Jammu & Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir: Defense Minister spoke to Army Chief regarding Doda encounter

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has spoken to the Army Chief regarding the encounter between security forces and terrorists in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

The office of Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has tweeted and paid tribute to the soldiers killed in this encounter.

The office of the Defense Minister of India has shared this information on the social media website X.

In this post, the Defense Minister's office has written, "Defense Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to the Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi this morning. The Army Chief has briefed the Defense Minister about the ground situation in Doda and the ongoing anti-terrorism operation there."

The Lieutenant Governor's Office of Jammu and Kashmir wrote on X, "I am deeply saddened to learn about the cowardly attack on Army personnel and Jammu and Kashmir Police personnel in Doda district. Tribute to the brave soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice in the security of our nation. My deepest condolences to the bereaved families.''

''We will avenge the martyrdom of our soldiers and thwart the nefarious designs of terrorists and their collaborators. I appeal to the people to unite in the fight against terrorism. Also, I appeal to give us accurate information so that we can intensify the anti-terrorism operation and neutralize the terrorist machinery.''

The operation of security forces is going on in the Dessa forests of Doda district since the night of Monday, 15 July 2024.

No official information has been shared so far about how many soldiers have been killed in this operation.

Our soldiers and their families are bearing the brunt of BJP's wrong policies: Rahul Gandhi

Tuesday, 16 July 2024

Four soldiers, including an army captain, have died in an encounter with terrorists in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

The Indian Army has tweeted on the social media website X and informed that Captain Brajesh Thapa, Naik D Rajesh, Sepoy Bijendra and Sepoy Ajay have died in an encounter with terrorists.

The Indian Army has written in the post, "On behalf of Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi and all ranks of the Indian Army, deepest condolences are expressed to Captain Brajesh Thapa, Naik D Rajesh, Sepoy Bijendra and Sepoy Ajay, who sacrificed their lives while performing their duty during an anti-terror operation in Doda to ensure peace in the area."

"The Indian Army stands with the bereaved families in this hour of grief."

India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has also paid tribute to the slain soldiers in a post on the social media website X.

Rajnath Singh has informed, "The anti-terror operation is going on and our soldiers are committed to end the curse of terrorism."

Lok Sabha opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has paid tribute to the soldiers killed in a post on Instagram and has questioned the central government.

Rahul Gandhi has written, "Today our soldiers were martyred again in a terrorist encounter in Jammu and Kashmir. I pay my humble tribute to the martyrs and express my deepest condolences to the bereaved families."

"Such horrific incidents one after the other are very sad and worrying. These continuous terrorist attacks are telling the dilapidated condition of Jammu and Kashmir. Our soldiers and their families are suffering the brunt of BJP's wrong policies."

What did the parents of Captain Brijesh Thapa, who was killed in the Doda encounter, say?

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

News agency ANI has spoken to the parents of Indian Army Captain Brijesh Thapa, who was killed during an encounter with terrorists in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir.

Brijesh's mother Neelima Thapa said, "I have lost my son. Now he will never come back. My boy was very decent. He never complained."

Brijesh's mother said, "He had to join the army. We had also told him that life in the army is difficult. He had also seen his father. We had told him to either go to the Air Force or the Navy but he decided to join the army."

"We feel proud of whatever he has done for the country. The government should take strict action against those responsible for this."

Brijesh Thapa's father, who is himself a retired colonel of the Indian Army, said, "My son wanted to join the army since childhood. He had done B.Tech but still he wanted to join the army.''

"He had not prepared much but still he cleared all the exams including SSB in the first attempt. I am proud that he gave his life for the country.''

Owaisi criticized PM Modi on Doda encounter

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

AIMIM Chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has questioned the central government and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi after four Indian Army soldiers were killed in an encounter with terrorists in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir.

Owaisi said, "Narendra Modi was talking big that we will enter the house and kill. Then what is happening?"

Owaisi said that "This is a sheer failure of the government. It is not able to control terrorism. Whatever happened in Doda is very dangerous and it should be investigated.''

Four soldiers including an army captain have died in an encounter with terrorists in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir.

