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High Court’s Position on Freedom of Speech Challenged by Kashmir Police Chief’s Warning on Writings

November 22, 2023 Editor

Director-general of police Rashmi Ranjan Swain on Saturday vowed a tougher anti-militancy campaign, promising action against writers “hiding behind freedom of speech and expression” but whose “writings” are believed to have incited youth to pick up arms The new police chief of Jammu and Kashmir seems to be in dissonance with the high court over the limits of freedom of speech and expression here and which “writings” can constitute a “terrorist act”. Director-general of police Rashmi Ranjan Swain on Saturday vowed a tougher anti-militancy campaign, promising action against writers “hiding…

Kashmir’s Industrial Sector Faces Severe Setback Due to Power Crisis, Production Declines by 75%

November 22, 2023 Editor

From hospitality to cottage industries, power shortage has deeply affected service sector: KCCI; over 500 sawmill units affected, says FCIK The escalation of the power crisis continues hitting the industrial sector of the valley, leading to a staggering 75% decline in production, claimed industrialists. The valley for more than a month has been witnessing power crisis, which has affected both domestic as well as commercial consumers. Shahid Kamili, president Federation Chamber of Industries Kashmir told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the current power scenario has escalated the loss of…

India Criticizes Pakistan’s Kashmir Reference at UN, Labels It ‘Unwarranted and Inappropriate’

November 22, 2023 Editor

During the debate, Pakistan’s UN envoy Munir Akram made a reference to Kashmir in his remarks, prompting strong reaction from the Indian side. India on Tuesday rejected Pakistan’s reference to Kashmir during a United Nations Security Council meeting. The debate on ‘Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Promoting Sustaining Peace through Common Development’, was ongoing under China’s presidency. During the debate, Pakistan’s UN envoy Munir Akram made a reference to Kashmir in his remarks, prompting strong reaction from the Indian side, PTI reported. “I will take not more than a…

NCERT Panel Proposes Integrating Ramayana and Mahabharata into School Curriculum

November 21, 2023 Editor

The seven-member committee, which was constituted last year, has made several recommendations for its final position paper on social sciences A high-level committee constituted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to revise the school curriculum for social sciences, has recommended to include epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata in textbooks, and to write the Preamble of the Constitution on classroom walls, said committee’s chairperson CI Issac on Tuesday. The seven-member committee, which was constituted last year, has made several recommendations for its final position paper on social…

Authorities Seize Over 500 Properties across Jammu and Kashmir as Part of Ongoing Anti-Terrorism Drive

November 21, 2023 Editor

With over 500 properties seized by various government agencies in India’s Jammu and Kashmir, the security forces continue an all-out war against terror organisations, terror networks and terror financing. The government of India says that if the terror ecosystem is crushed, the terrorism in the Valley would end. According to the Jammu and Kashmir government, over 500 properties belonging to terrorists, terror sympathisers and OGWs have been seized by various agencies like the National Investigative Agency (NIA), State Investigative Agency (SIA), State Investigation Unit (SIU), Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Crime…

Amit Shah Promises to Eliminate Muslim Reservation in Telangana, Redistribute to SCs, OBCs, STs

November 21, 2023 Editor

Ahead of the Telangana polls that are scheduled to take place on November 30, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be doing away with the four per cent reservation of the Muslim community and will distribute it among the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes. “We will do away with the four per cent reservation for Muslims and we will give those to SCs. OBCs, and STs,” Amit Shah said while campaigning at Telangana’s Jagtial on Monday. Shah also announced…

Erratic Power Supply and Ration Shortages Pushing People’s Tolerance to the Limit, Warns Omar Abdullah

November 21, 2023 Editor

National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah Monday said that biting power outages and ration shortages were testing the patience of the people. A statement of NC issued here said that addressing a workers convention at Malwan, in DamhalHanjipora in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, Abdullah said the BharatiyaJanata Party’s developmental claims in Jammu and Kashmir were a bundle of lies. Accusing the party of betraying people in the name of bringing change and providing employment and development, the former chief minister said that the BJP had consistently betrayed the people,…

Panchayat Body Raises Concerns over Proposed Empowerment of District Development Councils

November 21, 2023 Editor

AJKPC president Anil Sharma condemned the proposal of the administration and termed it not only against the J&K Panchayati Raj Act but also against the basic principle of decentralisation of power, the basic ingredient of a vibrant democracy The All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC), an umbrella organisation of Panchayati Raj Institutions, on Monday strongly objected to a proposal of the administration that planning of the panchayats and block development councils (BDCs) for the next financial year will shift to the district development councils (DDCs). The term of both…

Srinagar Shivers Under Bone-Chilling Cold as Thick Fog Blankets City, Records Coldest Night

November 21, 2023 Editor

People in the Valley’s summer capital Srinagar woke up to a thick layer of fog on Monday as the minimum temperature during the night had plummeted to -0.8°C in the city Kashmir witnessed sub-zero temperatures and foggy weather on Monday, affecting life in the Valley, with Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) urging the administration for early winter vacations. People in the Valley’s summer capital Srinagar woke up to a thick layer of fog on Monday as the minimum temperature during the night had plummeted to -0.8°C in…

Omar Abdullah slams BJP for Fabricating Developmental Achievements in Jammu and Kashmir

November 21, 2023 Editor

On holding of polls in J&K, Abdullah said that when Supreme Court announces its decision on Article 370, they will also announce its decision on the elections in UT Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party for ‘spreading lies’ about J&K’s development, saying people of the UT have been deprived of everything, including electricity. “Here we are facing worst electricity crisis. When we were ruling here, the situation was much better in J&K. The BJP only believes…