J&K Union Territory-2019

Vips · Post by **Vips** » 15 Feb 2023 23:35

India trying to prevent declassification of ‘sensitive’ 1947 Kashmir papers.

India may prevent the declassification of papers from 1947 related to Kashmir as it fears the “sensitive” letters could affect foreign relations, according to internal government documents seen by the Guardian.

The letters, known as the Bucher papers, are believed to include political and military arguments for why India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, called for a ceasefire with Pakistan and provided special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

For decades the region in the foothills of the Himalayas was given a separate constitution, a flag, and autonomy over all matters except for foreign affairs and defence. Those measures were seen by Kashmiris as crucial to protecting their rights in the Muslim-majority state.

But in 2019, under the Hindu nationalist prime minister, Narendra Modi, the government in Delhi formally revoked the disputed state’s constitutional autonomy, in an attempt to integrate it fully into India.

The decision tightened the government’s grip over the region and stoked anger and resentment as a three-decade armed revolt continued to rage.

The Bucher papers refer to communications between Gen Sir Francis Robert Roy Bucher, who served as second commander-in-chief of the Indian army between 1948 and 1949, and government officials, including Nehru.

Over the years, several attempts have been made by activists to declassify the papers to throw light on the reasoning for article 370, which gave Jammu and Kashmir its special status.

A recent foreign ministry document seen by the Guardian said the contents of the papers should not be declassified yet. The papers contain “military operational matters in Kashmir and correspondences amongst senior government leaders on sensitive political matters on Kashmir”, the document said. The papers have been kept at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, an autonomous body under India’s culture ministry.

According to a source with knowledge of the matter, they reveal that Nehru was aware and informed of the military development in Kashmir, including Pakistan’s attempts to use external military assistance to escalate the situation.

“Roy Bucher suggested a political approach to solve the escalating situation given military fatigue faced by Indian troops due to 13 months of military deployment, including taking the matter before the United Nations,” the source said.

That advice may have influenced Nehru’s decision to grant Kashmir special status. In 1952, the prime minister argued that the aspirations of the people of Kashmir should be respected. “I want to stress that it is only the people of Kashmir who can decide the future of Kashmir,” he told India’s parliament. “We are not going to impose ourselves on them on the point of the bayonet.”

The Bucher papers were handed over by India’s external affairs ministry to the Nehru museum and library in New Delhi in 1970, with a note saying they should be kept “classified”. They have remained in the library’s closed collection since then, the foreign ministry document said.

An Indian activist, Venkatesh Nayak, has filed multiple appeals to declassify the papers, a move that was initially rejected. However, in 2021 the Indian information commissioner ruled it was in the “national interest” but fell short of ordering the disclosure of the crucial documents. The order advised that the library may seek the foreign ministry’s permission to declassify the papers for academic research.

In a letter dated 12 October 2022 that has been reviewed by the Guardian, the chair of the museum and library, Nripendra Misra, wrote to India’s foreign secretary arguing the papers “are very important for scholarly research” and requested declassification.

“We have read the contents of the Bucher papers. Our view is that the papers need not remain ‘classified’ beyond the reach of academicians. We are opening papers of other important public figures also,” Misra argued. India typically allows the declassification of archival documents after 25 years.

The foreign ministry argued in the document that the disclosure of the papers should be put in “abeyance” for the time being and advised that the “sensitivity of Roy Bucher papers and the likely implications of their disclosure” should be examined further. Sources say the government has yet to take a final decision on the matter.

The Guardian has contacted the Indian foreign ministry and the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library for a response.

Manish_P · Post by **Manish_P** » 28 Feb 2023 14:15

They dont waste any time do they?

TOILET - Is J&K ready for the dangers of lithium mining?

Article under a paywall and i am loath to pay a paisa to the toilet.

ricky_v · Post by **ricky_v** » 28 Feb 2023 14:26

Just archive, my man
https://archive.is/PnCep

Manish_P · Post by **Manish_P** » 28 Feb 2023 16:24

^ thanks.

Just a glance is enough to reassure me that my decision not to take a TOIlet subscription was the right one...

sanjayc · Post by **sanjayc** » 28 Feb 2023 19:17

The entire network of media sepoys who eat at the white man's trough has been activated in India

Potential environmental impact from any lithium extraction in J&K worries youth in the region
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/busin ... 23181.html

Lithium Reserve Discovered in J&K Must Meet Several Tests, Including Sustainability
https://thewire.in/environment/lithium- ... ests-india

Lithium in Jammu & Kashmir — a boon or a curse?
https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/li ... 91428.html

Explained | Why India’s lithium discovery is fraught with social and environmental risks
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/scien ... 507035.ece

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 01 Mar 2023 12:33

Deccan Herald: Muslim neighbours help family perform last rites of slain Kashmiri Pandit
For a change this news paper is trying to paint a different picture; that peacefools are helping Pandits. Earlier their report was always on the lines that removing the special rights of J&K led to more terrorist activity.