Owaisi said, "I want to tell that we condemn this and have been doing so. But this is the biggest failure of the Modi government.''

Cornering PM Modi, Owaisi said, "The area of ​​Doda is very far from the LoC. It is a very serious matter that terrorists are attacking so far from the LoC, in which four soldiers of our army, including a captain and a major, are killed. This incident also describes the failure of the Narendra Modi government.''

Owaisi said, "After 2021, the maximum terrorist incidents are happening in Jammu. Even during the rise of separatism, so many incidents did not happen. So far 48 soldiers, 19 civilians and 48 terrorists have lost their lives in this.''

Jammu and Kashmir: What did Defense Minister Rajnath Singh say on the killing of five Indian soldiers in Kathua?

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has expressed grief over the terrorist attack on Indian soldiers in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Rajnath Singh wrote on the social media platform X, "I am deeply saddened by the death of our five brave soldiers in a terrorist attack in Badnota, Kathua."

"My deepest condolences to the bereaved families. The country stands firmly with them in this difficult time. Anti-terrorism operations are being carried out and our soldiers are committed to maintaining peace and order in the area."

Rajnath Singh has wished a speedy recovery to those injured in this terrorist attack.

On Monday, July 8, 2024, an Indian Army convoy was attacked in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, in which five soldiers were killed and five soldiers were injured. Since then a search operation is being carried out in the entire area.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet in the terrorist attack in Pulwama, Kashmir, India.

According to the charge sheet, the terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed, active on the Pakistani soil, is behind this attack.

However, the Pakistani government or any of its institutions is not named in the charge sheet.

On 14 February 2019, CRPF convoy in Pulwama was rammed by terrorists in a vehicle full of explosives in which more than 40 soldiers were killed.

According to Srinagar-based BBC correspondent Riaz Masroor, the NIA has filed a charge sheet of 13,800 pages.

The agency has named Jaish's chief Masood Azhar, his brother Mufti Abdul Rauf Asghar and one of his deputy Maroof Asghar as the main perpetrators.

Masood Azhar is one of the three terrorists who were released by the then Vajpayee government in exchange for the release of passengers of the Indian aircraft IC-814, abducted by terrorists operating in Pakistan.

The names of 20 people have been taken in the charge sheet which helped to create intrigue, or intrigue, or to execute that plot on the ground.

The chargesheet includes the names of Omar Farooq, Sheikh Bashir Ahmed, Tariq Shah, Mohammad Abbas Nasir, Mohammad Iqbal, Waiz ul-Islam, Ishan Jan, and Bilal Ahmed.

According to the chargesheet, Masood Azhar's nephew Mohammed Omar Farooq was a bomb making expert who crossed the LoC in 2018 and entered Kashmir in India. Omar Farooq was given local help by Iqbal Rather.

Adil Dar's name is also included in the charge sheet. The charge sheet states that Omar Farooq, with the help of the local people, produced such a large-scale explosive that Adil Dar had loaded into the vehicle and crashed into the CRPF convoy.

Adil Dar was killed on the spot, but out of the 20 people named in the charge sheet, seven were later claimed to have been killed by security forces in separate encounters.

According to news agency PTI, seven people have been arrested and four people are still absconding.

After the withdrawal of special status of Jammu and Kashmir in India, the major political parties of the Union Territory, except BJP, came together on Saturday and issued a statement to restore Article-370. The statement said that they will fight over it.

National Conference (NC), People's Democratic Party (PDP), People's Conference, CPIM, Congress and Awami National Conference are the parties that signed the 'Gupkar Manifesto'.

The signatories of the 'Gupkar Manifesto' said in the statement that the move of the Central Government on 5 August 2019 has changed the relationship between Jammu and Kashmir and New Delhi.

The statement said that all parties will follow the 'Gupkar Manifesto' of August 4, 2019, in which regional parties have promised to fight to preserve the special status of Jammu and Kashmir given under the Constitution.

PDP leader and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir state Mehbooba Mufti is still in custody.

Last year, the Central Government abolished the special status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir and divided it into two union territories.

Hundreds of politicians were detained after the removal of Article 370 and many were detained under laws such as the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA).

Three former chief ministers of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, were detained under the same PSA law.

