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‘Gupkar Gang’ to UP’s ‘Conversion Jihadis’, Featured news found new ‘Villain’ variants

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 Editor

Shailaja Bajpai From ‘Pakistan Prem’ on Aaj Tak and India TV, and ‘Jihad zeher’ on Zee Hindustan, to India Today’s ‘Modi Hate Club’ and Republic TV’s ‘Toolkit Fake News’, there was no dearth of villains on TV news this week. Speaking of villains, can Rahul Gandhi ever be far behind? He added himself to the cast with his ‘political jabs on vaccination drive’ (CNN News18) and questions about the gap between vaccine doses, which so incensed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that its spokesperson Sambit Patra took a jibe at…

First suspected case of delta+ variant traced in Jammu

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 Editor

The first case of suspected delta-plus variant of Covid has been detected in Jammu and Kashmir. The patient, a 39-year-old employee of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has been kept in isolation at home with mild symptoms. “The employee was posted at Himkoti enroute the cave shrine. He was on leave. Before resuming his duties, he was tested for Covid. His reports showed him positive for the suspected Delta Plus variant. The employee has been sent back home,” said a shrine board official. The principal and dean of the…

J&K amends Service Rules, New recruits to provide mobile numbers used in 5 Years, Information of In-Laws

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 Editor

Providing educational details from age of 15 years, mobile numbers used in last five years, furnishing information of in-laws and details of loans have been made mandatory for any fresh appointments in Jammu and Kashmir, and they will be verified by the CID Department of Police within two months.The amendment to the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Verification of Character and Antecedents) Instructions, 1997, under which appointment orders are issued, was issued on Monday after a panel set up under the chief secretary last year recommended proper character and antecedents…

Gupkar Alliance to attend PM’s meet on J&K

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Editor

The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), a five-party alliance that seeks the restoration of Article 370 and statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday decided to attend the meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Jammu and Kashmir on June 24 in New Delhi. The PAGD is led by NC president and MP Farooq Abdullah and the PDP president and former chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti, is the vice president of the alliance, while the CPI(M) leader, M.Y. Tarigami is the spokesman. The other members of the alliance are…

CID nod, details of kin’s ‘Political Activity’ must for govt job in J&K

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Editor

From now on, no person can get a government job in Jammu and Kashmir without a satisfactory CID report on their antecedents, following an amendment by the Union Territory administration in the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Verification of Character and Antecedents) Instructions, 1997. One will be required to also disclose whether any family member or close relative is associated with any political party or organisation, or has participated in any political activity, or has had links with a foreign mission or organisation, or any prescribed/ prohibited/ banned organisation such…

‘Fourth Wave Winter’, UK scientists warn of ‘Miserable Winter’ due to new viruses

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Editor

British scientists have warned of a “pretty miserable winter” in the UK this year due to new respiratory viruses likely to emerge, with further lockdowns a possibility. Professor Calum Semple, member of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), said that children and elderly people will be especially vulnerable to endemic viruses at the end of the year, Xinhua news agency reported. Describing it as the “fourth wave winter”, he told Times Radio on Sunday “there’s a sting in the tail after every pandemic” because social distancing will have…

Imran Khan again seeks US intervention on Kashmir Issue

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Editor

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has again sought the intervention of the US to settle the Kashmir issue with India, a move that is unlikely to go down well with New Delhi, which has consistently spurned mediation by any third party. Khan made the call for the US administration to help resolve the dragging Kashmir issue during an interview with the news programme Axios on HBO. In the past, Khan found a ready taker for his calls for US intervention on Kashmir in former president Donald Trump, but such efforts…

Gupkar Alliance to send two members for Modi meet, Mehbooba advocates Collective Fight

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Editor

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti has stressed a collective fight for the restoration of statehood and Article 370. Mufti chaired a meeting of the party Sunday afternoon in Srinagar, hours after receiving a formal invitation from Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla for an All-Party meeting on June 24 which will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ‘We have stressed for a collective fight and hence People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) will send two representatives for the meeting in New Delhi’, said a senior leader who attended…

Pakistan will oppose any move by India to ‘Divide Kashmir’ and change its demography: Shah Mahmood Qureshi

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Editor

Pakistan said on Saturday that it would oppose any move by India to divide Kashmir and change its demography. Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement that Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has stated that India must refrain from taking any further illegal steps in Kashmir after its actions of 5 August, 2019. The Pakistani statement came on a day when the Centre invited 14 political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir to participate in a high-level meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on June…

‘Refrain from any further illegal steps’: Modi’s Kashmir meet on Pakistan’s radar

June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 Editor

The statement came as the Centre invited 14 political leaders from J&K to participate in a meeting to be chaired by PM Modi on June 24, which is expected to set the road map for holding assembly elections. Pakistan said on Saturday that it would oppose any move by India to divide Kashmir and change its demography. Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement that Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has stated that India must refrain from taking any further illegal steps in Kashmir after its actions of August 5,…