Manish_P · Post by **Manish_P** » 01 Mar 2023 13:09

sanjayc wrote:The entire network of media sepoys who eat at the white man's trough has been activated in India

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...and Yellow man's soup bowl.

g.sarkar · Post by **g.sarkar** » 22 Mar 2023 01:38

https://sundayguardianlive.com/news/jk- ... r-sedition
J&K-based journalists on ‘Pakistan’s payroll’ to be tried for sedition
Abhinandan Mishra, March 19, 2023
NEW DELHI: The Jammu-based special court of National Investigation Agency (NIA) framed charges on Thursday against two Jammu and Kashmir based journalists who have been accused of using the media to propagate “anti-India narrative” while allegedly taking money from what security agencies have described “hostile foreign agencies and proscribed terrorist organisations”.
The court allowed the charges to be framed after getting convinced of the investigation report that it was presented with by the investigative agencies. The two accused in the case—Peerzada Fahad Shah, the Editor-in-Chief cum Director of “The Kashmir Walla”, and Aala Fazili, who wrote an article titled, “The Shackles of Slavery Will Break”—were informed by the court on Thursday of the allegations that the state will try to prove against them.
Fazili, 40, who is a PhD scholar in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Kashmir University, was arrested in April last year for writing the article that was published in November 2011 in the ‘Kashmir Walla”. Shah, 34, was first arrested in February 2022 for an article on a police encounter. After the court granted him bail, he was immediately arrested again on the basis of a separate FIR and then booked under the Public Safety Act in March.
The two are in the custody of State Investigation Agency (SIA), which was constituted in November 2021 as a specialised, nodal agency for “coordinating with NIA and other central agencies”.
While “The Kashmir Walla” is now an online portal, it had started out as a weekly newspaper. As per its website, Shah founded “The Kashmir Walla” in 2009. Apart from running the newsite, Shah has also written for other publications like the Time, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and The Atlantic. According to the news-site, he is also a correspondent for the US-based Christian Science Monitor.
The Sunday Guardian’s repeated calls and messages to one of the present employees of “The Kashmir Walla”, seeking the organization’s response on the matter, elicited no response till the time the story went to press. As per the SIA’s claim, the two while actively conspiring with Pakistan based groups, including state agencies, resurrected a platform reviving the narrative in support of the terrorist and separatist ecosystem. “The duo had been spreading the anti-India narrative by exploiting the digital platforms under a concealed and camouflaged set-up, with the help of illicit funding received from hostile foreign agencies and proscribed terrorist organisations,” the SIA has claimed. The SIA, in its investigation, claims to have established that the two accused were in touch with terror groups based in Pakistan and were in regular contact with Kashmir based terrorists. “Through their publications, the duo have brazenly advocated terrorism and glorified the terrorists with the sole intention to radicalize the youth of the J&K and to entice and incite them in joining secessionist and terrorist organisations,” the SIA told the court.
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Gautam

sanman · Post by **sanman** » 24 Mar 2023 12:53

Pakistanis show up to heckle J&K discussion event at Washington Press Club

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lT18DOqh_s

venkat_kv · Post by **venkat_kv** » 29 Mar 2023 00:53

Another set of important news from J&K,
The LG Monoj SInha has given new social media guidelines that bars govt. employees and also their direct family members from criticizing or speaking against govt policy either with their own name/identity or a pseudonym in radio, newspaper or social media accounts, Doing so might lead to fines, reduction of allowances/pay or demotion.

Apparently similar laws were passed during the PDP-BJP govt when Burhan Wani was killed in encounter to restrict the media accounts of 5 lakh employees. The then action on streets was subsiding but eventually it was picking up on the internet on various social media platforms was cited as the reason for the move. But now Mehbooba Mufti is criticizing the same citing it as an assault on Kasmiris, freedom of speech and etc etc.

It has also been brought to the LG's notice that a lot of people who have earlier gone across border and got trained have come back and are now in govt positions and are being sympathetic to the separatists cause and giving their support sometimes heckling/shouting down other govt officials when they come to inaugurate/explain govt policies or vice chancellors in Universities being called killers or Kashmiri kids and various other names. About 1000 govt employees have been dismissed from service since 2019 for supporting terrorists.

