On Sunday, the maximum temperatures in the summer capital, Srinagar, and winter capital, Jammu, were 35°C and 36°C, respectively – the highest so far; Kashmir’s Anantnag and Kulgam districts and Kathua in Jammu received heavy rainfall A day after witnessing the hottest day of the year so far, monsoon showers lashed parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. With the mercury hovering over 30°C for the last few days, the downpour brought much-needed respite from the heat. On Sunday, the maximum temperatures in the summer capital, Srinagar, and the winter…
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Kashmir has been pushed to Economic & Democratic disconnect with the rest of India: National Conference
The National Conference (NC) on Monday claimed that Kashmir has been pushed to an economic and democratic disconnect with the rest of the country and that the ‘discomfiture’ has equally been felt by the Kashmiri Pandit community. NC general secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar made these comments while welcoming Ashok Kumar Bharti, the vice-chairman of the Shopian Municipal Committee, into the party fold. Bharti, who was affiliated with the BJP, joined the NC along with scores of his supporters. Among others who joined the NC are Shushma Bali, Chander Kumar Bali,…
Read MoreWill wait for ‘Liberal’ Govt to restore special status: Sajad Gani Lone
People’s Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone said he does not expect the BJP-led government in the Centre to restore Jammu and Kashmir’s special status.“I wouldn’t expect them to give it back. But that doesn’t stop us from going to the courts, which we have, or waiting for a liberal government at a future date to give it back,” the People’s Conference tweeted Mr. Lone’s remarks on its official handle today. The Centre on August 5, 2019, had abrogated Article 370, which gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu…
Read MoreGoI denies involvement in Israeli spyware Pegasus to snoop on Imran Khan, Rahul Gandhi & Kashmiri leaders
Apart from the journalists, activists, and lawyers, the hacking software Pegasus sold by the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, was also used to access the information of Congress leader Rahul Kashmiri leaders, Pakistani diplomats, Sikh activists, businesspeople known to be the subject of police investigations and two numbers registered to or once known to have been used by the Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan. As per a report by The Guardian, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most prominent political rival, the opposition figure Rahul Gandhi, was twice selected as…
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