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Pakistan faces ‘Uphill Task’ to get Kashmir into ‘Centre’ of Agenda at UN: Bilawal Bhutto

March 11, 2023March 11, 2023 Editor

Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has admitted that Islamabad faces an “uphill task” to get the Kashmir issue into the “centre” of the agenda of the United Nations. Mr Zardari also fumbled as he went on to refer to India, describing it first as “our friend” before using the term “neighbouring” country. “You’re also right to note that we face a particularly uphill task to try and get Kashmir into the centre of the agenda at the United Nations,” Mr Zardari said at a press conference here on Friday,…

Royal Springs Golf Course, Chashma Shahi Huts, Pahalgam club on list of assets J&K tourism dept plans to outsource

March 11, 2023 Editor

Top assets of Jammu and Kashmir tourism department, which are considered Valley’s cultural markers, are ready to be outsourced with the authorities completing almost all formalities. Among them are Pahalgam club, Chashma Shahi huts and prestigious Royal Springs Golf Course located in Srinagar. These assets are currently under the control of J&K tourism department and Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Development Corporation (JKTDC). Officials privy to the details of process said all formalities for outsourcing or running these assets on public-private partnership (PPP) mode have been finalised. “I don’t know the reason why…

Badamwari opens for Visitors, Tulip Garden to be opend for public from March 19

March 10, 2023 Editor

Almond bloom to be witnessed in Next 7-8 Days : Dir Floriculture Tulip Garden to be thrown open for public on March 19 Kashmir’s historic Badamwari was on Thursday thrown open for the general public while the authorities said that the almond bloom to be witnessed in the next 7-8 days at the garden. The visitors, especially the tourists from different parts of the country, were seen clicking pictures at the famous and historic Badamwari garden here today. Javed-ul-Islam, a tourist from Delhi, said that the garden is a wonderful…

The rest of India may end up looking like Kashmir: Anuradha Bhasin

March 10, 2023 Editor

“To me, the raid was punishment for daring to question the policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India,’ she said Anuradha Bhasin, the executive editor of The Kashmir Times, fears censorship across India as she wrote in The New York Times that “the rest of India may end up looking a lot like Kashmir.” In the article she stated, “On the evening of Oct. 19, 2020, when reporters and photographers for The Kashmir Times rushed to meet deadlines, government officials and the police swept into the newspaper’s offices in…

Bhand Pather: Kashmiri artist on mission to revitalize traditional folk theatre

March 9, 2023 Editor

While the “Bhand Pather” a traditional folk theatre of Kashmir is dying with each passing day in the valley, a young Kashmiri artist, Rayees Wathoori who hails from central Kashmir’s Budgam district has started a mission to breathe it again. Notably, Bhand Pather is an age-old traditional folk theatre of Kashmir. It is usually held in open spaces. It belongs to the oral tradition in which the scripts are handed down from one generation to the other following Guru Shishya Parampara. The vocabulary used in Bhand Pather has connections to…

Property Tax: Jammu chamber calls for shutdown on Mar 11

March 9, 2023 Editor

Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industries has given shutdown call on March 11 against imposition of property tax in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a press conference president CCI Arun Gupta said that after series of meetings with members of civil society and other organizations, they have decided to observe complete shutdown on Saturday. He said that Chamber of Commerce and Industry will oppose any move that will put burden on the people. (KNO)

GoI is arming villagers in one of earth’s most militarized places

March 9, 2023 Editor

India is arming villagers in one of earth’s most militarized places

As night fell in the tiny Himalayan village of Dhangri, a dozen armed men emerged from their homes one after another, their rifles slung over their shoulders, as if they were bound for war. With stealthy movements, they scanned the moonlit surroundings for signs of danger, their figures silhouetted against the horizon. During the day, the men are drivers, shopkeepers and farmers. At night, they are members of a once-dormant local militia that the Indian government is reviving in the Jammu and Kashmir region in response to deadly militant attacks…

Is another India – Pakistan War on cards? High possibility of military retaliation in Kashmir under Modi’s leadership: US Intel

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Editor

A US intelligence report has raised concerns about the possibility of India retaliating against Pakistan in the event of a terror attack on India or an orchestrated “violent unrest in Kashmir” by extremist groups based in Pakistan. The annual threat assessment report by the US Director of National Intelligence predicts the possibility of a conflict between India and Pakistan with particular concern due to the risk of an “escalatory cycle between two nuclear-armed states”. Given Pakistan’s history of supporting extremist groups, the report acknowledges a higher probability of India responding…

Aptech Row: Protesting job aspirants Lathicharged, Detained during Jammu road blockade

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Editor

Unemployed youth lathi-charged for raising voice against present regime: Mebooba Mufti Omar Abdullah seeks cancellation of purported contract to APTECH Ltd, Condemns ‘use of force & lathicharge’ against protestors Scores of protesting job aspirants were detained as the police resorted to lathi-charge during attempts to block roads in Jammu on Wednesday. Hundreds of young job aspirants were protesting against a backlisted agency engaged by the Jammu and Kashmir administration to conduct recruitment exams for government jobs. The agency has been blacklisted by several states in the country and even the court…

US Intel community fears increased India-Pak, India-China tension: Report

March 9, 2023 Editor

The American intelligence community on Wednesday told lawmakers that it apprehends increased tension between India and Pakistan and India and China with the possibility of a conflict between them. It also noted that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is more likely than in the past to respond with military force to Pakistani provocations. This assessment forms part of the annual threat assessment of the US intelligence community that was submitted to the US Congress by the Office of Director of National Intelligence during a Congressional hearing.…