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April 19, 2018 No Responses

Pravin Togadia slams Modi Govt over Ram Temple, Kashmir on 2nd day of fast

Togadia slammed the BJP over its handling of the Ayodhya temple issue and asked what the party would do if the Supreme Court gives its judgement in favour of the mosque. On the second day of his indefinite fast, former...

April 18, 2018 No Responses

Churn in J&K BJP after Ministers’ exit

Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Nirmal Singh was assigned two additional portfolios on Tuesday, which fell vacant after the resignation of two BJP Ministers in the wake of the Kathua rape-and-murder case. The decision has fuelled a rebellion...

April 18, 2018 No Responses

All BJP ministers in J&K Cabinet to resign but PDP-BJP coalition intact: Reports

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) asked all its ministers in the Jammu and Kashmir government to resign but Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti rushed to clarify that the BJP is not pulling the plug, reported PTI. The official version is that a reshuffle...

April 17, 2018 No Responses

Hang the rapists of Asifa, demand raising from Chenab Valley, Kashmir, Kargil

Kashmir valley, the Chenab region of Jammu and Kargil region of Ladakh Monday witnessed widespread protests seeking death penalty to the rapists and murderers of eight-year old nomadic girl in Kathua. The students from Central University of Kashmir held protes...

April 16, 2018 No Responses

SC orders protection to Kathua rape victim’s family, lawyer; issues notice to JK Govt

The father of the Kathua rape and murder victim had moved the Supreme Court seeking to shift the trial to Chandigarh, saying he would not get a fair hearing in Jammu The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to...

April 16, 2018 No Responses

End of road likely for BJP-PDP govt in J&K as cracks in alliance widen

Has the PDP-BJP alliance in Jammu and Kashmir reached a tipping point from where there is no point of return? That is the question on the minds of political observers in the state who have been watching the alliance drift...

April 13, 2018 No Responses

#JusticeForAsifa, From Silence to a rush of empathy for the victim, Humanity Lost and Found

As soon as the bone-chilling details about rape and murder of a child in Kathua came to fore this week, the gruesome incident hogged the headlines in media. From TV studios in New Delhi to reputed newspaper like New York...

April 13, 2018 No Responses

Pro-rapist rallies allowed in Jammu, bullets and curfews ‘Order of the day’ in Kashmir: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday slammed Jammu and Kashmir government for its “duplicity”, saying in Jammu pro-rapist rallies were being allowed while in Kashmir bullets and pellets have become “order of the day.” “Goons ...

April 12, 2018 No Responses

Mehbooba Mufti is at a loss over the shifting public mood in Kashmir

A wave of anger has gripped the Valley anew following an aggressive and bloody counterinsurgency campaign. On March 30, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti told delegates at a convention of the Travel Agents Association of India in Srinagar:...

April 12, 2018 No Responses

Pre-1953 status demand obnoxious: Chaman Lal Gupta

Chaman Lal Gupta, former Union Minister, on Wednesday termed the demand for the restoration of the pre-1953 autonomy of J&K “obnoxious”. In a statement, Gupta said, “No right-thinking person can even think of having those black days back....