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Kashmiri Parties angry with Delimitation Commission report
The Delimitation Commission report on J&K‘s new electoral map has evoked anger among Kashmiri Muslim leadership. The parties have not minced words in denouncing the report that in comparison to the populous…
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A different Eid-ul-Fitr in Kashmir this time
For Jammu and Kashmir, especially for the Valley, Eid-ul-Fitr is different this time. With this festival marking the conclusion holy month of fasting – Ramzan – Kashmir is celebrating it with a…
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What next after PM’s call to Kashmiri youth to foster bond of trust
Arun Joshi A question has cropped up, what now after Prime Minister Narendra Modi directly addressed the youth of Kashmir and assured them that they will not have to undergo the miseries…
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Kashmiri leaders playing safe through silence on PM’s visit to J-K
Arun Joshi Kashmir leadership is reticent over the coming visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, it is neither voicing its expectations nor showing any unusual interest in the visit which…
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Kashmir is in a minority – a bold thesis to correct fault lines in J&K
Arun Joshi A new thesis has been floated by a Kashmiri leader Altaf Bukhari who heads the newest political group Jammu Kashmir Apni Party, in which he has underscored that “Kashmir is…
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Recurring pattern of targeted killings in Kashmir
Arun Joshi On Friday evening, militants shot dead BJP sarpanch Manzoor Ahmad Bangroo in the Pattan area of the north Kashmir district of Baramullah. Two days before that a taxi driver Satish Singh was shot…
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Centre looking for middle-path to resolve issues in Ladakh rife with agitational voices
Buddhists in Ladakh were jubilant and celebrated the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, as also the announcement that the cold desert region spread over to 59, 146 sq. km with…
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Return of Kashmiri Pandits to valley should be Kashmir-centric mission
Arun Joshi After the movie, The Kashmir Files hit the big screen in early March and the narration it generated showing how the Kashmiri Pandits migrated from the Valley, the Indian nation…
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Repeal of AFSPA from North-east states, a bold step but JK poses a question
The announcement by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah of reduction in disturbed areas under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in three North-East states of Nagaland, Assam, and Manipur on…
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The Kashmir Files – the time line of 1990 and beyond, too, has a story
There always is a culmination of a series of events that results in the kind of tragedy that the Kashmiri Pandits had to undergo in 1990 and also in different phases since.…
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Indo-Pak dialogue is a necessity, but whom to talk to? Islamabad is leaderless
Arun Joshi New Delhi: In the backdrop of the missile crisis between India and Pakistan, there is an urgent need for the two countries to resolve it before it becomes another mountainous…
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Trace the real sources of troubles in Kashmir
Arun Joshi Killing after killing in Kashmir has an ominous ring. Blood is being splattered and the landscape is becoming scary. The killing of innocents is not new to Kashmir and therefore it…
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A multi-purpose security mechanism for J&K villages is back with renewed vigour
Arun Joshi Union Home Minister Amit Shah has lifted all the shadows of uncertainty in the villages vulnerable to the terror assaults with his decision to revive the Village Defence Committees as village…
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Imperfect times consume much-hyped white paper on Article 370
Arun Joshi Perhaps the leaders of People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration who are in race with time to highlight what happened to the people of Kashmir on August 5, 2019, when their…
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India needs to redefine its role in defusing Ukrainian conflict
Arun Joshi The Russian invasion of Ukraine, despite repeated pleas by the world leaders, especially the US president Biden of the United States, to refrain from this violent action that would be…
