Year: 2021

Why was J&K’s statehood removed, Country’s name tarnished globally: Mamata Banerjee

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Why was J&K's statehood removed, Country's name tarnished globally: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed the Centre over PM Modi’s meeting with J-K political leaders saying the country’s name was tarnished globally when J-K statehood was revoked.“I don’t know what was the need for removing the statehood in the first place. Country’s name was tarnished globally due to that move,” Mamata Banerjee said.She further added that anyone who questions BJP is called an anti-national. PM Modi’s crucial meeting with J-K political partiesA crucial all-party meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and politicians of different parties in…

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Why all-party meeting on J&K is important and what’s could be the agenda

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Why all-party meeting on J&K is important and what's on the agenda

The Centre has invited mainstream politicians of Jammu and Kashmir for a meeting in Delhi. The meeting will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is the first outreach initiative from the Centre since the abrigation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the region into two union territories: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), a group of five parties in Jammu and Kashmir, held a meeting earlier this week to decide about the Centre’s move. The group confirmed participation in the meeting and its…

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Unease in sections of BJP-RSS over all-party Kashmir meeting

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Unease in sections of BJP-RSS over all-party Kashmir meeting

There is an unease in sections of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological fount, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), over the talks on Jammu & Kashmir being held under the shadow regional parties sticking to their demand for the restoration of the Constitution’s Article 370, people aware of the matter said. The parties, including the National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi for talks in Delhi on Thursday. This is the first such meeting after Jammu & Kashmir was stripped…

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Ahead of Modi’s meet, Alert sounded across Kashmir Valley

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The Centre sees the Delhi talks, the first since the stripping of the special status of J&K and its bifurcation into two Union Territories in 2019, as a crucial step towards the return of elected representatives and the holding of Assembly elections. Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir are on high alert as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be meeting leaders of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), a coalition of mainstream parties in J&K, in New Delhi today. The Centre sees the Delhi talks, the first since the…

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‘Gupkar Gang’ to UP’s ‘Conversion Jihadis’, Featured news found new ‘Villain’ variants

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Shailaja Bajpai From ‘Pakistan Prem’ on Aaj Tak and India TV, and ‘Jihad zeher’ on Zee Hindustan, to India Today’s ‘Modi Hate Club’ and Republic TV’s ‘Toolkit Fake News’, there was no dearth of villains on TV news this week. Speaking of villains, can Rahul Gandhi ever be far behind? He added himself to the cast with his ‘political jabs on vaccination drive’ (CNN News18) and questions about the gap between vaccine doses, which so incensed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that its spokesperson Sambit Patra took a jibe at…

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First suspected case of delta+ variant traced in Jammu

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The first case of suspected delta-plus variant of Covid has been detected in Jammu and Kashmir. The patient, a 39-year-old employee of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has been kept in isolation at home with mild symptoms. “The employee was posted at Himkoti enroute the cave shrine. He was on leave. Before resuming his duties, he was tested for Covid. His reports showed him positive for the suspected Delta Plus variant. The employee has been sent back home,” said a shrine board official. The principal and dean of the…

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J&K amends Service Rules, New recruits to provide mobile numbers used in 5 Years, Information of In-Laws

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J&K amends Service Rules, New recruits to provide mobile numbers used in 5 Years, Information of In-Laws

Providing educational details from age of 15 years, mobile numbers used in last five years, furnishing information of in-laws and details of loans have been made mandatory for any fresh appointments in Jammu and Kashmir, and they will be verified by the CID Department of Police within two months.The amendment to the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Verification of Character and Antecedents) Instructions, 1997, under which appointment orders are issued, was issued on Monday after a panel set up under the chief secretary last year recommended proper character and antecedents…

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Gupkar Alliance to attend PM’s meet on J&K

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Gupkar Alliance to attend PM's meet on J&K

The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), a five-party alliance that seeks the restoration of Article 370 and statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday decided to attend the meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Jammu and Kashmir on June 24 in New Delhi. The PAGD is led by NC president and MP Farooq Abdullah and the PDP president and former chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti, is the vice president of the alliance, while the CPI(M) leader, M.Y. Tarigami is the spokesman. The other members of the alliance are…

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CID nod, details of kin’s ‘Political Activity’ must for govt job in J&K

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From now on, no person can get a government job in Jammu and Kashmir without a satisfactory CID report on their antecedents, following an amendment by the Union Territory administration in the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Verification of Character and Antecedents) Instructions, 1997. One will be required to also disclose whether any family member or close relative is associated with any political party or organisation, or has participated in any political activity, or has had links with a foreign mission or organisation, or any prescribed/ prohibited/ banned organisation such…

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‘Fourth Wave Winter’, UK scientists warn of ‘Miserable Winter’ due to new viruses

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'Fourth Wave Winter', UK scientists warn of 'Miserable Winter' due to new viruses

British scientists have warned of a “pretty miserable winter” in the UK this year due to new respiratory viruses likely to emerge, with further lockdowns a possibility. Professor Calum Semple, member of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), said that children and elderly people will be especially vulnerable to endemic viruses at the end of the year, Xinhua news agency reported. Describing it as the “fourth wave winter”, he told Times Radio on Sunday “there’s a sting in the tail after every pandemic” because social distancing will have…

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