Day: April 6, 2022

‘More Beautiful Than Europe’: Indians Flock to Kashmir’s Lakes, Boats

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'More Beautiful Than Europe': Indians Flock to Kashmir's Lakes, Boats

India’s Kashmir region is attracting record tourists after the easing of pandemic restrictions and some improvement in the security situation, bolstering local businesses. Tourist arrivals are set to touch a ten-year high this year after more than 340,000 tourists have come since January, local tour operators and government officials said, despite restrictions on foreign tourists and some recent incidents of violence. Tourism plunged in Kashmir after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration stripped the region of its special status and autonomy in 2019, and later as the COVID-19 pandemic cut domestic…

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Govt to lift AFSPA from Jammu?

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Govt to lift AFSPA from Jammu?

Speculation is rife over the possibility of lifting AFSPA from some parts of Jammu and Kashmir after the controversial law was partially removed from Nagaland, Assam, and Arunachal. Under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA), a geographical location is declared as a disturbed area to facilitate operations of the armed forces. “A highly sensitive decision like AFSPA withdrawal from some parts of J&K can be taken only at the highest political level,” a senior government official said when asked about the matter. There has been speculation that to…

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Mehbooba Mufti pursuing Pakistan agenda, claims Surinder Choudhary her loyalist after joining BJP

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Choudhary, while addressing the gathering, recalled how J&K BJP chief Ravinder Raina had approached him in 2014 to contest elections on a BJP ticket Former PDP member of the legislative council from Nowshera and once a close confidante of former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, Surinder Choudhary, joined the BJP in the presence of party’s national general secretary and J&K in-charge Tarun Chugh. “It is the PDP, which deceived me and not vice versa,” he said while accusing Mehbooba Mufti of ruining the party and pursuing the Pakistani agenda. Jammu…

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At 27.6°C Srinagar saw warmest March in 131 years: Experts

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At 27.6°C Srinagar saw warmest March in 131 years: Experts

Srinagar recorded the warmest temperatures in the month of March in 131 years, weather analysts said, while referring to the data being maintained since 1891 Srinagar recorded the warmest temperatures in the month of March in 131 years, weather analysts said, while referring to the data being maintained since 1891. “We recorded a maximum temperature of 27.6°C in March 2022, the highest since the data was started to be recorded in 1891. In March 1971, we had seen a highest of 27.3°C,” said Mohammad Hussain Mir, a meteorologist at the…

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Post terror attacks migrant workers from Bihar start returning from Kashmir

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Post terror attacks migrant workers from Bihar start returning from Kashmir

A large number of migrant workers from Bihar left for their homes on Tuesday from Kashmir’s Pulwama district and some others are preparing to leave following the terrorist attack on Monday in which two labourers suffered gunshot injuries. A large number of migrant workers from Bihar left for their homes on Tuesday from Kashmir’s Pulwama district and some others are preparing to leave following the terrorist attack on Monday in which two labourers suffered gunshot injuries. Speaking over the phone from Awantipora railway station in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, Pappu…

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