Year: 2022

100 leaders along two former Panthers Party MLAs from J&K join AAP in New Delhi

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100 leaders along two former Panthers Party MLAs from J&K join AAP in New Delhi

In a development that may upset the apple cart of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, former MLAs of Panthers Party — Balwant Singh Mankotia and Yash Paul Kundal, and over 700 sarpanches, panches, block development council (BDC) chairmen and district development council (DDC) members joined Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in New Delhi on Friday In a development that may upset the apple cart of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir, former MLAs of Panthers Party — Balwant Singh Mankotia and Yash Paul Kundal, and over 700 sarpanches, panches, block…

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Kashmir’s dry spell may wash out fruit grower’s hopes of good yield

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Kashmir's dry spell may wash out fruit grower's hopes of good yield

The dry spell in March and the first week of April has left the Valley’s fruit growers worried as it may affect yield. March, which is usually considered the wettest month of the year, saw very few spells of rain this time The dry spell in March and the first week of April has left the Valley’s fruit growers worried as it may affect yield. March, which is usually considered the wettest month of the year, saw very few spells of rain this time. The summer capital of J&K, Srinagar,…

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No curb on news media in J&K: Anurag Thakur

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No curb on news media in J&K: Anurag Thakur

The Press Council of India constituted the committee in September 2021 to study the state of media in Jammu and Kashmir Information and broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday told the Parliament that the Centre has not imposed curbs on any news media in Jammu and Kashmir. Thakur made the disclosure while responding to a question posed by Trinamool Congress MP Abir Ranjan Biswas in Rajya Sabha. The West Bengal lawmaker sought to know whether the government is aware of the recently-released Press Council of India’s fact-finding committee (FFC) report…

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Non-local labourer shot at in yet another targeted attack in Pulwama

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Non-local labourer shot at in yet another targeted attack in Pulwama

A migrant labourer from Punjab was injured after he was shot at by suspected terrorists in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday, police said. “Preliminary investigation revealed that terrorists had fired upon a labourer identified as Sonu Sharma son of Banarasi Das, a resident of Pathankot,” a police spokesperson said A migrant labourer from Punjab was injured after he was shot at by suspected terrorists in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday, police said. “Preliminary investigation revealed that terrorists had fired upon a labourer identified as Sonu Sharma son of…

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GoI assures return of assets to Kashmiri Migrants: Nityanand Rai

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GoI assures return of assets to Kashmiri Migrants: Nityanand Rai

The Modi Government is capable and making efforts to restore assets to Kashmiri migrants and so far properties of 610 applicants have been returned, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said in Rajya Sabha today. Responding to queries during the Question Hour in the Upper House, the Minister said the District Magistrate has been designated as the custodian of the migrants’ properties. The State Government has also started a portal to resolve the complaints of migrants. “The Modi Government and Home Minister are capable of returning the…

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Amid altercation with army two civilians sustain bullet injuries in Handwara

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Amid altercation with army two civilians sustain bullet injuries in Handwara

Two civilians sustained bullet injuries in leg following an altercation between locals and army while later was making video of afternoon prayers in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday. Eyewitnesses told that when the people were entering inside Masjid at Jamia Jadeed Main Chowk Handwara, army soldiers were making their video. There was firing and two civilians were injured and sustained bullet wounds in leg. A top police officer told  that soldiers of 21 RR had gone to Jamia Masjid Handwara for video making of Namaz (prayers).…

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Evolve mechanism to identify illegal immigrants from Myanmar, Bangladesh: High Court to Govt

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Evolve mechanism to identify illegal immigrants from Myanmar, Bangladesh: High Court to Govt

The Jammu & Kashmir high court has directed the home secretary of the union territory, RK Goyal, to evolve a mechanism for the identification of illegal immigrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh and to prepare a list after identifying them. The court’s directions came on a PIL filed by lawyer Hunar Gupta, who sought directions to the J&K government for appointing and issuing necessary directions to a former retired judge to hold an inquiry to identify all the illegal immigrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, who have migrated and settled in J&K.…

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‘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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