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| 'NC’s AUTONOMY IS ONLY ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE SET-UP' | | PDP'S SELF RULE WILL SOON COME IN A DOCUMENTED SHAPE: QARRA | | |
Srinagar, Sept 13: Minister for Finance, Planning, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Tariq Ahmad Qarra on Wednesday stated that his party will soon present the "self-rule" proposal on Kashmir in a documented shape before the people and added the proposal encompasses the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir .
He, however, stayed away from mentioning the exact date of documentation.
In an exclusive interview with KIP, the first ever Finance Minister from Srinagar district dismissed the general perception that the self-rule slogan is vague.
"To begin with all slogans seem vague. All slogans raised in the entire sub-continent looked vague at the outset. Be it slogans like 'Quit India' ... | |
| | | | Centre likely to announce ceasefire in J&K before Ramadan | | | | New Delhi, Sep 13 The Centre is likely to announce a ceasefire for the holy month of Ramadan in Jammu and Kashmir, aimed at restoring lasting peace in the strife-torn state.
Sources informed that if the militant organisations respond
favourably the truce could also be extended.
''Ramadan will begin in the last week of September and
negotiations are on with the militants. We are hopeful that the
truce will be announced before that,'' the sources said.
''People in Jammu and Kashmir want peace and this would be the
right beginning,'' they added.
Back channel negotiations are in progress with the militants
to pursue them to agree to the ceasefire, the sources said.
Prominent amon... | |
| | | | PISTOL IN MATA VAISHNODEVI BHAWAN: TWO POLICEMEN SUSPENDED, INQUIRY START AGAINST SIX OTHERS | | | |
Jammu, September 13 : Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday suspended two policemen and initiated inquiry against six others in connection with the serious security lapse following which Personal Security Officer (PSO) of a senior journalist had managed to reach Mata Vaishnodevi shrine along with pistol.
Sources in the police said that the after inquiry was initiated, state police authorities found two policemen missing from their duty since then. Besides this, inquiry was also initiated against six other policemen for showing laxity in duty.
"Final action against them would be taken after ascertaining their role in the security lapse", a senior police officer told Kashmi... | |
| | | | Manmohan Singh, Musharraf face domestic pressure | | They are unlikely to produce dramatic breakthroughs | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI: All eyes are focused on Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, and Pakistan President, Gen. Parvez Musharraf. The two leaders are due to hold a long-awaited summit meeting at the weekend in Cuba on the sidelines of Non-Aligned Movement nations. Both of them hope to reignite peace moves that have sputtered to a halt.
Will they produce any dramatic breakthroughs during their coming meeting, their first in a year? 'Unlikely' would that would have to be as an answer to this question. The reason: Both Manmohan Singh and Gen. Musharraf face domestic political pressure. Their job is by no means easy. They would be considered to have made progress if they set a schedule to revive... | |
| | | | Sense of security is Muslims' right: Digvijay | | | |
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 13: Indian Muslims have once again, after the recent blasts in Maharashtra's Malegaon, demonstrated their will and determination to assert themselves. And the Congress party's general secretary, Digvijay Singh, cannot be faulted for his observation that the sense of security is Muslims' right.
In a media interview, Digvijay Singh sought to play down the Malegaon incident. When he was asked to explain the incident when angry residents of Malegaon refused to accept compensation cheques and complained to Sonia Gandhi that there was no infrastructure in the town, Digvijay Singh was quoted as saying: "It is not true that the Maharashtra government has... | |
| | | | 'Policy of appeasement of Muslims should stop' | | Strategy to change Jammu's ethnic composition: Kaw | | | B L KAK
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 13: MK Kaw, president of All-India Kashmiri Samaj (AIKS), has cautioned the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, against "a definite strategy" which is in place to change the ethnic composition of the Jammu region. And Kaw insists that there is also an attempt to drive a communal cleavage in Ladakh. Kaw's importance as a Kashmiri Pandit leader in Delhi just canot be underrated, considering the fact that the AIKS he is heading is an amalgam of more than 40 groups and organisations of Kashmiri Pandits (KPs).
In his open letter to Manmohan Singh, MK Kaw says that the events of the last one year have shown a steadily increasing level of violence. Kaw adds: "It is not Ka... | |
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