Month: October 2020

Central leadership will decide on participating in People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration: J&K Congress

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“I was not feeling well when the first meeting took place. The second meeting was called at a short notice. Being a national party, the Congress has to discuss such things with its central leadership. When I was told about the meeting just three hours before, I was not even in Srinagar,” he said. The Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Saturday said it would take a call on participating in the Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) after consultations with the party’s central leadership, even as it asserted that there…

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The journalists in Kashmir are ‘Harassed’ and ‘Questioned’ for doing their job

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By Aamir Peerzada Journalism has become especially risky in Indian-administered Kashmir since the federal government stripped the region of its special status in August last year. That seemed evident this week when India’s top anti-terror agency searched the offices of the Greater Kashmir newspaper and the home of AFP journalist Parvaiz Bukhari. In all, India’s national investigative agency searched nine locations, including NGOs and homes of leading activists, in Srinagar city, the region’s capital. It said the raids were based on “credible information” that these organisations and people were receiving…

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Saudi Arabia’s special G20 Summit currency note, shows entire J&K as a Separate Territory

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New note, which celebrates G20 summit, has been criticised by New Delhi and reignited conversations about administration of territory A new 20 riyal note issued by Saudi Arabia to commemorate the kingdom’s presidency of the G20 has sparked controversy as it depicts disputed Kashmir as a state independent from either India or Pakistan. The banknote, printed last week by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority, has a portrait of King Salman and the logo of the Saudi G20 summit on one side, and an artistically rendered world map on the other.…

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We’re heading toward herd immunity: Docs after seroprevalence survey results

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Doctors in Kashmir Thursday said that the Valley was heading toward herd immunity following revelation of a seroprevalence study on COVID-19 infection conducted by GMC Srinagar in Srinagar district. The second round of seroprevalence study on COVID-19 infection conducted by GMC Srinagar in district Srinagar has revealed that 40.6 percent of the sampled population had developed antibodies. President of one of the factions of Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK), Dr Suhail Naik said it seems that the Valley would attain herd immunity before a suitable vaccine is discovered. “The survey looked…

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Milad celebrated across J&K with religious fervor

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Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (SAW), the birth anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), was Friday celebrated across J&K with religious fervour. Thousands of devotees thronged the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar to have the glimpse of a relic of the Prophet of Islam (SAW) at the shrine. However, due to pandemic, no nightlong prayers were observed preceding night. The devotees including men, women and children visited the shrine throughout the day. However, afternoon prayers witnessed the highest attendance. Emotional scenes were witnessed during the display of the holy relic as devotees were seen in…

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We have united to restore special status of J&K: Omar Abdullah in Ladakh

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Addressing a gathering at Drass, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah asserted that the revocation of articles 370 and 35A by the Centre were unacceptable and vowed to continue the fight to reverse them. The newly formed People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday started the process of widening its consultations, with a delegation of different mainstream political parties visiting Drass and Kargil regions of Ladakh where they vowed to continue the fight against the revocation of articles 370 and 35A. Seven mainstream parties of…

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Today Kashmir Valley is observing Complete Shutdown against new laws

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A complete shutdown is being observed across the Kashmir Valley on Saturday against new laws being implemented in J&K. Most shops, business centres, petrol pumps, banks and offices remained closed. Traffic is mostly of the roads. The Hurriyat Conference has called for peaceful protests on Saturday against the new land laws in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement, Hurriyat leaders said the government of India had been issuing incessant anti-people orders at frequent intervals to intimidate and psychologically torture the people of Jammu and Kashmir. “All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC)…

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700 Km traffic jams in Paris as residents flee ahead of 2nd Covid-19 lockdown

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Dystopian images of logjams that stretched for 435 miles (700 kilometers) at one point Thursday evening — exacerbated by the upcoming long holiday weekend — were a grim sign of a return to the dark days of the spring. Parisians fleeing for the countryside jammed the roads ahead of France’s lockdown to slow the spread of resurgent coronavirus infections, and there was only a sprinkling of people hurrying along city sidewalks Friday as the nationwide restrictions went into effect. Dystopian images of logjams that stretched for 435 miles (700 kilometers)…

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Talks with India only if Kashmir ‘Siege’ is lifted: Imran Khan

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Imran Khan says he is open to dialogue if Kashmiris are given the right to self-determination as per the UN resolutions. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated that he is prepared to hold talks with neighbouring India only if it lifts its “military siege” on Indian-administered Kashmir and gives its residents the right to self-determination. Khan made the remarks during a short video address released on Tuesday to coincide with the anniversary of the day Indian security forces entered the part of Kashmir it administers in 1947, two months…

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Against “Imperial Laws” Mirwaiz Led Hurriyat calls for shutdown on 31 October

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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has called for a shutdown on 31 October, Saturday, to “register strong resentment against anti-people law”. The statement by the AHPC, led by chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, senior leaders Prof Abdul Ghani Bhat, Bilal Ghani Lone and Masroor Abbas Ansari, said: “People of J&K are not some dumb driven cattle who will yield to these imperial laws. People have proved by the strength of their unfailing will and their immense sacrifices, that they are not a dead but alive and determined nation…

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