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April 12, 2018 No Responses

J&K excluded from India in map distributed at health ministry event

In a faux pas, Jammu and Kashmir was excluded from the Indian map at an event organised by the Health Ministry on Wednesday. The map showed Jammu and Kashmir as distinct from other parts of India and Aksai Chin as...

April 11, 2018 No Responses

UN Secretary General says ready to talk to Pakistan, India officials on Kashmir Issue

After UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres indicated that he was ready to talk to senior officials from India and Pakistan on the situation in Kashmir and see how things can be improved on the ground, voices were raised in New Delhi...

April 11, 2018 No Responses

Kashmir violence being stoked by talk of revenge: Concerned Citizens Group

The Concerned Citizens Group, including former Union minister Yashwant Sinha and former National Commission for Minorities chairperson Wajahat Habibullah, expressed deep anguish over the escalation in violence and said the solution to the present crisis lies i...

April 9, 2018 No Responses

Farooq Abdullah bats for Internal Autonomy, calls for converting LoC into line of Peace & Goodwill

Strongly pitching for Indo-Pak dialogue, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said internal autonomy to J&K within the framework of the Indian Constitution and the conversion of Line of Control (LoC) into ‘line of peace and goodwill’...

April 7, 2018 No Responses

Win Kashmiri hearts the way we have in Swat, Balochistan: Pakistan NSA to India

Pakistan NSA Naseer Khan Janjua offered this counse Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria in a meeting at the Pakistan Prime Minister’s Office two days after India gunned down 13 extremists in Kashmir. Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Naseer Khan Janju...

April 7, 2018 No Responses

Eyes on polls, Farooq Abdullah now bats for Azadi: BJP

Bhartiya Janata Party on Friday alleged that National Conference President, Dr Farooq Abdullah, was using words like Azadi with an aim to garner votes in the upcoming polls. “True to his nature Dr Farooq Abdullah has once again changed colours...

April 7, 2018 No Responses

New Delhi can delay Kashmir resolution, not deny it: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who continues to be under house detention since last Sunday, has strongly condemned the government’s action of caging pro-freedom leaders, disallowing Friday congregational Friday prayers at historic J...

April 6, 2018 No Responses

Modi can win Trust, Hearts & Minds of J&K people: Mehbooba Mufti

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi India can win the trust, hearts and minds of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, state’s Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday. She said this while congratulating the BJP on its...

April 6, 2018 No Responses

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres reiterates concern over Kashmir Situation

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reiterated his concern over the situation in Kashmir and his call for protecting civilians. “The Secretary General has expressed and will continue to express his concern at the situation,” his Spokesperson ...

April 6, 2018 No Responses

J&K Govt wants to hike payouts to ex-terrorists to Rs 6 lakh

The Centre will shortly examine the J&K government’s revised militant surrender-and-rehabilitation policy that proposes to raise the financial incentive for the surrendering militant to Rs 6 lakh payable after a 10-year lock-in period, from the current R...