The custody of Mehbooba Mufti has been extended for another three months.

After the removal of Article 370, all means of communication were discontinued and curfew was imposed along with stringent restrictions. Along with this, heavy security forces were deployed to prevent any protests.

The joint statement of all the parties calls for the reinstatement of Articles 370 and 35A. It has also been said that the division of the state is unacceptable.

On August 5, 2019, all the leaders have said that it was unconstitutional and tried to abolish the constitution.

The statement said, "Who are we?" This attempt took place to reinterpret it. These changes happened in oppressive ways to keep people silent and suppress them. ''

Last year, the mainstream political leadership in Kashmir signed the 'Declaration Declaration'.

In this manifesto, it was unanimously decided that all the parties will remain united for maintaining the identity, autonomy, security, special status of Jammu and Kashmir and any kind of attack.

The meeting was held on Gupkar Road, home of senior NC leader and MP Farooq Abdullah, hence the manifesto was named 'Gupkar Manifesto'.

After dividing Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, Pakistan has rejected the new political map released by India.

On August 5, 2019, Article 370 of the Constitution giving special state status to Jammu and Kashmir was neutralized by India. Along with this, it was also decided to divide the state into two union territories - Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

After this decision, both the union territories came into existence on 31 October. After this, the Home Ministry of India released a political map on 2 November 2019, which Pakistan rejected.

This map also shows parts of Gilgit-Baltistan and Pak-administered Kashmir under both the new union territories.

Pakistan has termed parts of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan within India's territorial jurisdiction as erroneous, legally unconfirmed, invalid and a complete violation of the relevance of UN Security Council resolutions.

The statement issued by Pakistan said that 'We assert that no Indian step can change the recognition given by the United Nations to Jammu and Kashmir as a "disputed" status.

Pakistan said, "Such measures of the Government of India will not affect the right of self-determination of the people living in India's occupied Jammu and Kashmir".

Pakistan said it would "continue to support the legitimate struggle of the people of India's occupied Jammu and Kashmir to exercise their right to self-determination as per UN Security Council resolutions".

It is worth noting that the Government of India on Saturday released a new map after the formation of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

The Survey General of India has prepared this map. According to the statement of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Union Territory of Ladakh will have two districts - Kargil and Leh. After this, the remaining 26 districts will be in Jammu and Kashmir.

The statement issued by the Government of India said that the boundary of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has been fixed under the supervision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

India now has 28 states and nine union territories.

According to this map, India now has 28 states and nine union territories.

The decision to nullify Articles 370 and 35-A of the Constitution was taken by majority in the Indian Parliament on August 5, 2019, after the recommendation of the Parliament, the President approved the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act repealing these articles.

In 1947, there were 14 districts in Jammu and Kashmir - Kathua, Jammu, Udhampur, Raisi, Anantnag, Baramulla, Poonch, Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Leh and Ladakh, Gilgit, Gilgit Vazarat, Chillah and Tribal Territory.

In 2019, the Government of India reconstituted Jammu and Kashmir and converted 14 districts into 28 districts.

The new districts are named - Kupwara, Bandipur, Gendarbal, Srinagar, Budgam, Pulwama, Sopian, Kulgam, Rajouri, Doda, Kishtwar, Samba, Leh and Ladakh.

A Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court in India has given the Central Government 28 days to abolish Article 370 and respond to other petitions related to Kashmir.

A constitutional bench headed by Justice NV Raman has also asked the petitioners to present their side in the court within a week after the Center's reply.

The Supreme Court has fixed November 14 for the next hearing of the case.

On behalf of the Central Government in India, Attorney General KK Venugopal had asked the court for four weeks' time to reply to the Jammu and Kashmir petitions.

Numerous petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the removal of Article 370 giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir, freedom of the press, ban on communication facilities, validity of lockdown and on-going restrictions and human rights violations. .

The Supreme Court did not give any order regarding this in the first hearing and also refused to hear arguments about it immediately. The court said, "If the decision comes in your favor then everything can be restored."

The court also said that it will not accept any other petition in this regard.

However, the petitioners opposed the grant of four weeks' time to the central government and said that this would make the purpose of filing the petitions redundant.

