadmap of dialogue and reconciliation created by Mufti Muhammad Sayeed is the only pragmatic way to deal with the vexed issue of Kashmir and get the people of the state out of the morass.
April 10, 2019 -
Separatists call for boycott of Lok Sabha elections beginning Thursday
The separatists called for a boycott of the subsequent four phases of polling.
April 10, 2019 -
Pakistan’s frequent shelling keeps authorities on toes as Jammu, Baramulla go to polls on Thursday
Pakistani troops have, during the past few days, been targeting with mortars and artillery the Nowshera and Sunderbani sectors in Rajouri and Mendhar, Balakote, Mankote, Krishna Ghati, Kirni and Shahpur in Poonch district.
April 10, 2019 -
Congress accuses BJP of taking U-turn on Articles 370 & 35A
The situation for the BJP is not that comfortable as it was in the 2014 elections as the party is facing hurdles in the Jammu constituency where its candidate Jugal Kishore is seeking re-election.
April 9, 2019 -
Will fight BJP’s election promise of scrapping Articles 370 and 35A, say Kashmir-centric parties
While the Article 370 provides special status to J&K, the Article 35A empowers the Jammu and Kashmir legislature to define “permanent resident” of the state and provide special rights and privileges to those permanent residents which are excluded for non-permanent residents.
April 8, 2019 -
Kashmir parties criticise twice a week ban on movement of civilian traffic on highway
The preventive measure of earmarking Sundays and Wednesdays till 31 May has been ordered following the recent Pulwama-type attack that failed in Banihal area on the highway while a convoy of the CRPF was moving.
April 7, 2019 -
Governor Malik reviews security situation in Kashmir
The Governor especially stressed the need for a heightened vigil along the International Border and LoC, providing adequate security to all protected persons and all important establishments and installations.
April 6, 2019