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June 27, 2018 No Responses

Bipin Rawat dismisses UN report on alleged rights violations in Kashmir as ‘Motivated’

Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday dismissed the recent UN report on alleged human rights violations in Kashmir as “motivated” and asserted that Indian Army’s record in this regard is “absolutely above board”. “I don’t need to speak about...

June 26, 2018 No Responses

Sardar Patel was ready to give Kashmir to Pakistan in lieu of Hyderabad: Saifuddin Soz

Calling Jawaharlal Nehru and Patel “great sons of India”, Soz said Sardar Patel was a pragmatist and in “good faith, offered Kashmir to Liaquat Ali Khan”, the first prime minister of Pakistan. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was willing to give Kashmir...

June 23, 2018 No Responses

Anantnag encounter marks return of cordon and search operations

At around 2 am on Friday, security forces began a cordon and search operation in Srigufwara village in the volatile Anantnag district. At 6 am, they zeroed in on a house where four militants believed to be working with the...

June 23, 2018 No Responses

Won’t surrender no matter how tough struggle be: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said all the parties who have ruled Kashmir since 1947, have acted as “collaborators” of New Delhi rather than standing up for the rights of the people of J&K. Addressing at the...

June 23, 2018 No Responses

LeT launches online magazine, says 2018 will be tough for security forces

Claiming it was helping the “common man’s struggle”, the magazine goes on to say that Pakistan has “moral and legal” obligation to support the “struggle” in Kashmir, an unfinished agenda of partition. Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba ...

June 22, 2018 No Responses

Soon NSG to be deployed in anti-terror operations in Kashmir Valley

The elite National Security Guards, popularly known as ‘Black Cats’, are likely to be deployed soon in counter militancy operations in Jammu and Kashmir which was placed under governor’s rule on Wednesday, officials said. They said a team of ...

June 21, 2018 No Responses

Joint Resistance Leadership writes to UNHRC, seeks setting up of CoI on Kashmir

The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik on behalf of people of Jammu Kashmir sent a petition to United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) demanding setting up of an independent internati...

June 21, 2018 No Responses

US Dismissive of Third-Party role on Kashmir Issue

Chinese Ambassador to India has suggested a trilateral cooperation between India, China and Pakistan under the aegis of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. The Trump administration today appeared to be dismissive of a third-party’s role in resolving t...

June 20, 2018 No Responses

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein UN human rights chief calls for inquiry panel on Kashmir

UN high commissioner for human rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has called for setting up an inquiry commission for a comprehensive investigation of the human rights situation in Kashmir. Zeid, who opened the 38th session of the UN Human Rights...

June 20, 2018 No Responses

Under Governor’s rule Kashmir Valley returns to tough security policy

A Union minister said the government will adopt a more aggressive approach not only inside Kashmir but also along the Line of Control and the International Border as well. Under governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi will embark...