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Kashmiri women use modern charkhas to breathe new life into spinning wheel craft

August 12, 2023 Editor

How a small shawl maker in Kashmir is helping women artisans revive the traditional spinning wheel craft. By: Irshad Hussain At a time when technology has replaced many traditional livelihoods, women in Kashmir are trying their best to preserve the spinning wheel craft with foot-operated charkhas. In the Eidgah area of Srinagar, a small, family-run shawl manufacturing company called Me and K has provided 300 modern table-top spinning wheels to local women and trained them to spin pashmina and silk threads. The women earn up to Rs. 5,000 a month,…

World Cup 2023: India to Take on Pakistan in Highly anticipated Match on October 14; Full schedule

August 11, 2023 Editor

The 2023 ICC Men’s ODI World Cup will be played from October 5 to November 19, 2023 in India. The opening match will be between England and New Zealand on October 5 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The highly anticipated match between India and Pakistan will be played on October 14 at the same venue. The tournament will feature 10 teams: England, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and the Netherlands. The teams will be divided into two groups of five, with each…

Haryana Khaps, Farm Unions demand arrest of Monu Manesar for allegedly inciting Communal Violence

August 11, 2023 Editor

Around 30 khaps of Haryana, leaders of Samyukt Kisan Morcha, different farmer unions and people from various religions held a mahapanchayat in Bass village of Narnaund town in Hisar district on Wednesday and passed several resolutions in connection with Nuh communal violence. In the mahapanchayat, the members resolved to maintain peace and harmony and warned those who are trying to create unrest in the state by using provocative slogans and language for Muslim community. People from Hisar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Bhiwani, Fatehabad and a few other districts took part in…

Ex-IPS Officer Basant Rath enrolls as BJP Activist Online; Party stresses Zero Tolerance for Indiscipline

August 11, 2023 Editor

His wish to contest election against Omar Abdullah of the National Conference or Mehbooba Mufti of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on a BJP ticket Days after the central government ordered his premature retirement, former IPS officer Basant Rath on Thursday registered himself as a BJP activist online and sought blessings of people for what he called an “uphill trek called politics”. The IGP-rank officer, who was under suspension for the past over three years for “repeated instances of gross misconduct and misbehavior”, was given premature retirement by the government…

J&K BJP President claims all Issues resolved, Disgruntled leader to meet Chugh to Discuss

August 11, 2023 Editor

A day after disgruntled leaders of Jammu and Kashmir Bharatiya Janata Party met at a hotel in the Valley, state unit president Ravinder Raina said all that issues stand resolved with these leaders. However, the disgruntled leaders said issues haven’t been addressed and are waiting for the BJP central leadership to reach Kashmir. On Wednesday, dozens of BJP leaders met in Srinagar hotel to convey their displeasure with the party leadership and even refused to meet Raina. However, late in the night, some of these leaders met Raina. “All the…

Supreme Court rules that J&K cannot claim Sovereignty after accession to India

August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 Editor

Jammu & Kashmir cannot claim sovereignty independent of the Union of India after the erstwhile princely state acceded to the country, the Supreme Court observed on Thursday, adding it is a “very, very difficult proposition to accept” that Article 370 was a permanent feature wresting a vestige of sovereignty with the J&K legislative assembly. According to a Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, the integration of J&K with the country was “absolutely complete” as soon as Article 1 of the Indian Constitution came into…

Kashmir Residents Alarmed by Rise in ‘Black Magic’ Rituals

August 11, 2023 Editor

Instances of Sihr or witchcraft have not been rare occurrences, but when ingredients of black magic and voodoo surfaced from the hallowed Eidgah graveyard, it numbed one and all. In the wee hours of a recent summer morning, some faithful returning home after dawn prayers saw something suspicious in Eidgah area of Srinagar. A couple was standing in the middle of the graveyard. Their untimely presence and uncanny behaviour in the resting place of the revered created curiosity in the group led by a cleric. But what they saw upon…

Tarun Chugh accuses Abdullahs, Muftis of collaborating with ISI to torture Kashmiri Pandits

August 11, 2023 Editor

BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh today blamed the Abdullah and Mufti families for the atrocities on the Kahmiri Pandits since 1989. Chugh said both the families, Abdullah and Mufti, have been hand-in-glove with the Pakistan ISI to allow large scale killings of the Pandits and make them leave the state in 90s. Taking strong exception to Farooq Abdullah’s contention in the Parliament that his government in 1989 tried to protect the Kashmirir Pandits, Chugh said it was a bundle of lies that Abdullah was saying. The fact, he said,…

Grenade Blast Injures Army Trooper, 2 Civilians During CASO in Anantnag

August 10, 2023August 10, 2023 Editor

Three persons including a army trooper were injured in a grenade blast during cordon and search operation in Athlan Gadole area of Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said on Thursday. A top police officer told GNS that last night a search party of security forces launched a cordon and search operation Athlan Gadole village. As the joint team of security forces started searches, a grenade was lobbed on them by the hiding militants. In this incident, two civilians and an army jawan received minor splinter injuries. All of…

SC Cites Differences Between J&K Constitution and Indian Constitution During Article 370 Hearing

August 10, 2023 Editor

Article 370, which bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, was not a repository of untrammelled power but a medium through which the Constitution would apply to the state, the Supreme Court was told on Wednesday. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud was told by senior advocate Gopal Subramanium, appearing for petitioner Muzaffar Iqbal Khan, that the Jammu and Kashmir constituent assembly did not want to abrogate Article 370 and instead permitted its continuance. Mr Khan has challenged the two constitutional orders…