August 21, 2021 | Kashmir POST

Ex Deputy CM of J&K, who slammed govt land transfer was himself an illegal occupant of State Land: RTI

August 21, 2021 Editor

Former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and senior BJP leader Kavinder Gupta, who described the transfer of state land under the controversial Roshni Act (now annulled) to private individuals as “land jihad” in the run-up to the District Development Council (DDC) elections last November, was himself an illegal occupant of state land from 2010 till the beginning of 2017. According to information obtained from the Bhalwal Tehsildar under an RTI application filed by Advocate Sheikh Shakeel, Kavinder Gupta along with two others — Subash Sharma and Shiv Rattan…

Ashiq Mir, Associate of Shahid Imran arrested in ‘Extortion Case’ in Baramulla, Police gets 7 days remand

August 21, 2021 Editor

Police on Saturday got seven days remand of a person, allegedly associated with a Facebook user running news and current affairs, in connection with an extortion case registered against him in Police station Baramulla. The police arrested the person, Ashiq Mir, in connection with FIR 177/2021 under IPC sections 384 (extortion) and 506 (criminal intimidation). Confirming the arrest and subsequent police remand of seven days by the court of jurisdiction, a police officer said more arrests are expected in the coming days. He said at the instance of the Ashiq…

Restore Article 370, resolve Kashmir for everlasting peace in sub-continent: Mehbooba to GoI

August 21, 2021 Editor

‘Taliban forced US forces to flee, but world watching their behavior; I urge Taliban no to commit any act that goes against Afghan people’ Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti Saturday said that if New Delhi is really interested in ensuring peace in J&K and the sub-continent, it must restore article 370 and resolve Kashmir through dialogue. Addressing a gathering at the southern district of Kulgam, Mehbooba said for everlasting peace in Kashmir, the Government of India must restore the special status which they snatched illegally on August 5,…

How can J&K leaders justify their presence in the meeting if they could not convince the leaders to talk about 370: Sajad Gani Lone

August 21, 2021August 21, 2021 Editor

With the opposition parties’ joint statement skipping mention of Article 370, Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Saturday said how can J &K leaders justify their presence in the meeting if they could not convince the leaders to talk about 370. In a series of tweets, news agency Lone asked why leaders from J&K have become part and parcel of the “don’t talk about 370” discourse. “No mention of Article 370 in opposition parties meet. In wonderment how can J and K leaders justify their presence in the meeting…