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No Kashmiri is safe in India

Army responsible for killing of Kashmiri : Prashant Bhushan GNS Srinagar, March 5:Urging Government of India to resolve Kashmir issue as soon as possible Human Rights activist and reputed Supreme Court lawyer, Prashant Bhushan Tuesday claimed that no Kahsmiri is safe in any part of India as communal forces are ruling the country.“In Kashmir Army is responsible for su ppression while in India communal forces including extremist Hindu outfits are busy in terrorizing Kashmiri people who manger their affairs in different parts of India. How can you expect that a Kashmiri is safe in India when police can do encounter of anybody even an Indian in any part of the country,” Prashant Bhushan told Srinagar based news agency adding that the execution of Afzal Guroo brought disrepute to India.Commenting on the mysterious death of Kashmiri student in Hyderabad, Prashant Bhushan said that Kashmiri people managing their affairs in different states of India are not secure. He said there is lawless

If demanding plebiscite is a crime, he will commit it billion times:-Er Rashid

GNS Srinagar, March 5, : MLA Langate Engineer Rashid Tuesday reiterated his demand of plebiscite in the state assembly and said that if demanding plebiscite is a crime, he will commit it billion times and even if he is hanged every time and disqualified from the membership of legislature.Taking part in the discussion on Gove rnor’s address in assembly, Er Rasheed said that if I m a Pakistani agent for demanding implementation of United Nation resolutions then Jawahir Lal Nehru too was an agent of Pakistan who took Jammu Kashmir issue to the United Nations.He asked the Legislatures that they should not become yes man of New-Delhi and should not try to misinterpret the historic facts regarding the Jammu Kashmir dispute . Er. Rasheed termed Senior PDP leader Muzaffar Husasain Beigh’s comment that those who want plebiscite should leave the assembly as an unfortunate and said that it has exposed PDP’s stand on dispute of Jammu & Kashmir.He said that Omar Abdullah and Mufti Mohammad Sy

Omar expresses deep anger killing of Baramulla Boy

‘This is why I vehemently stress on partial AFSPA revocation’ ‘Expresses solidarity with bereaved family, assures justice’ GNS JAMMU, MARCH 05 – Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Tuesday in an emotional speech in Legislative Assembly expressed his anger and dismay over the killing of a Baramulla Boy by the forces, describing it an unpardona ble act and assured justice to the bereaved family. “This is why I am vehemently raising the issue of partial revocation of AFSPA so that the erring forces personnel do not go scot-free”, he told Legislative Assembly while speaking on the statement made by Law Minister in the House informing the killing of a boy and injury to other by forces in Baramulla. Responding to the protest, walk-out by main opposition party (PDP) and dismay expressed by all the members of the House over the incident, the Chief Minister said that he is himself full with anger but he is not in a position to walk-out like opposition members. “You cannot feel the anger I am boi

2 burglary cases worked out, 2 thieves held

GNS  Jammu, March 5th : Kishtwar Police displaying high professionalism, worked out two burglary cases by arresting the main accused and his associate and recovered the stolen accessories from their possession.The accused have been identified as Zakir Hussain @ Bitta s/o Ghulam Mohd r/o Sangrambhatta Kishtwar and co-accused Raj Kiran s/o Chuni Lal r/o S angrambhatta Kishtwar.Reports said that two burglaries had taken place one on January 31st , 2013 in the shop under name and Stye Tanveer Electronics in which case FIR No. 12/2013 U/S 457/380 RPC was registered in Police Station Kishtwar, and the other had taken place in the intervening night of February, 20& 21 , 2013 in shop under name and style AD Agencies in which case has also been registered in PS Kishtwar vide FIR NO. 21/2013.On this SP Kishtwar constituted a special team to work out these theft cases . During course of investigation Police came to know that one person namely Zakir Hussain was selling mobile phones at very

Afzal Guru hanging,burial will be focus of Jammu and Kashmir assembly

Srinagar:    The top-secret operation by the central government to hang and bury Afzal Guru is being dissected by political parties in his home state today. The fact that Guru's body has not been returned to his family nearly a month after he was executed in Delhi has turned into a political firestorm in Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has publicly expressed his differences with the centre over the hanging, and the violation of Guru's rights to see his family one last time before he was hanged. Edited by   Abhinav Bhatt                                         10 big developments in this story 1.. The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will discuss last month's execution of Guru, convicted for assisting the parliament attack of 2001 in which 14 people were killed. 2. .Guru's family, which lives in Sopore in the Kashmir Valley, has been demanding that his body be returned to them so they can bury him at a local graveyard with accompanying last rit

JK Police Act is similar to AFSPA ; Prakash Javadekar

Press Trust of India  New Delhi: BJP on Tuesday expressed its disagreement with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over repealing of Armed Forces Special Powers Act, saying the state should not speak against this law as it has already passed a similar legislation in its Assembly. "Omar Abdullah's own state has passed a law which has virtually the same provisions as AFSPA. The Jammu and Kashmir Police Act is similar to AFSPA. People can see the difference between his words and deeds," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters. He insisted that Omar and his government cannot oppose AFSPA when they have a similar law in force. Omar told the Srinagar Assembly on Tuesday that the AFSPA should be repealed from the places where Army is not required. He also referred to Irom Sharmila, the North-East activist who has been on a hunger strike for over a decade, saying if she (Sharmila) can talk about it why can't he speak against it. "One wo

BJP attacks Omar over AFSPA revocation

GNS New Delhi: BJP today expressed its disagreement with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over repealing of Armed Forces Special Powers Act, saying the state should not speak against this law as it has already passed a similar legislation in its Assembly.  "Omar Abdullah's own state has passed a law which has virtually the same provisions as AFSPA. The Jammu and Kashmir Police Act is similar to AFSPA. People can see the difference between his words and deeds," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters.  He insisted that Omar and his government cannot oppose AFSPA when they have a similar law in force.  Omar told the Srinagar Assembly today that the AFSPA should be repealed from the places where Army is not required.  He also referred to Irom Sharmila, the North-East activist who has been on a hunger strike for over a decade, saying if she (Sharmila) can talk about it why can't he speak against it.  "One woman has been on a hunge

I have not quit: Omar Abdullah

GNS Jammu, March 5 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday dismissed reports that he has resigned. After rumours that Abdullah had resigned following the death of a protestor in Baramulla, he tweeted on micro-blogging website Twitter: "Note to others spreading rumours about my impending resignation. I haven't resigned. If my resignation could bring a person back to life I'd resign in a flash. My responsibility to the state and people is to ensure incidents like today's see justice done." Earlier, the chief minister broke down in the state assembly while describing the death of a youth in army firing in Baramulla district in north Kashmir Tuesday. According to police, Tahir Lateef Sofi, 29, was killed in firing by security personnel at Chatipadshahi Bridge in Baramulla town after protestors demanding the return of Afzal Guru's body pelted stones at army vehicles. Guru, a convict in the parliament attack case who hailed from Baramulla di