Chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, the entire state cabinet, including BJP ministers, and the state’s top bureaucrats joined the wedding party of state’s social welfare minister Sajad Lone’s niece, daughter of senior Hurriyat leader Bilal Lone, at TaJ Vivanta here on Thursday evening. Interestingly, Bilal Lone, elder brother of BJP minister Sajjad Lone is among the top five executive members of the Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat conference. He got his daughter married to a Kashmiri businessman based in Dubai on August 20. The main wedding function was, however, held at Taj Vivanta hotel…
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Tweets over Kashmir Content, Twitter blocks accounts
Kashmiri users and activists have received official legal complaints from Twitter, warning that their online content could be acted upon in the future as well. A copy of the letter the IT ministry sent to Twitter Twitter has received a complaint from the Modi government, asking it block over 100 accounts and tweets that have been found “propagating objectionable content”. Most of the content and accounts appear to involve Kashmir and Kashmiri issues. It’s unclear on how many accounts or tweets Twitter has officially blocked. Many of the tweets linked…
Read MoreBraid chopping spreads wave of panic in Rajouri
Three back to back incidents of braid chopping incidents in Rajouri district have spread a wave of panic and fear, even as police are clueless about the cause. As per officials, first incident of hair cutting was reported at ward number 8 of Rajouri town on September 1 where a teenage girl reported that her hair were cut while she was in the bathroom of her home. The second incident was reported yesterday in Patrara locality of Sunderbani town where a married girl namely Anju Rani wife of Inderpal fell…
Read MoreDead teacher taking classes in state government run school in J&K!
A senior Education Department official attributed the mistake to failure on part of officials of the Directorate of School Education to update the status of principals posted at state government run higher secondary schools. Incredible it may sound, but an already dead teacher figured among principals of 39 government higher secondary schools whose transfer orders were issued by the School Education Department on Thursday. Showing Ashok Kumar posted as Principal Government Higher Secondary School, Ramnagar in Udhampur district, the government order No. 613-Edu of 2017 at serial No. 3 says…
Read MoreVideo shows locals tending to injured Army men
A video showing locals coming to the rescue of Army men, injured in a road accident, has gone viral. Police sources said the video was shot by some local on Sunday afternoon when an Army vehicle skidded off the road at Check-e-Pahroo village in Nowgam on the outskirts of Srinagar. In the video, a group of locals is seen tending to the injured soldiers. Some of them are even seen offering water to the injured Army men. The police said the Army vehicle had skidded off the road while giving…
Read MoreKashmir a testing ground for new Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman’s elevation as first full-time woman Defence Minister is significant for Jammu and Kashmir, where the Indian Army is entrenched on the land and minds of the people, especially since 1990 – the calendar year of the eruption of militancy in the Kashmir valley. Jammu and Kashmir borders two historically hostile neighbours Pakistan and China. The challenges of guarding the frontiers here from the plains to Siachen Glacier, the highest battlefield at a height of 21,000 feet, are numerous. China needles on the eastern borders in Ladakh, while Pakistan…
Read MoreNIA summons bar body head Mian Qayoom
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the funding of secessionist activities in Kashmir, has summoned J&K High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) president Mian Qayoom for questioning. Qayoom has been called to the NIA headquarters, New Delhi, on Wednesday as the investigation into a case pertaining to waging war and hatching a criminal conspiracy against the Indian state entered the fourth month. “It appears that you (Qayoom) are acquainted with the circumstances of the case which I am assisting in investigating. You are required to appear before me on…
Read MoreOver 40 braid cutting incidents reported in Jammu region
The police here today said that it was probing into the incidents of women’s braid getting cut off mysteriously in various districts of Jammu region in the state. According to the police, over 40 incidents of cutting of women’s braids were reported from Kathua, Samba, Jammu, Rajouri, Reasi and Udhampur districts in the last two weeks, triggering panic among the people. Jyoti Devi (24) claimed that her braid was cut when she fainted at her residence in Abra village of Akhnoor and she was hospitalised. Manisha (22) of Kamala village…
Read MoreProtests in Tral, Pulwama against killing of Rohingya Muslims
Hundreds of people Monday lodged a protest in Tral town of Pulwama district against the killings of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. After the culmination of Zuhur (noon prayers) at Khankah-e-Faiz Panah Tral here, hundreds of people including children assembled at main Aabghar chowk and held anti-Myanmar demonstrations seeking justice for Muslims who are facing persecution by Myanmar military. People from all walks of life while condemning the killing of innocent civilians, children and women by Myanmar military joined the protests. The protesters shouted slogans in favour of Turkish government which…
Read MoreFour CRPF men injured in Anantnag grenade attack
Four CRPF personnel were injured after militants hurled a grenade at them in the Qazigund area of Anantnag district today. A CRPF spokesperson Rajesh Yadav said all four were stable. “They are being treated for injuries. One of them has a comparatively grievous injury on his leg but he is stable,” Yadav said. The injured CRPF men have been identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector Ram Raj and Constables Shashi Kant, Naresh Kumar and PC Patnaik of the 163 Battalion. The attack took place near the Dak Bungalow in the main market…
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