GNS RAJOURI

By: SEEMA MUSTAFA Internal security is all about justice. Justice in food distribution, justice in poverty alleviation, justice in the observation of rights, justice in law implementation are just some aspects that make citizens secure, and nations vibrant and healthy. Governance to be effective has to be just, without prejudice and discrimination. Following the conviction of 31 people, the families of the 33 people who were burnt alive in the Sardarpura massacre in Gujarat in 2002 must be feeling a little more confident that justice is not dead in India. Despite the political system being compromised, they know that individuals and civil society are prepared to stand by them and knock at all available doors for justice. The tenacity of many of those working in Gujarat and outside in pursuing the cases of murder and rape is commendable and admirable, and as activist TeestaSetalvad said, the verdict has restored the faith of people in the judicial system. Though 31 were convicted, 42 ha...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday expressed shock and dismay over 2 Pakistanis being kept in Jammu and Kashmir prisons for over 40 years without ever having faced trial.The court, hearing a public interest case filed by a member of the public, ordered the central government to file a comprehensive report explaining the detentions, AFP reported."It's shocking that over 254 Pakistani nationals are languishing in jails without a trial," said Supreme Court judge RN Lodha.The inmates are being held in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, with many thought to be people arrested after unwittingly crossing the disputed border in the area, the court heard. Four are women.It is thought that there may be inmates held without trial in other states too.The prime ministers of India and Pakistan said on Thursday they expected to open a "new chapter" in their fractious relationship after talks at a regional summit in the Maldives.

Ahmed Ali Fayyaz SRINAGAR, Nov : In its first assertion of authority and command in the last three years of NC-Congress coalition, Congress high command has asked National Conference patriarch and Minister in Dr Manmohan Singh’s cabinet, Dr Farooq Abdullah, to stop his younger brother, Mustafa Kamaal, from extending his anti-Congress, anti-Delhi and anti-Army tirade to the party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi. Working obsequiously on the warning from Delhi, Dr Abdullah has immediately asked Mr Kamaal to tender his resignation, both as NC’s Chief Spokesman and additional General Secretary. Highly connected political sources revealed to Early Times that a senior leader of Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) this evening mailed one of Dr Mustafa Kamaal’s interviews, purportedly given to Kashmir News Service, with a note of caution to All India Congress Committee (AICC). In the interview circulated today, Kamaal is quoted to have rebuffed JKPCC chief Prof Said-ud-din Soz...

Syed Junaid Hashmi jammu, Nov 11 : Army has in strong words opposed revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from any part of the state, citing strategic and security reasons. In a written communique to Union Defense ministry, sources said Army has reiterated that situation may not be right as yet to consider review of continuation of AFSPA in J&K in view of the continuing armed infiltration, and sometimes in very large numbers, from across the Line of Control (LOC). It has referred to strategic and security aspects the prevailing situation while saying that any move to revoke it would be detrimental to the security of the state and the country. Sources in New Delhi said that Army has made it clear that instead of politicizing the issue, those at the helm of affairs should take thorough review of emerging scenario on the other side of line of control in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK). They have referred to increase in the number of terror training camps besides making...

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