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43.8 Degree: Jammu records season’s highest temp

June 10, 2022 Editor

While Jammu today recorded season’s highest temperature of 43.8 degree Celsius, at least five persons were injured after a lightning bolt hit a tree at Botanical Garden, Srinagar this evening as gusty winds blew across Kashmir with heavy showers recorded in Srinagar and its adjacent areas bringing respite from hot weather. Holy township of Katra Mata Vaishnodevi in Jammu region recorded a maximum temperature of 40.3 deg C, Bhaderwah tourist resort 34.2 deg C, Batote 31.8 deg C, Leh 14. 4 deg C while Kargil town 24.6 deg C temperature…

Srinagar to Panchtarni: GoI planning third chopper route for Amarnath Pilgrims

June 10, 2022 Editor

The Centre is contemplating to start a new helicopter service from Srinagar to Panchtarni, which is the last drop-off point for pilgrims visiting holy cave shrine Amarnath, in addition to the two already existing chopper routes for the pilgrimage, officials said. The move came in view of the anticipated rush of the pilgrims to the shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva located at an altitude of 3,888 metres in the upper reaches of Himalaya in Jammu and Kashmir. The pilgrimage is scheduled to begin on June 30 and will continue for…

Where is BJP leading country? Uddhav Thackeray over Prophet remark

June 9, 2022 Editor

Mumbai “Where is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leading the country?” asked chief minister Uddhav Thackeray while addressing a rally in Aurangabad on Wednesday. The Shiv Sena chief further said that the entire country was put to shame because of a BJP spokesperson. “Some BJP spokesperson insulted the Prophet. All the countries from the Middle East went together and brought our nation to its knees and made us apologise. Who brought this situation upon us? Why should the country apologise? The fault was of BJP, not India. BJP’s spokesperson cannot…

Kheer Bhawani: Majority of Kashmiri Pandits miss mela amid panic over targeted killings

June 8, 2022 Editor

Less footfall was observed at the Mata Kheer Bhawani temple in Kashmir as many Kashmiri Pandits have boycotted this year’s Kheer Bhawani festival. The festival, which was organised after a hiatus of two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, witnessed a thin attendance because of the recent killings of the Kashmiri Pandits in the city. For the unversed, the Mata Kheer Bhawani festival is one of the largest gatherings of pilgrims in Kashmir following the Amarnath pilgrimage. The Kheer Bhawani temple is situated at Tullamulla village in the Ganderbal district…

Over 76% population own a house and 24% own a car in J&K: Survey

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Editor

Over 76% own a house and 24% own a car in J&K: Survey

Over 76 percent households in Jammu and Kashmir have their own houses while around 24 percent households own a car, the National Health and Family Survey-5 (NHFS-5) has reported. Official data said that around 18.3 percent households in J&K possess bicycles, 30.3 percent households possess motorcycles or scooters and 4.1 percent households possess animal drawn carts. It said that 23.7 percent households possess a car, however, 46.1 percent households neither have bicycle, car, scooter or animal drawn cart. Furthermore, 37.6 percent households have no agriculture land while 37.8 percent have…

#BoycottIndiaProducts: Condemning controversial comments against Prophet Mohammed (SA) boycott call growing across Gulf Nations

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Editor

The remarks by Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal drew international condemnation with some Islamic countries demanding an apology. While Malaysia, Iraq and Libya joined more than a dozen Muslim nations in condemning the controversial comments against Prophet Mohammed by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and now-expelled leader Naveen Kumar Jindal, online campaigns such as #BoycottIndiaProducts and #Stopinsulting_ProphetMuhammad are trending on Twitter and Facebook in several Gulf countries, reported Bloomberg. The remarks drew international condemnation with some Islamic countries demanding an apology. The Congress has asked why the country should…

Every single Pandit who goes back, I consider it my personal failure: Omar Abdullah

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Editor

Referring to the recent spate of civilian killings in the Kashmir Valley, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that he considers the failure of the Prime Minister’s employment package for migrant Kashmiri Pandits a personal failure. He also told The Indian Express in an interview that though the current security situation might give him a short-term political handle “with which to beat the BJP”, not everything in J&K should be weighed in terms of its “political benefits and costs”. “There are some things that are far…

Security in Kashmir deteriorated since abrogation of Article 370: Congress

June 8, 2022 Editor

The attack has come amid BJP’s social media campaign counting achievements of the Modi government on the completion of 8 years. Congress on Tuesday slammed the BJP-led Central government saying that the security scenario in Kashmir has deteriorated since the abrogation of Article 370. The grand old party further claimed that Kashmiri Pandits and non-locals have become more vulnerable and unsafe in Kashmir under the BJP-led central rule. The attack has come amid BJP’s social media campaign counting achievements of the Modi government on the completion of 8 years. Meanwhile,…

OIC slams India over BJP’s derogatory remarks, calls upon UN to take measures to address ‘Practices Targeting Muslims’

June 7, 2022 Editor

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has slammed India for the comments against the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) and called upon the UN to take necessary measures to address “the practices targeting Muslims in India”. “These abuses come in the context of the escalation of hatred and abuse of Islam in India and in the context of the systematic practices against Muslims and restrictions on them, especially in light of a series of decisions banning headscarves in educational institutions in a number of Indian states and demolitions of Muslim property, in addition…