The usual media has termed it as an attack on freedom of speech and press, so not posting their links. Attaching other links.

https://www.indianarrative.com/india-ne ... 24222.html

https://kashmirpulse.com/jk/j-k-govt-is ... 00875.html

Cyrano · Post by **Cyrano** » 29 Mar 2023 01:26

Good, much needed. Those who abuse freedoms have no right to complain when they are taken away.

Vayutuvan · Post by **Vayutuvan** » 29 Mar 2023 02:48

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sameera_Fazili

An interesting appointment by Biden (old but just saw this)

Human rights advocacy[edit]
Before law school, Fazili worked at Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights. Her experience in human rights includes working at the World Health Organization and United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), on missions in Palestine, Kashmir, and Pakistan. She is an activist for religious freedom and international human rights.[7]

Fazili has supported 'Stand with Kashmir', a Kashmiri diaspora-led international solidarity movement, and has opposed the Indian government's revocation of the special status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.[12]

Personal life[edit]
Fazili is married and has three children. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia[1] and has extended family in Kashmir, India.[13] Fazili is a practicing Muslim.[14]

Her sister, Yousra Fazili is a noted human rights lawyer who testified at the November 2019 US Congressional hearing on the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.[15] Fazili's cousin Mubeel Shah was among those detained by the Indian government the Public Safety Act (PSA) during the 2019–2021 lockdown in Jammu & Kashmir.[16]

wig · Post by **wig** » 20 Apr 2023 21:21

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/pa ... 8599f&ei=9

Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba Behind Poonch Terror Attack that has claimed five soldiers lives. One is critically injured
Pak should be made to pay for this heinous act
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Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was behind the Poonch terror attack that claimed the lives of five Army personnel and critically injured one, top intelligence sources told CNN-News18 on Thursday. The attack took place when terrorists ambushed the Army vehicle taking advantage of heavy rains and low visibility in Jammu and Kashmir.
All five deceased personnel belonged to the Rashtriya Rifles Unit and were deployed for counterterrorist operations in the area.

“This attack was done by Lashkar. This group is sitting in Rajouri and Poonch jungles for a period of time. They come out and commit the crime and go back to their places. Earlier, they also attacked a house in Rajouri,” sources said.

Top intelligence sources have also said that linking the incident to the upcoming G20 summit, which is scheduled to be held in September, is not correct as the terror groups are “looking for an opportunity.”

g.sarkar · Post by **g.sarkar** » 21 Apr 2023 12:09

https://www.rediff.com/news/report/hunt ... 230421.htm
Hunt on for terrorists after 5 soldiers killed in ambush
Utkarsh Mishra, April 21, 2023
Security forces have launched a massive search operation in the dense forests of the Bata-Doriya area after a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch killed five Indian Army personnel and injured one, officials said on Friday.
The entire area has been cordoned off while drones and sniffer dogs are being used to sniff out the terrorists that might be hiding in the area, they said.
Officials said that a high alert has been sounded in the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch amid close vigil along the Line of Control.
Traffic on the Bhimber Gali-Poonch road was stopped following the incident and people have been advised to go to Poonch via Mendhar, they said.
According to officials, an NIA team will visit the site of the terror attack for inspection.
Five Army personnel were killed and another was seriously injured on Thursday after their vehicle caught fire following a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch, the Army said.
The soldiers were from a Rashtriya Rifles unit deployed for counter-terror operations.
The Army said the vehicle the soldiers were travelling in came under fire from unidentified terrorists and it caught fire because of the likely use of grenades.
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Gautam

g.sarkar · Post by **g.sarkar** » 04 May 2023 15:28

https://www.wionews.com/india-news/indi ... urs-588830
India: 2 terrorists killed in Baramula encounter, second operation in 24 hours
Idrees Lone, May 04, 2023, Srinagar
Two terrorists from the Lashker Toiba terror outfit were killed in an encounter in Kreeri area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla District. Both the terrorists are locals and have been identified as Shakir Majid and Hanan Ahmad.
According to the Jammu and Kashmir Police, a joint cordon and search operation was launched in Wanigam Payeen, Kreeri area of Baramulla by Police, Army (29RR) and SSB (2nd Bn). During the search operation, as the joint search party approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding terrorist fired indiscriminately upon the joint search party which was retaliated effectively leading to an encounter.
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Gautam

