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Shankaracharya favours plebiscite on both side of Kashmir fo...
( India )
New Delhi:Goverdhan Peethadhishwar Shankaracharya Adhokshjanand Devtirth today favoured “plebiscite” on both sides of the Kashmir for a “permanent solution” of the problem. “A plebiscite under the supervision of United Nations representative and guarded by forces of United Nations should be held in both sides of the Kashmir,” he said while talking to reporters in his Ashram here. “The government should not hesitate in talking with (separatist) Hurriyat for...
All party meeting on Kashmir concluded,Indian Home Ministry ...
( India )
New Delhi:The all-party meeting concerning the turmoil in Kashmir has come to a conclusion. Sitaram Yechuri, senior CPI(M) leader on Friday, repeated his statement from Rajya Sabha and said that a system of trust must be built between the Kashmiris and the government.
Attending the All-party meeting in New Delhi, Yechuri stressed that the AFSPA needed to be withdrawn from all civilian areas in the region. He added that talks need to happen between all stakeholders as it has in the past.
Kashmir not an internal matter of India:Karan Singh...
(Srinagar)
New Delhi:Emphasising that Jammu and Kashmir was not an “internal” matter, former governor of the state and Congress leader Karan Singh on Wednesday said India must not stop a dialogue with Pakistan and China. “We insist Jammu and Kashmir is an internal affair, I agree, but let us not forget that 50 percent of the original state of Jammu and Kashmir is not under our control. There is a very major international aspect to it. There is Pakistan, there is China,” Karan Singh...
Indian PM Modi breaks silence over growing unrest in Kashmir...
( India )
New Delhi:Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday broke his silence over Indian-controlled Kashmir, where over 60 people have been killed and thousands injured in unrest since the killing of 22-year-old militant Burhan Wani by security forces last month. In an address in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, Modi said that Indians love Kashmir and blamed a few people for creating unrest in the northern state. “India loves Kashmir. Only a handful of people have been misled and are hurting the...
Efforts of Late Sheikh Hussain Kargili for promoting islam ...
( India )
New Delhi:Representative of Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamanei for Indian Sub-Continent Hojatul Islam Wal Muslimeen Haaj Aqai Mahdi Mahdavipour has expressed grief and shock over the sad demise of the Prominent Islamic Scholar of Kargil and Founder of Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust (IKMT) Moulana Sheikh Mohammad Hussain Zakriri and has paid rich tributes to the deceased soul. Read the Condolence mesaage of Haaj Aqai Mahdi Mahdavipour over death of Sheikh Hussain Zakriri...
Stop Blaming Pakistan for Kashmir unrest: Mani Shankar Aiyar...
( India )
New Delhi:Diplomat turned politician and senior Indian National Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar Friday advised India to stop blaming Pakistan for Kashmir unrest and start an unconditional parallel dialogue with both Pakistan and separatist leadership of Kashmir. In an exclusive chat with Kashmir based news agency CNS,Aiyar said that it would not solve the problem for India instead it will get aggravated if India continues to keep on blaming Pakistan for Kashmir crisis. “There is an urgent need...
We broke our promises made to Kashmiris:P.Chidambaram...
( India )
New Delhi:Senior Congress leader and former Home Minister P.Chidambaram has said the genesis of the current Kashmir unrest lies in “broken promises and broken faith”, and that both the state and central governments were mishandling the present situation. “I think the approach (towards Kashmir issue) was wrong. We ignored the grand bargain under which Jammu and Kashmir acceded to India. I think we broke our promises, we broke the faith of the people of Kashmir, and we paid the price...
Massive fire in Paravur temple at Kollam in Kerala,110 dead ...
( India )
KOCHI:In one of the worst accidents of its kind in the state, 110 people were killed and nearly 500 injured in a huge explosion in a temple complex, near Kollam on Sunday morning. The explosion happened when sparks from the firework display organised by the temple landed on the building where the fire crackers where stored. The accident, which occured around 3 am at at the Puttingal Devi Temple Complex at Paravoor destroyed the store house and damaged the temple and nearby houses. Police have registered...
Iran to consider setting up of Sikh Persian school in Pubja...
( India )
Amritsar:Representative of Supreme Leader Of Islamic Revolution Grand Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamanei,Hojatul Islam Wal Muslimeen Haaj Aqa Mahdi Mehdavipor has assured to take up the demand of setting up of a Sikh-Persian school in Punjab with the Iranian Government. He visited the campus of Naad Pragas, a society being run by PhD scholars, where Persian language is being taught for the past decade. He stressed on the promotion of Persian language to revive the ancient relations between Indian and Persian...
Hezbollah and Hamas represents entire Muslim Ummah and fight...
( India )
New Delhi:The International Muslim Unity Council (IMUC) Chairman Maulana Taqi Raza in a statement here said that the resistance duo of Hamas in Palestine and Hezbollah in Lebanon are at the forefront of taking on the oppressive forces of Israel and the allies of the Zionist entity. He further added that these two resistance groups represent the entire Muslim nation and their victory or defeat is tantamount to the victory or defeat of Islam and Muslims. “All the Muslim dominated countries like Saudi...