Day: September 11, 2021

UN Experts express concern over Ashraf Sehrai’s death, Rights body on Geelani’s Funeral

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UN Experts express concern over Ashraf Sehrai's death, Rights body on Geelani's Funeral

The statements issued by the UN and the International Federation for Human Rights join a host of condemnations of alleged violations against dissenters in India. Four UN special rapporteurs have expressed serious concerns over the arrest, alleged torture, and death in custody of Hurriyat leader Ashraf Sehrai. Sehrai died in May this year, battling multiple illnesses at the Government Medical College in Jammu while serving detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA), 1978. The special mandate holders have also demanded a separate, impartial inquiry into the matter. Separately, the International…

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Tourism promotional campaign concludes in Kolkatta

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Tourism promotional campaign concludes in Kolkatta

Chariot ride, interactions part of the concluding program. Tourism Department concluded its successful promotional campaign in Kolkatta by organizing a unique, colorful Chariot ride at the famous Victoria Palace. The innovative method of promotion mesmerised the locals and invoked a huge response from the local media, travel trade fraternity especially TAAB, TAAI, and other travel bodies of Kolkatta. The chariots were decorated with banners of J&K Tourism and officers/stakeholders of the Tourism Department wearing tourism promotional outfits sitting inside the chariots. Before the Chariot ride, the team of officers led…

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