g.sarkar · Post by **g.sarkar** » 05 May 2023 06:10

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ ... 805125.ece
NIA raids 12 locations in Jammu and Kashmir in crackdown on terrorists, hybrid overground workers
Initial investigations by the NIA indicated that the cadres were allegedly involved in the collection and distribution of sticky bombs, IEDs, cash, narcotics, and small weapons
THE HINDU BUREAU, May 03, 2023, SRINAGAR
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 2 raided 12 locations in Jammu and Kashmir to investigate a Pakistan-backed terrorist conspiracy case.
“While 11 of these locations were in the Kashmir Valley — eight in Pulwama district, and one each in Kulgam, Anantnag and Budgam districts — one [raid] is underway in district Poonch in Jammu,” an NIA spokesperson said.
Searches were also being carried out on the premises of cadres and hybrid overground workers linked with alleged affiliates and offshoot organisations operating under false names such as “The Resistance Front (TRF); United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (UL J&K); Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH); Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF); Kashmir Tigers; People’s Anti-Fascist Front (PAAF), and others”.
Initial investigations by the NIA indicated that these workers and cadres were allegedly involved in the collection and distribution of sticky bombs or magnetic bombs, improvised explosive devices (IED), cash, narcotics, and small weapons.
“These weapons, bombs, narcotics etc. were being pushed into the Indian soil by PaK-based handlers and commanders of proscribed terrorist organisations using drones to the terrorists active in the Kashmir valley,” the NIA said.
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Gautam

wig · Post by **wig** » 06 May 2023 08:46

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comme ... ded-505145

A rapid rethink of our Pak policy is needed by Lt Gen S R Ghosh(retd)

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the intent of the Pak army

the Pakistani military will never cease to carry out attacks against us. Terrorist camps will continue to flourish across the Line of Control (LoC) and no sporadic surgical strikes or Balakot-like airstrike will wipe them out.

operations before the peace deal of 2003

During 2000-02, while I was commanding a brigade in the volatile Pallanwala sector of Akhnoor, there was an undeclared war being waged all along the LoC. Thousands of rounds of rifle and machine-gun fire were exchanged every night; mortars regularly pounded each other’s posts as well as civilian areas, forcing the villagers into refugee camps while snipers lay in wait to blow off the head of any soldier who exposed himself for even a few seconds. Border Action Teams (BATs), trained, equipped and supported by the Pakistani army, were permanently located in their forward posts, watching and mapping all our movements and routine. On a moonless night, they would cross the LoC through thick sarkanda grass to either lay an ambush and plant anti-personnel mines in our trenches or disappear into our jungles in the hinterland. There was no border fencing in those days and the Indian Army was in a perpetual state of high alert across every inch of the LoC, day in and day out.

However, we always gave it back to the enemy in greater measure. We had larger stockpiles of ammunition and our senior commanders gave us a free hand to plan offensive actions. We had highly motivated young officers and men, dynamic commanding officers and trained Ghatak (Commando) platoons, which executed shallow ‘surgical strikes’ across the LoC. Our mortars targeted villages such as Chhamb, which had once belonged to us but were allowed to be retained by Pakistan after the 1971 war.

Reports of high Pakistani military casualties were received by us from time to time, especially due to the volume and effectiveness of our long-range weapons. Many terrorists were eliminated along the LoC. The only offensive asset we lacked was the unending pool of expendable, brainwashed youth from various Islamic countries who were sent across to launch BAT attacks or enter our hinterland to wage a war against India. However, raids and quick attacks across the LoC by our troops ensured that the Pakistani soldier on the forward posts also could not sleep in peace.

In November 2003, the guns fell silent as a peace and tranquillity agreement between the two nations came into force. The Pakistani army rejoiced. It got a much-needed breather and was now able to repair its damaged forward defences with impunity, prepare fresh logistics and operational infrastructure and go on leave to their families. In summation, the enemy was allowed to get back to a peaceful, routine level of activity, while our troops continued to remain at the same level of high alert, both along the LoC and in the hinterland. Over the next 20 years, Pakistanis have been waging a brutal war against India. The recent killing of our five soldiers was just one of the many dastardly actions by them.

the answer to Pak

we need to immediately initiate the following moves: dump the peace and tranquillity agreement and reactivate the entire LoC; carry out effective and sustained fire assaults, especially on those Pakistani posts which harbour, guide and induct terrorists to carry out BAT actions or attacks in the hinterland; destroy military infrastructure behind the LoC, especially ammunition, communication, fuel, food, transport and radar centres, using drones and other means at our disposal; strengthen our ground-level and electronic intelligence surveillance; penetrate their communication networks and obtain hard intelligence on a continuous basis. Most importantly, our intelligence agencies must immediately start creating and training a force of motivated irregulars (maybe mercenaries) to operate in the Pakistani hinterland in the same manner as their jihadis and BATs do in ours.

