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December 19 The students of Aligarh Muslim University held a protest demonstration at the university campus on Wednesday to protest the ongoing killing spree in Kashmir valley. A Student while speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that scores of students under the banner of Aligarh Muslim University Students Union held gathered in the University to protest the civilian killings at the hands of government forces in Pulwama district. ALSO READ: Jinnah portrait Row at Aligarh Muslim University, Old Story, New Shades Pertinently Seven civilian were killed by government forces in Sirnoo area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday. The killings evoked sharp criticism from politicians across Jammu Kashmir.

December 19 The rule of President of India is set to be imposed in Jammu Kashmir from December 20 (thursday) as Governor's rule expires today. India Today reported that the decision of imposing president rule after a span of six months of Governor rule has been taken after the present Governor submitted a report.buy forzest online https://www.mydentalplace.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwenty/inc/new/forzest.html no prescription President Ram Nath Kovind will have to issue a proclamation declaring that the powers of the legislature of the state shall be exercisable by or under the authority of the Parliament. Governor's rule was imposed in June this year, when People's Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti-led coalition government was reduced to a minority following withdr...

December 17 “Seeds of hatred have grown high, bloodshed is everywhere/Poisoned breeze in forest turned bamboo flutes into snakes/Their venom has turned the bright and rosy Punjab all blue,” the judges in Delhi high court said while remembering the carnage against Sikhs. The 1984 Anti Sikh Riots was a series of pogroms organised against Sikhs in India by anti-Sikh mobs, in response to the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards, Independent sources estimates put the number of deaths at about 8,000 - 10,000, Officially the Indian Government put the toll of deaths in Delhi around 2,800 Sikhs. In 2013, Sajjan Kumar was acquitted by the lower court, but the Delhi High Court has reversed this decision and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Sajjan Kumar will have to sur...

December 17 The Killing of seven civilians in the Pulwama region has evoked sharp criticism from many eminent citizens of India, the latest one to join the chorus is the former chairman of Press Council of India, Justice Markandey Katju. The Former Supreme Court Justice, Markandey Katju, who also was the chairman of the Press Council of India, has criticised the Indian Army Chief, for the massacre of civilians in the Pulwama region of Kashmir. Katju who has been seen as one of the boldest voice expressing dissent on Social Media platform twitter in a tweet said, "Three cheers for the Indian army which has now started killing civilians in Kashmir, like Gen Dyer at Jalianwala bagh or Lt Calley at My Lai in Vietnam All Indian army officers and soldiers should be given Bharat Ratna." ...

December 15 The killing of seven civilians in security forces firing during clashes near encounter site in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday evoked sharp reactions in the Valley. “6 civilians killed and numerous more injured, many critically. Any way you look at it this was a badly executed encounter. Protests around encounter sites are now the norm not the exception. Why are we unable to learn how to handle them better? (sic),” Omar, the National Conference leader,  tweeted. PDP president and former CM Mehbooba Mufti while questioning Governor administration for the killings, tweeted: “How long are we going to shoulder the coffins of our youngsters? So many civilians killed today post encounter in Pulwama. No country can win a war by killing its own people. I strongly ...

December 14 Former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said the UPA government should have acted on the report submitted by three interlocutors on Kashmir in 2011 and he “deeply regrets” the way it was handled, as he underscored that talks are the “only way forward” to resolve Kashmir’s problems. Speaking at Lokmat National Conclave, Chidambaram noted that bringing an amendment to Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and removing “inhumane” provisions will send a very powerful signal in Jammu and Kashmir. He termed the “muscular military” approach to Kashmir as the “biggest mistake” of the government and claimed it has only driven more youths towards militancy. Three Kashmir interlocutors, M.M. Ansari, Radha Kumar and Dileep Padgaonkar, were appointed by the Centre as part...

December 12 The assembly election results for Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh have come in the Congress's favour but they aren't good enough to sail the grand old party across the half-way mark on its own. In both the states, the Congress has missed the magic number by a whisker. In Rajasthan, the Congress fell short by one seat and in Madhya Pradesh by two seats. It now will have to stitch alliance with other opposition parties like the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Samajwadi Party, CPI(M) and rope in as many Independents as possible. The situation for the BJP is more worrisome in Madhya Pradesh where the party has just managed to go ahead of the seats won by the BJP. Of the 230 seats in the state, the Congress has won 114, while the BJP has 109. The half-way mark or the magic number requir...