All-party team to visit Jammu on Saturday

hindu.com     Aug 7, 2008            

Vinay Kumar NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday indicated that it would send an all-party delegation to Jammu on Saturday for a dialogue with leaders of the Shri Amarnathji Yatra Sangharsh Samiti who are demanding restoration of the order giving land to the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board. Government sources told The Hindu on Thursday that the team was likely to be led by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister Shivraj Patil. The sources said that Mr. Patil spoke to the BJP leader Arun Jaitley and invited the BJP to participate in the visit. Mr. Jaitley had also participated in the all-party meeting, convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday on the Amarnath land row. Other political parties have also received the invitation, the sources said. Wednesday’s meeting had resolved to hold direct... [read full story]                    

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Spontaneous? Four BJP national teams went there...half a million people in Jammu starving

expressindia.com     Aug 5, 2008          

While revoking land transfer, Cabinet ordered upgrade of facilities to benefit 90% of yatris: Azad ‘Number of Vaishno Devi pilgrims has dropped from 50,000 to 5,000’ NEW DELHI, AUGUST 4: Forced out of office because of the Shri...                    

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How BJP kept the heat on but also lowered the temperature

expressindia.com     Aug 7, 2008          

J&K: Secular fabric has to be guarded, says resolution after all-party meeting with PM; team to visit Jammu, dialogue with Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti likely soon New Delhi, August 6: While it asked the Centre to take note of the...                    

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BJP will continue agitation for Amarnath land: Mishra

indiaenews.com     Aug 7, 2008          

From correspondents in Uttar Pradesh, India, 09:02 PM IST The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday reiterated its demand for restoration of the land transfer to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board for pilgrim facilities. 'Our party...                    

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BJP to go ahead with 3-day nationwide stir

asianage.com     Aug 7, 2008          

BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI Aug. 7: The BJP has decided to go ahead with its plans to hold a three-day nationwide agitation beginning on Monday on the Amarnath land row issue. The decision by the party’s core...                    

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BJP will take Amarnath protests to national stage

indiatimes.com     Aug 7, 2008          

NEW DELHI: The BJP has decided to move the Amarnath land-for-pilgrims case onto the national stage with Leader of Opposition L K Advani performing aradhana rituals on a fabricated Shivaling at a rally here on Saturday which...                    

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Amarnath row: BJP plans protest

hindu.com     Aug 8, 2008          

BANGALORE: The State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party will stage a ‘jail bharo’ protest for three days from August 11 against the revocation of land allotment to the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board by the Jammu & Kashmir ...                    

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BJP, RSS to blame for Jammu unrest, says CPI-M

indiaenews.com     Aug 7, 2008          

Blaming the BJP and the RSS for whipping up communal passions for electoral gains in Jammu and Kashmir over the Amarnath shrine land row, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has asked the central government to initiate...                    

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