wig · Post by **wig** » 06 May 2023 08:54

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/5-elite- ... n-rajouri/

5 elite para commandos of Army martyred, Major injured during specific input operation in Rajouri
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Five elite para commandos of Army’s Special Forces were martyred and a Major was injured when militants triggered an IED blast with remote control at dense Kesari Hills forests in Kandi area of Rajouri district this morning while security personnel continued massive searches to track down the militants but a contact hasn’t been established with them so far.

the information leads

“It wasn’t a search operation. The Special Forces don’t carry out searches. They go for a kill. It was very very specific input about presence of the militants but unfortunately, they were trapped in the IED blast, ” officials told the Excelsior.
They said eight to 10 para commandos went for killing of two to three militants in Kesari forests after pin pointed information as a Satellite telephone was found working there. However, the militants had planted a powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) enroute.
The para commandos are generally headquartered at Northern Command in Udhampur from where they are airlifted for specific operations. However, for past some time, some of them have also been stationed at Sunderbani and Rajouri for emergency operations.
The militants detonated IED with remote control as the Special Forces personnel came close to it triggering huge explosion in which two Army soldiers were martyred and four others including a Major were injured.
The militants managed to escape.

The bravehearts who sacrificed their lives in the blast have been identified as Havaldar Neelam Singh son of Gurdev Singh R/o Jourian, Akhnoor in Jammu district, Naik Arvind Kumar son of Ujwaal Singh, a resident of Suri Chatialai in Marhoon area of Palampur (Himachal Pradesh), Paratrooper Pramod Negi son of Devinder Singh Negi of Shillai, Sirmaur in Himachal Pradesh, Lance Naik Ruchin Singh Rawat son of Rajendra Singh, a resident of Kunigad, Gairsain in Uttarakhand and Paratrooper Siddhant Chettri son of Kharka Bahadur R/o Pulbazar in Darjeeling district of West Bengal.

g.sarkar · Post by **g.sarkar** » 07 May 2023 02:58

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/g ... 2023-05-06
Terrorist killed in fresh gunbattle with security forces in J&K's Rajouri
A fresh gunbattle between security forces and terrorists started in Kandi forest in the Rajouri district on Saturday in which one terrorist was killed. This comes a day after five Army jawans were killed and a major was injured in an encounter with terrorists in Rajouri.
Sunil Bhat, Rajouri, May 6, 2023
One terrorist was killed and another was likely injured in a fresh exchange of fire with security forces during the ongoing encounter in the Kandi forest area of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday morning. The fresh gunbattle comes a day after five Army personnel were killed in an explosion triggered by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri.
"One terrorist has been killed and another injured in operation in J-K's Rajouri," the Indian Army said in a statement.
"In the ongoing joint operation in Kandi forest, Rajouri sector, by Indian Army in coordination with Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF, at around 7 am the cordon, while closing in, spotted and pinned down the terrorists.
"In the ensuing gunbattle one terrorist has been neutralised and one terrorist is likely to be injured," a defence spokesperson said.
OPERATION TO FLUSH OUT TERRORISTS
The fresh firing started after contact was established between security forces and terrorists in Rajouri district. This is part of an ongoing operation in the Kandi forest in the Rajouri sector to flush out terrorists.
The operation is underway, the spokesperson added.
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Gautam

g.sarkar · Post by **g.sarkar** » 10 May 2023 02:14

https://www.rediff.com/news/report/rajo ... 230509.htm
Rajouri-Poonch J-K terror's new epicentre, warn security experts
Senjo M R, May 09, 2023
Security experts have called for a change in strategy, including the bolstering of intelligence and deployment, in the border districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir to combat terrorism, citing high casualty figures of the soldiers in the last 18 months in the region.
A total of 26 Army personnel, including three officers and five paratroopers, and seven civilians have been killed in eight terror attacks since October 11, 2021 in the twin districts.
Defence and security experts say that there is an effort by Pakistan to revive terrorism in the Jammu region.
"Since October 2021, if you see the events, there is a concerted effort from across (the border) to disturb and and revive terrorism in the Jammu region, which has been free of terrorism largely from 17 to 18 years," former J-K director general of police SP Vaid told PTI.
He said since the abrogation of Article 370, the entire terror ecosystem is being uprooted with most cadres and leadership of terrorists already eliminated.
Several strategies of the terrorists, including the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits, have been foiled by the security agencies, he said.
The former police chief said terrorists are now targeting the Rajouri-Poonch belt in the Pir Panjal region"after suffering setbacks in Kashmir".
In October 11, 2021, terrorists carried out a major attack in Surankote in Poonch district, killing five soldiers, including a JCO.
Two jawans were were killed in the Dera ki Gali belt on October 13 in another attack.
Two weeks later, two soldiers, including an officer, died in an IED blast in Kalal, Rajouri.
Other prominent terror incidents in the region include a fidayeen attack on a military camp in Rajouri on August 11, 2022, killing five soldiers. An attack in Bhatta Dhurian killed another five soldiers.
The latest attack occurred on May 5 when five paratroopers of special forces were killed.
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Gautam

