Indian Army Kills 3 Rebels in Kashmir Fighting

Indian troops have killed 103 militants in the restive Kashmir Valley so far this year, the highest toll in recent years.

Listing these priorities, he said, “There will be no compromise on the security and integrity of the country and no compromise with the people who indulge in violence”.

Coming down heavily on such elements Mehbooba said “95 per cent of Kashmiris” should not be held to ransom for the misdeeds of just five per cent of bad elements.

Jaitley is playing politics on the current unrest in order to regain the losses BJP has suffered in Jammu due to its unfriendly and wrong approach towards the people in Jammu division after securing votes from them, a JKPCC spokesman said here. “They want to open their shops, they want to send their wards to school, they want to come out of the fear-psychosis they have been forced into”, she said. “If a police post manned by 10 police personal is attacked by 2000 stone pelters, it is an attack, but some people do not realize it”, he said.

“A large number of security personnel have been injured ever since the unrest began”.

“If you want to protest then why small children are taken and police stations are getting attacked”.

Hundreds of people have been treated for serious eye injuries at a hospital in Indian-administered Kashmir since violence broke out over a month ago in the troubled region. “They then tried to raise the issues of separate colonies for former soldiers and Kashmiri Pandits but failed again”, she said.

Mehbooba said violence was no means to achieve anything.

“We stressed that Jammu and Kashmir is a political issue and such situations emerge from time to time, and if we don’t find a political solution to this problem, we will keep on committing the same mistake”, said Omar.

She welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that dialogue is important for a lasting solution.

“The Prime Minister told us in categorical terms that development alone would not resolve this problem”.

“The Chief Minister thanked the people of Jammu for maintaining peace and harmony at a time the valley was going through hard times”.