The Union Territory of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir will formally come into existence on October 31, 2019. A three-member committee has been formed for the division of assets between the two union territories.

In Jammu and Kashmir, as the restrictions imposed after Article 370 were neutralized, as the government relaxed, the market movements started growing and lives were back on track. Business is going on normally in Jammu wholesale market.

The situation in Jammu is far better than the restrictions imposed in parts of the state. Especially compared to Kashmir.

There are strict security arrangements in the area. It is about two months from the end of the provisions giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir, but high speed internet is still a dream for the people here.

People here are getting internet facility through landline and mobile, but its speed is very low. As a result, people have not been able to file GST and income tax returns on time.

The people of Jammu are confused about their future. There are many questions in the minds of the local people, to which they have not yet been answered. For example, will Jammu and Kashmir remain a union territory or will it eventually be given statehood?

This question matters a lot to everyone, whether they are state government employees or businessmen and common people.

Under Article 370, outsiders could not buy land in the state, but now all can buy and sell.

This is the cause of concern for the local people of Jammu and they are looking forward to the political future of the state.

The apple market is doing well in Jammu's wholesale market. It is one of the big mandis here.

Shyamlal, president of the market association, says that apple prices are much lower than last year.

Apples are not grown in the plains. They come from the valley of Kashmir. Shyamlal says that he had paid the garden owners in advance for this season, but no one sent them apples.

He says, "The planters of the Kashmir Valley took an advance payment from us for this season, but we did not even have a truck of fruits. Our money is stuck. The first problem is that we are unable to contact them." If we talk about it then they say that the situation there is not good and their movement is banned.

In such a situation, apples are being sold from 50 to 70 rupees per kilogram. But the markets here are waiting for the best quality apple in the valley.

Shyamlal hopes that the conditions in the valley will improve and he will be able to get back his trapped money and goods.

People from outside the state have been eyeing Jammu for a long time to invest and have been investing in various projects for a long time. Some local businessmen have been upset since Article 370 was abolished.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Councilor and senior BJP leader Vikram Randhawa feels that many traders will not be able to stand ahead of the big players in the market.

He says, "There are not many big business houses in Jammu, but it is true that they have a fear that they will not be able to face the big players. The owners of heavy industries are already outsiders. Big investment in Jammu Even outsiders will do it. Local people do not know how they will face that situation. We cannot even face them. We do not have that much money or resources. ''

Vikram is also the owner of a crushing unit. He was happy when the four lane road project came up. He felt that business opportunities would increase for him but now his idea has changed.

He said, "Unfortunately, the people who got the contract for the four lane road project have brought their own crushing units. Not only the crushing units, they have also brought their workers from outside. We were disappointed that the development plans We have no contribution in it. ''

The local Dogras of Jammu are happy with the decision of the Government of India, but they are wishing that a system like Article 371 should also be in Jammu and Kashmir, so that the future of the youth can be secured.

Young Dogra leader Tarun Uppal says that the government should make some arrangements so that the future of the local people can be secured.

He feels that after the abolition of Article 370, the government should implement Article 371 of the Constitution in the state so that social security of the local people can be ensured.

Article 371 of the Constitution is applicable in many states of the Northeast, under which special provisions have been made for the states.

Special provisions were made for the states because they were quite backward compared to other states and their development was not done properly with time. Also, this article provides protection to their tribal culture. Also provides jobs to local people.

Article 371 speaks of the privilege of the local people over land and natural resources.

Article 371 is applicable in Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Manipur and outsiders are not allowed to buy land here.

Many people of Jammu believe that after the removal of Article 370, outsiders will get opportunities to loot the mineral and other natural resources there.

Sunil Pandita is a Kashmiri Pandit. Three decades ago he came from Kashmir and settled in Jammu. Pandita says that there are already many outsiders in Jammu.

He says, "From Kashmiri Pandits to migrant laborers. The city is already overburdened. We are not ready for outsiders. This move of the government will increase unemployment and crime among the local youth."

New law and order has been implemented in the state. This is a time of change and local people are confused about their future whether the state will remain a union territory or will it get the status of the state?

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