Month: September 2020

World War 3 fears rocket after India storms out of Pakistan meeting over Kashmir Dispute

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FEARS of open conflict between India and Pakistan surged after a New Delhi delegation stormed out of a meeting over the two countries’ border disputes. The virtual meeting featured security aides from Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states. India’s delegation, led by national security advisor Ajit Doval, quit the event after Pakistani representatives displayed a map depicting disputed territory as belonging to Islamabad. The Pakistani map showed all of Kashmir, the sovereignty of which is hotly contested, as being under their authority. According to the Times of India the New…

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Autumn, Kashmir’s Golden yellow season of plenty, is here

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The chirp of the cicada bug, the grain-laden golden yellow rice fields, the dance of the rainbow trout in the crystal-clear waters of the Lidder and the Sindh mountain streams, the nip in the morning and evening air – all these are standout signals that Kashmir’s season of plenty, the autumn is here. Look at the countryside, farmers are busy harvesting the paddy crop. Luckily for them, the migrant labourers, those had left the Valley with the outbreak of the pandemic, have returned, though in small numbers yet, to work…

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Economic package for J&K on cards: LG Manoj Sinha

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Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said the government will soon be announcing an “unprecedented economic package” which will cover not just the trade fraternity but all the sections in Jammu and Kashmir that have been affected by the downturn caused by the uncertainty. “This package will include everyone including the business community. I can assure you that this would be an unprecedented economic package which earlier has never come for J&K,” Sinha said. Addressing a press conference here, Sinha said the committee constituted to suggest a package for the…

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223 People under detention in J&K, No one under house arrest: Govt

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Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the government of Jammu and Kashmir has reported that after the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year various measures were taken to maintain public order which included preventive detention of certain persons. The government on Tuesday said 223 people are currently under detention in Jammu and Kashmir and no one is under house arrest. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said the government of Jammu and Kashmir has reported that after the abrogation of Article…

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J&K reported 1229 new covid cases and 17 deaths

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Jammu and Kashmir reported 1,229 new positive cases of Covid, 837 from the Jammu division and 392 from the Kashmir province, during the past 24 hours, thus taking the total number of cases in the UT to 55,325. Seventeen deaths, nine from the Jammu province and eight from the Kashmir division, were also reported during the same period. Moreover, 644 more patients recovered and were discharged from various hospitals, 231 from the Jammu division and 413 from the Kashmir valley. According to an official bulletin issued on Monday evening, out…

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As many as 30 Leaders, Bureaucrats from J&K under Chinese Surveillance: Report

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China has hatched a major espionage conspiracy against India and the communist nation is spying on over 10,000 eminent Indians, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind. Many union ministers and leaders of the opposition are also being spied on by the neighbouring country, who has been locked in an aggressive melee and face-off with India at locations along the Sino-India border. Now, a fresh report from Indian Express claims that China has been spying on almost 30 prominent leaders, officers and bureaucrats from Kashmir Valley and…

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CBI registers case against educational trust run by Lal Singh’s family

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The CBI has registered a case of criminal breach of trust and corruption against a Kathua-based educational trust run by former Jammu and Kashmir minister Lal Singh’s family and certain government servants, officials said on Tuesday. The agency officials carried out searches on Tuesday morning at nine locations – three in Jammu and six at Kathua – in connection with the case, according to the officials. Besides naming the RB Educational Trust, in which Singh’s wife and son are the members, the others named in the FIR include the then…

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Stay away from politics or face dire consequences: Hizb to Mainstream leadership

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The Hizbul Mujahideen has allegedly threatened leaders in the Jammu region, including Union minister Jitendra Singh, to “get ready to face dire consequences” if they did not stay away from political activities, according to police. The threat has been issued through a letter written in Urdu on the proscribed terror group’s letterhead, officials said. Police said the letter was addressed to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)’s Congress vice-president and former minister, Raman Bhalla. “It was delivered at the Congress office in Shahidi Chowk via post on Saturday afternoon,” said Anayat Ali,…

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Farooq Abdullah to attend Parliament for first time post Article 370 abrogation

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National Conference president Farooq Abdullah will attend the monsoon session of Parliament starting Monday, more than a year after the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 was abrogated on August 5, 2019, and local leaders were put into pre-emptive detention. “Yes, I am going to attend Parliament. Though they have kept no provisions to ask questions but we will have to sit four hours daily,” Abdullah told HT. “Nevertheless, I will raise our issues there,” he added. Abdullah is likely to command considerable attention this session in…

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14 Deaths; Coronavirus cases cross 54000 in J&K

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With 1,686 new cases, 875 from the Jammu province and 811 from Kashmir Valley, during the past 24 hours, the Covid count in Jammu and Kashmir reached 54,096. On the third successive day, J&K reported more than 1,500 positive cases as aggressive testing had been started across the UT. Meanwhile, J&K reported 14 deaths, eight from Jammu and six from the Kashmir division, during the same period, taking the death toll to 878. A total of 452 more patients recovered and were discharged from various hospitals, 146 from the Jammu…

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