Parliamentary team wraps up 2-day JK visit

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Sept 21: The 39-member All Party Delegation, led by Home Minister P Chidambaram, wrapped up its 2-days visit to Jammu and Kashmir, undertaken to take stock of the prevailing situation in the state and meet the cross section of political and social organizations.After spending 24 hours in Kashmir More

APD faces prodding queries, protests in Tangmarg

‘Stop SF excesses, exploitation of water resources’

Samaan Lateef

Srinagar, Sept 21: The All Party Delegation led by Home Minister, P Chidambaram today visited the Tangmarg town in north Kashmir, where they faced hostile questions from the public.A 24-member delegation reached the town in the morning and heard the woes of the people for an hour at Dak Bungalow More

When you fire on us, don't you feel the pain: Youth ask PC

Minister weeps!

Press Trust Of India

Tangmarg, Sept 21: The Union  Home Minister P Chidambaram today faced some tough questions from a Kashmiri youth who asked him whether he felt no pain when forces fired on peaceful protestors and told him that unemployment was the major reason for unrest in the state. Chidambaram More

AFSPA an essential instrument: Raju

‘Army being demonized in Kashmir’

Press Trust of India

New Delhi, Sept 21: Terming the Armed Forces Special Powers Act as an “essential instrument”, Minister of State for Defense M M Pallam Raju on Tuesday said the army was being “demonized” and made a “scapegoat” in Jammu and Kashmir affairs which are mainly linked to the peoples’ “aspirations.” He justified More

AFSPA has outlived its importance: Omar

Jammu, Sept 21: Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who has been pressurising the government to revoke the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), has now dubbed it a draconian law.Arguing that the law had outlived its importance, Omar Abdullah on Tuesday, told a TV news channel More

Differences surfaces in Cong, NC over autonomy

Cong plays BJP’s card, seeks strengthening of AFSPA

Sumit Hakhoo

Jammu, Sept 21: Difference surfaced between the two coalition alliance – Congress and National Conference – over the demand of autonomy in the state of Jammu and Kashmir between, when a Congress delegation opposed the demand before the parliamentary team, which concluded its two days visit, here on Tuesday More

Fissures in APD over meeting separatists

It was consensus decision: Yechuri; We had no mandate: Sushma

Muddasir Ali

Srinagar, Sept 21: Members of different political parties who were part of the visiting Parliamentary group to the Valley to assess the situation are vertically divided over meeting of some of their colleagues with the separatist leaders here on Monday.While left and leaders of other parties insist More

Paswan calls on Geelani

Protests greet APD members at SMHS hospital

Muddasir Ali

Srinagar, Sept 21: Day after leaders of various political parties who were part of the visiting Parliamentary delegation met separatist leaders here in a bid to find a way out of the current unrest in the Valley, the LJP leader, Ram Villas Paswan dropped at the residence of veteran pro-freedom leader More

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