LG Manoj Sinha’s meet with Amit Shah and AK Bhalla in Delhi trigger speculations in Kashmir

LG Manoj Sinha’s meet with Amit Shah and AK Bhalla in Delhi trigger speculations in Kashmir

Heavy troop movement in J&K as CAPF companies return from poll duty The J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s conferences with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Home Secretary AK Bhalla in Delhi triggered speculations and rumors about attainable administrative and political adjustments within the Union Territory. However, a senior official within the administration knew that the conferences with Shah and others have been a routine train. The LG met Shah and Bhalla to debate the bottom scenario within the UT and different common administrative work. The LG is returning to…

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GoI comfortable with non-political setup in J&K: Sajjad Lone

GoI comfortable with non-political setup in J&K - Sajjad Lone

Lone also made a veiled attack at former J&K chief secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, stating that the latter nursed hatred towards the people of Kashmir People’s Conference chairman and former minister Sajjad Lone on Sunday said the current government is comfortable with a non-political setup in Jammu and Kashmir. Lone’s party was in alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Party combine in Jammu and Kashmir till the saffron party withdrew support from the government led by Mehbooba Mufti in 2018. He later became part of the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar…

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Spat on between Doctors & Bureaucrats for what is scientific or unscientific over COVID19 vaccination

Spat on between Doctors & Bureaucrats for what is Scientific or Unscientific over COVID19 vaccination

A row ensued as influenza expert Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan, who heads a faction of Doctors’ Association of Kashmir, stated that people allergic to any ingredient of Covid vaccine should not receive the jab. A verbal spat over what is scientific or unscientific over Covid-19 vaccination is playing out between a health expert and a prominent bureaucrat in Kashmir. The row ensued as influenza expert Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan, who heads a faction of Doctors’ Association of Kashmir (DAK), stated that people allergic to any ingredient of Covid vaccine should not receive the jab.…

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At 31.9°C Srinagar recorded the hottest day of the season so far

After witnessing considerably low temperatures in May, the mercury is gradually rising in the valley as summer capital Srinagar recorded a 31.9  degree Celsius on Sunday, which is the highest temperature of the season so far. Deputy Director Meteorological Centre, Mukhtar Ahmad told Kashmir Post that Srinagar had recorded the hottest day of the season so far on Sunday and this trend will continue for the next few days in the valley. “We are expecting dry weather to continue and there will be an increase of 2-3 degrees in temperatures…

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The man behind ‘Black Diary’ of Scams in J&K

The man behind ‘Black Diary’ of Scams in J&K

With the transfer of Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam, conjectures over his Diary of Scams gain momentum By: Naseer Ganai Despite being transferred to the Union ministry of commerce, outgoing chief secretary B.V.R. Subrahmanyam is yet to leave Jammu and Kashmir. He continues to meet officials and visit places. Besides his extended stay, what has generated a lot of curiosity in bureaucratic circles is Subrahmanyam’s ‘black diary’. “I have a black diary and its three pages are full of scams,” he had said last year, in a briefing in August. “If…

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Qazigund-Banihal tunnel likely to be operational very soon

Qazigund-Banihal tunnel likely to be operational very soon

The construction work on the double-tube four-lane tunnel between Qazigund and Banihal along the Srinagar-Jammu highway is in the final stage with the trial run of traffic expected by the end of this month, officials told Kashmir Post. Officials said that the trial of the various facilities inside the tunnel including the ventilation set up and CCTVs installed inside the tunnel had already started and the tunnel is expected to be thrown open in coming weeks. The construction work on the 8km tunnel cutting across the Pir Panjal mountain range…

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Two fresh ‘Suicide’ incidents reported from Kashmir

Two fresh ‘Suicide’ incidents reported from Kashmir

Kashmir Valley reported two more suicide cases on Sunday morning. The deceased including a lady and a minor boy. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a lady (name withheld) wife of Bashir Ahmed Dar of Sather Sangam area of South Kashmir’s Bijbehara allegedly hung herself at her residential house. The lady was brought to Sub District Hospital Bijbehara by her legal heirs, where doctors declared her dead. Police initiated proceedings under section 174 CrPCc & after autopsy dead body was handed over to legal heirs for last rites.…

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