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Manohar Lal Khattar’s remarks on namaz in public places clearly targeted one religion: Omar Abdullah

December 13, 2021 Editor

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday lambasted Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s remarks that offering namaz in public places cannot be tolerated Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday lambasted Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s remarks that offering namaz in public places cannot be tolerated. Abdullah claimed that the target was a single religion. “The statement of Haryana chief minister and his decision is absolutely wrong. In our country, it is allowed to follow one’s religion publicly. I would have accepted…

J&K logs 182 Covid Cases, 1 Death; Srinagar reports highest infections

December 12, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir reported 182 fresh Covid cases and death on Saturday; Srinagar district has the highest number of active cases Jammu and Kashmir reported 182 fresh Covid-19 infections and death on Saturday, an official health bulletin said. Of the total cases, 149 cases and a fatality were reported in Kashmir valley and while the Jammu division saw 33 infections. Kashmir reported the highest 66 cases in the summer capital Srinagar followed by 26 cases in Kupwara and 20 in Baramulla district. As many as 15 districts saw single-digit or…

Kashmir braces for fresh spell of snowfall; Srinagar records coldest night of season

December 12, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar recorded the coldest night of the season as the mercury dipped to minus 3.6°C amid the weather office’s prediction of a coming western disturbance from the night of December 14 which may bring snow and rains. Nights continued to record sub-zero temperatures in Kashmir for the seventh day on Saturday with the mercury plunging to – 6.4 °C in the mountain resort of Pahalgam in south Kashmir. The days remain warm as the sun continues to come out bright and break the effect of…

Farooq Abdullah; ‘There is no way out’ strongly advocates for Indo-Pak dialogue

December 12, 2021 Editor

The former chief minister and Lok Sabha member Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Saturday strongly advocated Indo-Pak dialogue and said that “there was no way out”; he was addressing a convention in Jammu Amid a spike in killings in Kashmir, former chief minister and Lok Sabha member Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Saturday strongly advocated Indo-Pak dialogue and said that “there was no way out”. He also questioned the alleged duplicity of the BJP government, which, he said, “can talk to China, who is usurping Indian territory but not to Pakistan.” Responding…

Claims of normalcy contrary to ground situation, Article 370 taken away from J&K forcibly ‘Will Bring It Back’: Omar Abdullah

December 12, 2021December 12, 2021 Editor

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday vowed to bring back Article 370 which he claimed was forcibly taken away from the valley region. Addressing a crowd, the National Conference leader said he along with others will fight to gain the trust of the people, and then together knock the door of justice for the lost identity of Jammu and Kashmir. “Where are those facilities that the Indian government promised after the abrogation of article 370?” Omar Abdullah asked, underlining that the youth of Jammu and Kashmir were not receiving employment opportunities, and…

In brazen violation of govt directions; Private schools fleece parents in name of ‘Annual Fee’

December 11, 2021 Editor

Parents say they wonder what for they have to pay annual fee when kids are home since past two years; charging annual fee illegal, will act against such schools, says Fee Committee Despite repeated directions not to charge the annual fee, scores of private schools in the Kashmir division continue to fleece parents by charging the hefty amount. The KIF received several calls from those parents studying who complained of the issue. They said that the private school managements are taking the Government Fee Fixation Committee (GFFC) on a ride…

Govt identifies 19 ‘Transit Accommodations’ across Kashmir for pandits

December 11, 2021 Editor

In order to rehabilitate the Kashmir pandits who have or will return to Kashmir for job opportunities, the government has identified 19 locations in the valley to build 6000 flats for their transit accommodation. The project is a part of the Prime Minister’s Development Package [PMDP] in which the Government of India [GoI] was supposed to provide 6000 state government jobs and the construction of 6000 transit accommodations to the displaced Kashmiri Pandits. The total cost of the package has been estimated at Rs 920 crore. Talking to NW, Nazim…

Gulmarg shivers at -6°C and at -3.6° C Srinagar records coldest night of season so far

December 11, 2021December 11, 2021 Editor

The MeT has forecast mainly dry weather during the next one week and the minimum temperatures are likely to drop further during this period. The cold wave conditions continue in Kashmir as Srinagar last night observed the season’s coldest night. The weather office has predicted snow and rains in the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh from the next week. As Kashmir is witnessing sunny and foggy days, nights continued to record sub-zero temperatures in Kashmir for the fifth day on Thursday with the mercury plunging to –…

International bodies should help resolve Kashmir Issue: Hurriyat(M)

December 11, 2021 Editor

The Hurriyat Conference, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Friday appealed to the international human rights organizations to play their part in “ensuring” that the “Kashmir conflict is resolved” and the fundamental human rights of the people of J&K are “respected and reinstated”. In a statement issued on International Human Rights Day, Hurriyat said that for the last three decades, the “abysmal” human rights situation in J&K due to the “lingering conflict” had shown no sign of improvement. “Instead, it has grown worse. Since August 5, 2019 (when the Centre…

South Asia hostage to ‘Kashmir Issue’, India mistook peace overtures for weakness: Imran Khan

December 10, 2021December 10, 2021 Editor

Ties between India and Pakistan are currently at an all-time low following a string of high-profile terror attacks in recent years that were all blamed on Pakistan-based terror groups. India has said that terrorism and talks cannot go together. The whole of South Asia is hostage to the issue of Kashmir and Islamabad’s overtures for peace were mistaken by New Delhi as a sign of weakness, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday. Delivering the inaugural address at a conclave organised by the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, Khan…