Peshawar attack: Schools across India observe 2-minute silence
���In the wake of dastardly attack in Pakistan, I appeal to schools across India to observe 2 mins of silence tomorrow as a mark of solidarity.,��� Modi tweeted last night after he spoke to his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif offering his ���deepest.
Obama Cites Good Work by Muslims in India - New Age Islam
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed will be the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister after his party reached an agreement for forming a government with the BJP, top party sources said on Saturday... While visas had been denied to many Indians planning to attend such conferences in the past, the statement linking the decision to the stand on the Hurriyat is significant as it is indicative of the hardened stand after India cancelled Foreign��.
Key Personalities of Kashmir - Grande Strategy
INDIAN KASHMIR. Mufti Mohd Sayeed. Mufti Mohd Sayeed is the chief minister of Indian Kashmir, following the strong election performance of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2002 state assembly elections. A former congress politician and.. Yasin Malik on talks, Indian Express (June 2000). INDIAN KASHMIR (SEPARATISTS). Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Geelani emerged in the 1970s as a leading figure in the Jamaat-i-Islami, and has been the dominant leader in the JI during the��.
Hurriyat Conference reacts, says Arun Jaitley wrong over Kashmir, redrawing of.
Hurriyat Conference statement came a day after the Jaitley said that Pakistan must understand boundaries with Hurriyat Conference statement came a day after the Arun Jaitley said that Pakistan must understand boundaries with India cannot be redrawn.
Stalled negotiations: Obama pushed Modi to re-engage with.
Away from the media glare and the pageantry of his high-profile visit, US President Barack Obama asked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resume the stalled peace process with neighbouring Pakistan during their recent. A senior official familiar with the development told The Express Tribune on Sunday that Washington has informed through diplomatic channels that Obama ���privately encouraged and pushed��� Modi to review his approach towards Pakistan.
I stand by my statement on Pakistan and Hurriyat: JandK CM Mufti Mohammad.
���I stand by what I said. Indian constitution allows democratic process in Jammu and Kashmir. Even Pakistan has understood that it is the only way to start democracy in the state,��� Mufti said, adding, ���The media is making a mountain out of mole hill.
Mullah Fazlullah Returns from Afghanistan to Lead TTP.
Major JandK political figures, including former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman of the Hurriyat Conference, denounced his remarks. Former JandK chief minister and erstwhile National��.
Mehbooba Mufti - The First Lady of Jammu And Kashmir
Ms. Mufti is one of the most recognized politicians from the Kashmir valley in India. Though Peoples Democratic Party was presided by her father Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, the credit for the partys success in the state is highly given to��.
Partner for years, Congress turns critic
Days earlier, he had compared the PDP and the NC with the BJP, which has softened its decades-old stand on Article 370. Azad said Narendra Modi and his party were following what the regional parties had been doing for 60 years ��� saying one thing in .
Pak denies visa to PDP spokesman | Kashmir Reader
Srinagar: Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has reportedly refused a visa to PDPs chief spokesman Naeem Akhtar for a Track-II conference being held in Islamabad next week. Akhtar had applied for the visa after he��.
West Pakistan Hindus suffer as communal politics trump refugee rights in Jammu
He is the president of the association of refugees from West Pakistan, mostly Hindu and Sikh families, who have been demanding citizenship rights from the government of Jammu and Kashmir for the last 67 years. When we were. ���Unlike the refugees.
Indian leaders tell me lets make history, Narendra Modi cant be an.
Kasuri is also among the few big Pakistani names propagating Track II diplomacy with India in the face of a great deal of scepticism, and one who remains optimistic about progress in ties under the Modi government despite recent setbacks... I.
Dr Shabir Choudhrys blog: Militant Abuses, Human Rights.
As India and Pakistan prepared to roll out a bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad on April 7, 2005, allowing Kashmiri families separated for nearly six decades by the Line of Control to meet with each other, Indian troops.. The JKLF was responsible for some acts of violence, including the 1989 abduction of the daughter of Home Minister (later Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and attacks on some Hindu Kashmiri pandits, but it��.
Mufti Sayeed ��� Talks with Pakistan only option - tacstrat
Asserting that there is no option other than talks with Pakistan over Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had deputed Foreign [���]. Valley too should be taken on board as they also have a view point which needs to be addressed. ���Hurriyat and separatists should be taken on board as they too have a view point, we need to address to them and to engage them,��� he said. indianexpress.com��.
Muftis Remarks on Pakistan Sparks Row; Congress Asks BJP to Explain
NEW DELHI: Congress on Sunday slammed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed for his statement that Pakistan and militant groups had made the atmosphere conducive for elections in the state and asked the Bharatiya Janata Party to.
Mirwaiz, Hurriyat members under house arrest on Black Day.
Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard near the offices of the United Nations Military Observers Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) in Srinagar on October 27, 2010. PHOTO: AFP. SRINAGAR: Mirwaiz. Speaking to Express 24/7, Mirwaiz said that he had been placed under house arrest along with other leaders of APHC including veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader Syed Ali Geelani, since yesterday (Tuesday) morning. He said he received reports that APHC��.
JandK parties disappointed, Hurriyat says its stand vindicated
���When Hurriyat (leaders) went to Pakistan the last time, they (the BJP) raised their voice against it. We only reminded them of that,��� state Congress president Saif-ud-din Soz told The Indian Express. ���They (the Centre) should have registered their.
