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Struggle for statehood of J&K will continue: Ghulam Nabi Azad

November 28, 2021 Editor

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday said the Valley has gone 200 to 300 years back as people can’t speak their minds for fear of arrest. Azad, along with senior Congress leaders, addressed a gathering in south Kashmir where he criticised the revocation of Article 370 by the BJP government in 2019 and said the struggle for statehood will continue. “People can’t speak. If they speak, they’ll face jail. They can’t walk freely because somebody will get them killed. Many innocent…

J&K reported 149 fresh Covid-19 infections and three deaths in the last 24 hours, officials asked to increase testing

November 28, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir reported 149 fresh Covid-19 infections and three deaths in the last 24 hours, health officials said on Saturday. Of the total cases, 119 were reported from Kashmir valley and while the Jammu division saw 30 infections. All three fatalities were reported in the Kashmir division. Summer capital Srinagar had the highest number of cases at 42, followed by 23 cases in Baramulla and 19 in Budgam. As many as 16 districts saw single-digit or zero cases. Srinagar also has the highest number of active cases at 596 followed by…

J&K traders struggling with growing losses, highlighted the issue before the finance department

November 27, 2021November 27, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir’s trading community on Friday flagged the issue of growing losses before the Finance Department of the Union Territory, weeks after Union Home Minister Amit Shah took a tough position on fresh hand-holding in terms of packages to the local industry. An official spokesman said representatives of 12 delegations from Jammu and 12 delegations from Kashmir held a pre-Budget discussion with Finance Commissioner Atal Dulloo in Jammu and highlighted the shrinking businesses in the Union Territory, especially after reading down of Article 370 in 2019. The spokesman said…

J&K hosts 12.58% poor population: NITI Aayog

November 26, 2021 Editor

The first-ever Multidimensional Poor Index (MPI) report of India has revealed that 12.58 percent population in Jammu and Kashmir is poor. As per the report prepared by the government of India’s think-tank body – NITI Aayog, 12.58 percent population in the erstwhile state of J&K which included the newly created UT of Ladakh is poor. The multidimensional poor index has taken into consideration various factors which include the percentage of population deprived of nutrition, maternal health, and school education. The report states that 25.9 percent of the population is deprived…

Rambagh Killing: Amid Shutdown, Mobile internet suspended in old city

November 26, 2021 Editor

Most of the shops in the old areas of Srinagar were shut on Thursday while mobile internet remained suspended in many parts of the city a day after the killing of three militants, including the self-styled commander of The Resistance Front (TRF), in an encounter, officials said. The officials said mobile internet was suspended in several areas of the city as a precautionary measure. Police on Wednesday said security forces killed three militants in a brief encounter in the Rambagh area of the city. The slain included the self-styled commander…

Ghosts of graveyard: Where does Kashmir’s dead go?

November 26, 2021 Editor

Fahad Shah Kashmir is plunging into an uneasy silence, the blood is flowing on the streets, but the dead are missing. The graves dug near homes by fathers still lie empty, covered in dirt. “My son is 3-year-old; am I raising him to be killed in a gunfight?” asks a distraught mother. A sister sits by the window in Sopore, waiting for her brother who never returned home. Not even in death. Amid cries, a testament of mourning is missing. Where does Kashmir’s dead go? Among other areas, we found…

Legitimate doubts looming over authenticity of Rambagh Shootout: Mehbooba Mufti

November 25, 2021 Editor

The allegations by the PDP chief come on the heels of the killing of two civilians Mohammad Altaf Bhat and Dr. Mudassir Gul in an alleged encounter in the Hyderpora area of Srinagar earlier this month. President PDP and former J&K Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday alleged that “legitimate doubts are looming” over the “authenticity” of the “alleged encounter” in the Rambagh area of Srinagar where police claimed to have gunned down three militants of The Resistance Front (TRF) last evening. “After yesterday’s alleged encounter at Rambagh, legitimate doubts…

Cantonment Board serves property tax notices to residents residing within its jurisdiction: Allege locals

November 25, 2021 Editor

The resident living within the jurisdiction of Badami Bagh Cantonment Board has been served fresh property tax bills from the board, asking them to pay tax, while some of them have received property attachment notices, asking them to clear the tax amount or face attachment proceedings, locals alleged here. The residents alleged that some days ago, the Board had also published a notice, asking residents falling within the domain of Board, to clear tax payments by depositing them to Board account or through online mode. “It is for the information…

With soaring vegetable prices platter are getting expensive with every passing day

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 Editor

Consumers suffer as ‘clueless’ FCSCA fails to regulate prices The prices of vegetables and fruits are at an all-time high in Kashmir owing to the non-regulation of the prices by the Department of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCSCA). The sluggishness on the part of the competent authorities to regulate the rates of eatables and essentials is giving a tough time to the consumers. The market prices of eatables have witnessed exorbitant hikes in absence of any enforcement by the FCSCA in markets to regulate the rates of essential…

Three boys were ‘taken out of car, shot dead on street’: Rambagh Incident Eyewitness

November 25, 2021 Editor

Minutes after police said that “three militants were killed in a shootout” in Srinagar, eyewitnesses have claimed that “three boys were taken out from a car and shot dead on the street”. In a viral video, eyewitnesses claim that the three were “unarmed and were shot dead by the armed forces in front of us”. Witnesses have also alleged that the trio was dragged down from a vehicle and shot dead. Soon after the incident took place, locals gathered near the spot and claimed the killed men were “innocent”. The…