wig · Post by **wig** » 13 May 2023 11:06

complicity of Pak army in J&K infilitration exposed by PAK flying quadcopter after infiltration bid foiled in Uri
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there was an infiltration bid by terrorists in the early hours in the Uri sector of Baramulla district but it was foiled by the alert troops.
The Army has launched searches for possible recoveries from the area, which is densely vegetated, they added.

After a brief exchange of fire between the two sides, a quadcopter was flown by the Pakistani side over the scene of the incident, the officials said.
The quadcopter was withdrawn by the Pakistanis after it was fired at by the soldiers of the Indian Army, they said.

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/j-k/i ... tor-507419

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 16 May 2023 18:06

India's response:
https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/po ... meet-in-jk

and

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/factual ... ir-3843021

Cyrano · Post by **Cyrano** » 16 May 2023 18:12

Habitual offender white man's meddling. No one gives a flying duck.

g.sarkar · Post by **g.sarkar** » 23 May 2023 22:39

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/2 ... 2023-05-21
26/11-type attack plot exposed, Kashmir plan of G20 delegates tweaked
Security has been scaled up significantly in Kashmir as it prepares to host a G20 event from May 22. Amidst this, a detained terrorist aide has revealed a daring plot to carry out a terror attack on a hotel where G20 delegates were scheduled to stay.
Ashraf Wani, Srinagar, May 21, 2023
Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir made last minute changes to the G20 Tourism Working Group (TWG) conference itinerary due to security reasons as they suspected terrorist organisations had conspired to repeat the 26/11-type attack during the G20 in Gulmarg at the behest of Pakistani intelligence agency ISI, sources said.
The changes were made following revelations by a detained over-ground worker (OGW), who worked in a posh hotel. Security around the G20 venue has also been beefed up. The Kashmir Police meanwhile issued a public advisory against suspicious international mobile numbers allegedly being used to spread rumours about the G20 meeting in the Valley.
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Gautam

sanman · Post by **sanman** » 27 May 2023 00:37

g.sarkar · Post by **g.sarkar** » 27 May 2023 03:52

https://www.indiatoday.in/law/story/nia ... 2023-05-26
NIA moves Delhi High Court seeking death sentence for Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking a death sentence for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik.
Aneesha Mathur, Nalini Sharma, May 26, 2023
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking a death sentence for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik.
NIA had sought a death penalty for Yasin Malik, who was earlier sentenced to life imprisonment, before the trial court, but it was rejected.
The Delhi HC bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh will hear the plea by NIA on Monday.
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Also:
https://www.dawn.com/news/1756012/india ... ik-reports
Gautam

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 31 May 2023 05:06

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 31 May 2023 18:09

NIA raids at three locations in Kashmir targets newly formed terror offshoots

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on May 31 carried out searches at three locations in Kashmir in connection with its ongoing crackdown on the newly floated terror outfits, an official said.

The daylong raids and searches were conducted in Srinagar and Budgam districts, during which incriminating literature and several digital devices were seized, a spokesperson of the federal agency said.

The spokesperson said the raids were conducted at the residential premises of sympathisers and cadres, hybrid terrorists and Over Ground Workers (OGWs) linked to newly-formed offshoots and affiliates of proscribed Pakistan-backed terror outfits such as the Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), Al-Badr and Al-Qaeda.

The searches were part of the ongoing investigations into the activities of the recently formed terrorist groups including The Resistance Front (TRF), United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (ULFJ&K), Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH), Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF), Kashmir Tigers and People's Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF), the spokesperson said.

Mollick.R · Post by **Mollick.R** » 31 May 2023 18:24

J&K's tourism blooms after abrogation of Article 370: Report
ANI / May 31, 2023, 15:07 IST

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ind ... 646827.cms

Manish_P · Post by **Manish_P** » 31 May 2023 20:10

Tourists and their money are welcome... settlers and even migrant labour are not.

Removal of Art 370 was for the latter.