Evil State: Stop repression of Hindus: Amarnath Yatra.
During the time of Indias partition, in the year 1947, all the states of the subcontinent were given the rights, under the Indian Independence Act, to accede either to India or Pakistan. Displaying his. Jenab Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah was the Prime Minister, and not the Chief Minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The state.. It was the National Conference, which offered unconditional support to my government and warned us against tying up with the Muftis.
Enter BJP; Did Anyone Say RSS? ��� A G Noorani | Caravan.
On June 23, 1987, Pakistan and India agreed in a joint statement at Islamabad to set up working groups on certain subjects, including Kashmir. Prime minister Inder Gujral consulted then opposition leader Vajpayee who��.
India Forum Archives: Jammu and Kashmir
The problem is not kashmir, the problem is a rabid, fanatic, jihadiized terrorist state called Pakistan whose sole aim is the destruction of India and the liberal ideas for which India stands.. Friends, Here are my thoughts/questions on the latest India-Paki dance. Looking at it in.. Neither the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, nor any member of his Cabinet attended the ceremonial military honors accorded to the victims of the bombing.
LoC firing: Angry India retaliates with strong counter-attack, 15 killed in.
According to an Indian Express report, BSF officers also said they would not hold any flag meetings with Pakistan to lower tensions. This is an unusual move because India has held flag meetings with Pakistan every time the ceasefire was violated in the.
New CM Mufti thanks Kashmiri Freedom Fighters and.
Soon after taking oath, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Sunday stoked a controversy saying Hurriyat, militant outfits and ���people from across the border���, an oblique reference to Pakistan, allowed conducive [���]. Minister that the we must credit the Hurriyat, Pakistan, militant outfits for the conduct of assembly elections in the state,��� Sayeed said during a press conference here after being sworn in as head of the PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir at a��.
Muslim Mirror �� JKLF leader vows to intensify separatist.
New Delhi: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of taking a ���hardline��� stand on Jammu and Kashmir, JKLF leader Yasin Malik has pledged to intensify the separatist campaign. Replying to. Malik along with Hurriyat Conference leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq as well as Shabir Shah met Pakistans envoy in New Delhi this week, triggering a diplomatic row after which India axed the foreign secretary level talks in Islamabad. The Jammu��.
CM Mufti Sayeed credits Pakistan, militant outfits for peaceful polls in JandK.
Soon after taking oath, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Sunday stoked a controversy saying Hurriyat, militant outfits and ���people from across the border���, an oblique reference to Pakistan, allowed conducive atmosphere for assembly polls, drawing .
BJP and PDP aim for a stable govt in JK
However, senior moderate Hurriyat leader Prof Abdul Ghani Bhats meeting with PDP patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed has fuelled speculation that moderate separatists oppose any government formation with the BJP. ���If two friends meet, is it an issue?
The BJP-PDP sarkar in JandK: The sellout alliance has a potential silver.
PDP chief Mufti Mohammed Sayeed will be sworn in as CM on 1 March. AFP. The unexpected. The conflict finally came to a head with the Amarnath land scam of 2008, when the BJP in Jammu blockaded the Kashmir Valley and prevented most of its fruit.
Hurriyat faction leader rejects dialogue offer ��� The Express.
The Times of India on Saturday reported that the offer of a ���quiet dialogue��� by the union Home Minister P Chidambaram has not gone down too well with pro-autonomy leaders in Jammu and Kashmir.. Senior leader of the ruling National Conference (NC) and Rural Development Minister Ali Muhammad Sagar said the state government especially Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, had been trying to initiate the dialogue process between. Pakistan Latest Stories��.
SpiceJet asks employees to be positive, to restart flights from 4 pm
Total dues stand at Rs 2,000 crores. ���Flight scheduled to depart on or after 4 pm today will operate. We apologize again for the disruptions,��� Sanjiv Kapoor, COO, SpiceJet tweeted. Incidentally, SpiceJet received a major bailout package announced by.
No Option but to Hold Talks with Pak, Mufti Says After Taking Oath
SRINAGAR: /NEW DELHI: PDP veteran Mufti Mohammed Sayeed was on Sunday sworn-in as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir heading a coalition with BJP. However, Mufti credited Pakistan, Hurriyat and militants for smooth conduct of the polls in the .
New Jammu and Kashmir Government: Omar and BJP or Mufti and BJP?
As the verdict of the JandK polls is revealed tomorrow, who will ally with whom in case of a hung assembly? Will foes turn friends? Its advantage BJP in Jammu and PDP in the Valley. Will it be a Jammu Vs Kashmir verdict? loading. Top Videos · Latest.
Evil State: Hindu revolution in Jammu and Kashmir
Ostensibly, these protests are against Indian ���moves��� to change the demography of Kashmir and a mass movement to preserve its ecology, as Mufti Mohammed Sayed and his Hurriyat masters would have the gullible. None of these causes will stand close scrutiny.. Farooq Abdullah, who followed him as the States Chief Minister, turned it into a golf course, in the process cutting lakhs of trees and saplings that had been planted there for creating this city forest.
Truth vs Hype: Manipur - No Peace Without Justice
There is an uneasy calm over insurgency-hit Manipur, which has completed a year - 2014 - with the lowest number of killings in clashes between security forces and militant groups. But the peace may be deceptive; it comes after a Supreme Court committee .