Month: August 2021

Article 370 Abrogation Anniversary: Police warns Traders against observing Shutdown

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Article 370 Abrogation Anniversary: Police warns Traders against observing Shutdown

Claiming that the shutdowns were boosting the morale of militant organisations, the Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday warned traders against observing a strike in this capital city on the second anniversary of special status revocation. According to reports, police on Wednesday held a meeting with local shopkeepers, traders, and manufacturers of the city center Lal Chowk at the Kothi Bagh police station and directed them not to observe any shutdown on the second anniversary of special status revocation and to run their businesses as usual. The meeting came at…

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Two years since abrogation of Article 370, Gupkar alliance dubs Naya Kashmir a ‘Joke’

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2 Years since abrogation of Article 370, Gupkar alliance dubs Naya Kashmir a 'Joke'

Hardening its stance vis à vis the Centre ahead of the second anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, the Gupkar alliance dubbed ‘Naya Kashmir’ as a joke. Hardening its stance vis à vis the Centre ahead of the second anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration described BJP’s ‘Naya Kashmir’ slogan as a “joke”. In a statement issued by PAGD spokesperson MY Tarigami on Wednesday, it was reiterated that the Union government had perpetrated an “unprecedented assault” on the Constitution thereby “damaging” Jammu…

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Ex J&K Cop caught with militants ‘Let Off’, While Kashmiri’s are guilty until proven innocent: Mehbooba Mufti

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Ex J&K Cop caught with militants 'Let Off', While Kashmiri's are guilty until proven innocent: Mehbooba Mufti

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday, 2 August, claimed that Former Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh was “let off the hook” despite being caught with militants, while “Kashmiris are considered guilty until proven innocent”. Mufti’s remarks on Twitter came following a photo of his dismissal order from May last year going viral on social media. She wrote, “Innocent Kashmiris arrested under anti-terror laws rot in jails for years. For them the trial becomes punishment. But GOI [Government of India] does not want an…

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J&K Govt lifts ban on Muharram procession after 3 decades, Shia Muslims split over the decision

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J&K Govt lifts ban on Muharram procession after 3 decades, Shia Muslims split over the decision

Divisions have appeared in the Shia community in Kashmir over the administration’s purported decision to allow symbolic Muharram procession in the Lal Chowk area in Srinagar after a gap of three decades. All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association has claimed the administration has decided to allow the procession after 30 years and has welcomed the move, but prominent Shia leader and former minister Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi said the decision raises more questions than it answers. President, All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association, Imran Reza Ansari said they welcome the…

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GoI to deny Passport, Jobs to J&K Residents with ‘Adverse Police Report’

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The CID wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police has ordered the denial of security clearance required for passport and other government services to all those involved in stone-pelting or subversive activities. In an order issued on Saturday, the senior superintendent of police (SSP), CID, Special Branch (SB), Kashmir, has directed all the field units under it to ensure that the person’s involvement in law and order, stone-pelting cases, and other crime prejudicial to the security of the state be specifically looked into during verification related to passport, service and any…

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