Dr. Simrit Kahlon On Monday, November, 3, 2014, a mobile vehicle check post of the Indian Army at Chattergam, District Budgam, about twenty kilometres from Srinagar city, fired upon a white Maruti car. There were four young boys in the car. Two of them Faisal Ahmed Bhat and Muhammad Zahid Naqash lost their lives due to the firing while the other two Zahid Abdul Naqash and … [Read more...] about Chattergam incident: False propaganda should not take centre stage
AFSPA
Using AFSPA as a political toll is counter-productive for J&K
Dr. Simrit Kahlon The matter of revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has, surprisingly, come up in the budget session of parliament. The question raised was, “Whether the government proposes to review the AFSPA, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons.” The government, in a written reply by Minister of … [Read more...] about Using AFSPA as a political toll is counter-productive for J&K
Jammu and Kashmir: Towards a new thought and statesmanship
Jaibans Singh The mammoth elections of the world’s largest democracy are finally over! For many months the collective psyche of the nation has remained focussed on political discourse. Finally, the result is out and the BJP led NDA is poised to form the government at the centre. In this historic moment for Indian democracy all eyes will be on the new government as it sets its … [Read more...] about Jammu and Kashmir: Towards a new thought and statesmanship
Incoherent debates and blatant politicisation on AFSPA
Jaibans Singh Here we go again, back to the tedious debate on the status of the armed forces special powers act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir. The ball has been set rolling, this time round, by Professor Saifuddin Soz, the Congress chief of Jammu and Kashmir. During an interaction with media on May, 27, he said that time for deliberations on the revocation of AFSPA is over … [Read more...] about Incoherent debates and blatant politicisation on AFSPA
There is a life beyond AFSPA Omar!!
Prabhakar Gupta Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, was conferred with honorary membership of the Foreign Correspondents' Club in New Delhi. It seems that, while accepting the honour, he also held a press conference of sorts whose proceeding were reported in the media in great detail. One would have expected the chief minster to use this platform to project … [Read more...] about There is a life beyond AFSPA Omar!!