A_Gupta · Post by **A_Gupta** » 09 Jun 2023 23:11

https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDis ... ID=1087904

The first ever literary festival held in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir capital of Muzaffarabad on June 3-4, 2023, went counterproductive for the organisers when a former BBC journalist Wusatullah Khan blasted Pakistan's Kashmir Policy right in front of a hostile audience.
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One of the most prominent journalists of Pakistan, who has also covered Jammu and Kashmir's elections for BBC, Wusatullah Khan blasted Pakistan's policies, in 1971 on East Pakistan and in the last 75 years on Kashmir, in the very beginning of his speech. Khan was supposed to speak on some "out of box solution of the Kashmir issue". As he asserted that Kashmir was "not an issue, but an industry for a larger political class", his plain speaking prompted sloganeering from a section of the audience.

"Excuse me, Kashmir is not an issue. You are an industry. The livelihood of (Pakistan's) Kashmir Committee is tied to this industry. The livelihood of Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and that of the entire political class of Azad Kashmir is associated with this industry. So why should I kick my own ass by looking for an out of box solution?" Khan asserted in his typical style.

The above link via Major Gaurav Arya, who has some harsh truths to state here (the first part of the video cast is about Kashmir).

dsreedhar · Post by **dsreedhar** » 10 Jun 2023 01:50

Good interview from Yana Mir this time for POJK folks settled in UK. The interesting bit was from the person starting at 54:00. Indian army was stopped from marching forward to clear all of J&K on instructions from Sheikh Abdullah.

vera_k · Post by **vera_k** » 10 Jun 2023 02:03

^ Didn't hear that bit, but after the guy bad mouthed Pakistan for a while, he was asked what they want from India. Response was to allow a referendum to decide whether to stay with Pakistan, with India or be independent. So hard to fault Sheikh Abdullah for that stand back then if this is the answer provided today.

Cyrano · Post by **Cyrano** » 10 Jun 2023 14:22

What is the present composition of POJK compared to what it was in 1947 ? How many current residents are real descendants of those who lived there in 1947 ?

g.sarkar · Post by **g.sarkar** » 17 Jun 2023 06:05

कश्मीर में इतिहास बदलने की तैयारी के #amitshah के दो दिन। क्या हुआ था? | 16 June 2023

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Apka Akhbar
किसी भी बड़े और ऐतिहासिक फ़ैसले से भी महत्वपूर्ण होता है उसकी तैयारी। तैयारी में कमी रह जाय तो फ़ैसले के असर पर प्रभाव पड़ता है । कुछ ऐसा ही था जम्मू कश्मीर से अनुच्छेद ३७० और ३५ हटाने का निर्णय । पहले तो किसी को विश्वास नहीं था कि ऐसा हो सकता है। यह भी कि ऐसा हुआ तो देश और दुनिया में उसकी क्या प्रतिक्रिया होगी।
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Gautam

Mollick.R · Post by **Mollick.R** » 17 Jun 2023 14:10

What I told my wife about Amit Shah after a 7am meeting with the home minister in Kashmir
11 June, 2023 09:22 am IST

In 'Kitne Ghazi Aaye, Kitne Ghazi Gaye', Gen. Tiny Dhillon says: 'When Amit Shah asked for my views on Article 370, I said we can write history only if we make history'. KJS DHILLON

With the political temperature rising and fuelling further speculation about what was to come, the above meeting was followed by another late evening meeting of very select high-level attendees lasting towards the middle of the night, aimed at a more detailed review of the security situation and the possible ramifications of the future government actions, if any. With his schedule chock-a-block with appointments, the next morning, the home minister was slated to meet the family of a police officer, who had made the supreme sacrifice in a terrorist encounter, followed by a few individual engagements before flying back to Delhi.

In this backdrop, I was taken by complete surprise when I received a call in the middle of the night at about 2 a.m., informing me of a breakfast meeting with the home minister at 7 a.m. This information had barely registered when I got another call an hour later, wherein I was asked my choice of food dishes for breakfast. Still in a stupor, I replied that there was no need to tailor the menu to my taste as I would have whatever the others would be served at the meeting. And then dropped the final bombshell—I was told that I would be the only one attending that breakfast meeting as it was intended to be a one-on-one duologue between the home minister and me.

