Kahsmir unrest News
In a mission to support the Indian Army in Jammu and Kashmir, a squad of 1000 people - comprising of sadhus and Hindu priests from Jan Sena, a Kanpur-based religious organisation, began their journey to the Valley on Sunday, apparently to help Army jawans and paramilitary forces take on stone-pelters in the strife-torn state.
Former Home Secretary G.K. Pillai on Tuesday urged the government to ignore the Hurriyat leaders for two years after they refused to talk to some MPs who visited the Kashmir Valley.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday said that the Hurriyat leaders would be isolated if they did not participate in the peace process of Kashmir by holding talks with the all-party delegation as all other parties would collaborate on the issue.
India's most wanted terrorist and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin has vowed to block any peaceful political resolution to the Kashmir conflict.
Expressing displeasure over the 30-member all-party delegation meeting convened in Kashmir instead of Jammu, the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) has said the party would boycott the meeting as they have decided not to visit Kashmir.
Mobile telephony services were partially restored in Kashmir Valley on Wednesday after remaining suspended for 11 days in the wake of violent protests that have left 47 people dead and around 5,500 injured.
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