Day: May 16, 2023

USBRL Project On Track: Expected completion in February next year, says GM Northern Railways

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USBRL Project On Track: Expected completion in February next year, says GM Northern Railways

Much-awaited strategically crucial Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link (USBRL) project, aimed at connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country by train, will be completed in February 2024. Its only work to be finished pertained to tunnelling work of 200 m in two tunnels. As a reiteration of the announcement of the Union Railway Minister, the latest confirmation vis-à-vis the scheduled completion of prestigious project, which earlier witnessed many hiccups and skipped many deadlines due to weather and geological challenges, has come from the General Manager (GM) Northern Railways Shobhan Chaudhuri. “Most…

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UN Expresses Concern: G20 Accidentally Supporting Facade of Normalcy in Kashmir

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UN Expresses Concern: G20 Accidentally Supporting Facade of Normalcy in Kashmir

Ahead of India’s G20 meeting of the working group on tourism on May 22-24, the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues Fernand de Varennes, has warned that the government of India is seeking to normalize “what some have described as a military occupation” by instrumentalizing a G20 meeting and portray it as an international “seal of approval”. “Human rights violations have risen dramatically in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir since 2019 when the Government of India revoked the special status of the region”, Varennes warned in a statement. The G20 is…

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Breakthrough Arrest: Two Hizbul Militants apprehended 33 Years after the assassination of Mirwaiz Farooq in Kashmir

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Breakthrough Arrest: Two Hizbul Militants apprehended 33 Years after the assassination of Mirwaiz Farooq in Kashmir

Thirty three years after the killing of top Kashmiri separatist, Mirwaiz Moulvi Mohammad Farooq, police on Tuesday arrested two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in the case. In a rare press conference, Jammu And Kashmir’s intelligence chief said the terrorists on the run were arrested by the State Intelligence Agency and handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). “Long arm of the law finally catches up with two absconding accused. They are being handed over to CBI,” said Rashmi Ranjan Swain, Special Director General of police, CID J&K. Mr Swain…

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Fear of delay in J&K Polls arises among leaders after BJP’s defeat in Karnataka

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Fear of delay in J&K Polls arises among leaders after BJP's defeat in Karnataka

After the defeat of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in Karnataka elections, many Jammu &Kashmir politicians fear that elections in UT could get further delayed due to these results. After the BJP didn’t perform well in Karnataka elections and the party’s tally reduced to 66, and Congress managed to win 135 seats, many J&K politicians anticipate that the BJP will try to avoid elections in the UT. The J&K is without legislative assembly from 2018 after the BJP withdrew its support from coalition government headed by Mehbooba Mufti. After abrogation of…

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Starting June, Smart Power Meter consumers to transition to Prepaid Mode for Tariff Payments

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Starting June, Smart Power Meter consumers to transition to Prepaid Mode for Tariff Payments

Around 57,000 smart electricity meter users in Kashmir will have to pay electric bills in prepaid mode, starting in June, replacing the present practice of paying tariffs at the end of the month. The power tariff amount would need to be recharged in advance before the beginning of the month, much like a prepaid recharge for cellular services, according to officials with Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited. As a result, all smart power meters would become prepaid starting in June. Chief Engineer of KPDCL Javid Yusuf Dar told KIF that the…

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FIR registered against two for assaulting Kashmiri Students in Jammu

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FIR registered against two for assaulting Kashmiri Students in Jammu

A First Information Report was lodged against two persons for attacking Kashmiri students at the government medical college in Jammu on Monday. The attackers were outsiders and one of the victim students was seriously injured and shifted to hospital subsequently. “An FIR has been lodged against the culprits involved in the GMC Jammu incident, where Kashmiri students were intimidated. The authorities have stated that strict action will be taken against those who are found guilty of such behavior. The police have launched a manhunt to apprehend the attackers, and the…

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