As I arrived for the meeting punctually at 7 a.m. sharp, Mr Amit Shah was ready for the day’s events and what followed was an hour of intense discussion. A lot of sensitive issues and key points were on the table for discussion apart from the delectable food that included aloo parathas and the famous Gujarati dish dhokla during our tête-à-tête. I will not divulge here the exact details discussed for obvious reasons but it will suffice to say that the issues flagged by Mr Shah included the current law and order situation, the potential for it to deteriorate immediately after any declaration by the government, repercussions of the latter on the Line of Control, and the pros and cons from the perspective of an anticipated Pakistani reaction to the path-breaking declaration that was now certain to follow. Ultimately, the home minister was seeking my inputs on the likely situation before and after the government action, as well as assurances that the Team Security Forces would be able to handle any situation that may arise in the state post the abrogation (which, it was by now clear to me, was in the offing).

I must point out, and with absolutely objectivity and great professional inputs, that the home minister was in absolute control and fully conversant with the meeting agenda and knew without a doubt the level and extent of the information he was seeking, including some very intrinsic and key issues related to the Army and its operations, directly or indirectly concerning the situation in the Valley, and implications of the heightened infiltration or any other reaction by Pakistan for the Army on the Line of Control post the abrogation. He had obviously done extensive research and homework before organizing this meeting with me and also had his ear to the ground, and was extremely intuitive about the finer details of every issue being discussed. Further, he also touched upon the flashpoints and the possible events that could occur and, more importantly, how we would handle these eventualities. The fact that my experiences during my previous tenures in Kashmir also came up for discussion during that meeting indicated the depth of our discussion in time and space. At one point, when I was asked my frank and personal view, my immediate response was ‘Agar itihas likhna hai toh kisi ko itihas banana padega (We can write history only if we make history.)’ His parting words at the conclusion of the meeting, as if doing a final check of my resolve or confidence were, ‘What is the guarantee that things will remain peaceful?’ And my honest and confident reply was, ‘I, on my part, give you my personal assurance that the peace will not be disturbed in any way.’ My confidence was based on the recent experience of the Team Security Forces in handling the events prior to and post Zakir Musa’s death, with the entire security outfit acting as a close-knit team to prevent any untoward incident in any part of Kashmir. I must say that the home minister’s knowledge and in-depth assessment of the situation, including the likely fallouts, was exceptional as he had not only covered all bases but was ready with counter-plans for every possible eventuality and contingency. The rest, as they say, is history (itihas). History was in the making and here I am writing about it (Itihas banaya ja raha tha aur main aaj uske bare mein likh raha hun). My words were coming true. I am honour-bound to say no more.

After this meeting, when I reached home, my wife, who had also been awake the whole night due to the multiple telephone calls I was receiving, asked me, ‘How was the meeting with the home minister?’ My instant response to her query was, ‘Bees yuvraj mil kar bhi iss bande ka muqabla nahin kar sakte (Even twenty crown princes together will not be able to match up to this person).’ And I was talking in terms of his decision-making prowess, analytical ability and absolute preparedness to handle any situation with guts and gumption.

This excerpt from Lt. Gen Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon’s Kitne Ghazi Aaye, Kitne Ghazi Gaye has been published with permission from Penguin India.

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Varoon Shekhar · Post by **Varoon Shekhar** » 17 Jun 2023 14:38

What is the present composition of POJK..

I'm not sure of the various ethnicities, but there is not a single, solitary Hindu in that whole area i.e Mirpur, Bhimbar, Kotli, Muzzafarabad, Gilgit and Skardu. Which is simply astounding, even allowing for the violence and migration of 1947-48. Needless to say no one, and positively nobody internationally, brings this up. Because of course, it would make Moslems look pretty bad. And take attention away from the ' Indian occupied Moslem majority region of Kashmir'.

g.sarkar · Post by **g.sarkar** » 19 Jun 2023 07:00

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/e ... 2023-06-16
Five terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in J&K's Kupwara
India Today News Desk, New Delhi , Jun 16, 2023
Five foreign terrorists were killed in an encounter that broke out between terrorists and joint parties of the Army and police in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district in the wee hours of Friday, the Kashmir Zone Police said. The search of the area is underway, officials confirmed.
"Five foreign terrorists were killed in the encounter. A search operation is underway," ADGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar told ANI.
The encounter started early morning after security forces launched an operation based on a specific input in Jumagund area near the LoC in the north Kashmir district.
"In a Jt op launched by #IndianArmy & @JmuKmrPolice, an infiltration bid was foiled today morning by alert troops along LOC in Keran Sector, Kupwara. 05 x Terrorists were eliminated & war-like stores have been recovered. Ops in progress," Indian Army said in a statement.
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Gautam

sanman · Post by **sanman** » 20 Jun 2023 14:15

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 25 Jun 2023 16:23

https://youtu.be/syCYVgpUzAA

Epic Reply on Abrogation of Article 370