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Day will surely come when Articles 370, 35-A would be restored: Mehbooba Mufti

September 17, 2021 Editor

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said that the day will surely come when not only Articles 370 and 35-A will be restored but the people of Jammu and Kashmir would be given much more. Currently, on a three-day visit to the Rajouri and Poonch districts, she also termed the present BJP government “oppressor” and equated the people of the UT with the “oppressed”. Addressing party workers at Mendhar town in Poonch, Mehbooba said, “Earlier, when the situation was bad in J&K,…

India hits out at Pakistan, OIC for raising Kashmir Issue at UN Human Rights Council

September 16, 2021 Editor

Pawan Badhe, first secretary in India’s permanent mission in Geneva, said it has become a habit for Pakistan to misuse the platforms provided by the council to propagate its false and malicious propaganda against India. India on Wednesday hit out at Pakistan as well as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for raising the Kashmir issue at the UN Human Rights Commission and said the grouping has “helplessly” allowed itself to be held “hostage” by Islamabad. At the 48th session of the human rights council, India said Pakistan has been…

BJP fully prepared to fight J&K Assembly poll on its own: Ravinder Raina

September 16, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Wednesday said his party would fight the upcoming Assembly elections on its own strength to form the next government in the Union Territory. He said the BJP was fully prepared for the polls, which would be announced after the completion of the delimitation exercise, and had set a target of 50-plus Assembly seats. “The BJP will fight the upcoming Assembly elections on its own strength and there will be no alliance with anyone,” Raina told media persons after addressing a workers’ convention…

J&K witnesses 15% increase in Crime rate during 2020

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir recorded a 15% increase in cognizable crimes in 2020 compared to 2019, the latest report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) revealed. The report said that Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh registered 29,314 (including 403 cases in Ladakh) crime cases under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or under the Special and Local Laws (SLL) in the year 2020. This was a 15% increase from 2019 when 25,408 crime incidents were registered, which was 6% less than 2018 when 27,276 cases were registered. The report has maintained a…

All Kashmiri Hindus are not Kashmiri Pandits: High Court

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 Editor

The Court said this while dismissing a plea seeking appointments against the quota of jobs provided for Kashmiri non-migrant Pandits under the Prime Minister’s Package. High Court of J&K and Ladakh Tuesday ruled that all Kashmiri Hindus are not Kashmir Pandits. “It is difficult, to accept the contention of counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners, who are mostly Kshatriyas, Rajputs, Scheduled Caste non-Kashmiri Brahmins, etc., etc. should be treated as Kashmiri Pandits and admitted to the benefits of Prime Minister’s revised package for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants…

COVID Showing Steady Rise in Kashmir; Five more Srinagar areas declared containment zones

September 15, 2021 Editor

In view of the continuous surge in the daily reported cases of Covid19, the district administration on Tuesday declared five more areas in Srinagar as containment zones. The public movement in these areas has been disallowed as a preventive measure to control the virus. The areas include one Yateem Trust, one Factory, Nowpora at Khanyar, Sheikh Faisal colony at Bachpora, and Sheikh Hamza Colony Lal Bazar. “We have also sealed five shops in downtown and uptown areas of Srinagar as we found the COVID19 SoPs were not being followed inside…

Train Service to Kashmir before 2024, Promises railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 Editor

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday promised that rail link with the Kashmir Valley would be open to the public before 2024, an official spokesperson said. He said systematic surveys are being undertaken to link the remotest regions of the country through mobile and internet connectivity. The minister, who visited the Jammu railway station and a community service center (CSC) here, took stock of the facilities being provided to the public. His visit is part of the public outreach initiative of the Union government for Jammu and Kashmir. The…

NH-44 on Jaish, Lashkar target: Intelligence inputs

September 14, 2021 Editor

According to highly placed sources, several inputs suggesting a ‘major attack’ on the forces have been received since the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan on August 15. Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the two terror groups that have been working in coordination for some time, are planning to carry out a major attack in south Kashmir by “ripping the national highway to shreds” with a series of IED explosions, intelligence inputs suggest. “There are threats of IED attacks on National Highway-44 from Qazigund to Khanabal axis in south Kashmir,” said a…

Jailed Masarat Alam is the Kashmir’s new hawk

September 14, 2021 Editor

The 50-year-old new Hurriyat chief is a hardliner like the late Geelani but given that he is in jail, his appointment is merely symbolic In September 7, six days after the death of the veteran separatist leader and Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Geelani at his home in Srinagar, his protege Masarat Alam Bhat succeeded him. The 50-year-old staunch Pakistan supporter currently lodged in Tihar jail for terror funding has spent more than two decades of his life in jails. But his appointment, at a time when separatist outfits in…

Hadowun Hospital – In History and Memory

September 14, 2021 Editor

By – Dr Khan Khawar Achakzai IN Shah Mohalla, there was a big orchard that belonged to the Syed family and partly to the Kanji family of Suleiman Kanji, located on the left bank of Sonnar Koll. In addition, there were three graveyards on elevated portions. Sir Hadow (also called Heedo), an Austrian merchant and philanthropist much revered by Kashmiris, purchased 237 Kanals of land from the grandfather of Syed Ehsanul Haq in silver coins. Mr. Hadow initially established a carpet factory, Hadow Mills carpet factory, encompassing around 450 looms…