Year: 2023

AAP’s momentum stalls as leaders quit in droves

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AAP's momentum stalls as leaders quit in droves

Taranjit Singh Tony, Yash Paul Kundal and Namrta Sharma resigned from AAP on Saturday. Tony said despite informing higher-ups about the lack of party activities, nothing was done. The situation for AAP is grim in J&K as no one is ready to listen to the grievances of local leadership, he added. After initial hype in J&K when AAP won the Assembly poll in neighbouring Punjab last year, the party appears to have lost steam in the Union Territory with little interest from central leadership for its revival. While the major…

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Rail connectivity between Kashmir and Kanyakumari to be completed by March 2024: J&K LG

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Rail connectivity between Kashmir and Kanyakumari to be completed by March 2024: J&K LG

Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said that Kashmir will be connected to Kanyakumari by the end of this financial year. Sinha was attending a ceremony at Budgam railway station coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s launch of the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme and foundation stone laying for the redevelopment of 508 railway stations across the country under the scheme, through video conferencing, at a cost of more than ₹24,470 crore. Sinha expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister for including three stations of J&K Union Territory (UT)– Jammu Tawi, Udhampur…

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Jammu residents hold protest against Article 370 abrogation, say ‘High hopes from Supreme Court’

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Jammu residents hold protest against Article 370 abrogation, say 'High hopes from Supreme Court'

Scores of residents on Saturday staged a protest in Jammu city against the abrogation of Article 370 and 35a on its fourth anniversary. Eyewitnesses told that several Jammu residents gathered in the Mahraja Hari Singh park of Jammu city to protest “BJP’s illegal abrogation” of the articles that gave special status to Jammu Kashmir. Raising slogans and holding placards demanding that the Supreme Court must restore the articles immediately, the people gathered here said that Article 370 was one of our primary conditions to join the Union of India. “You…

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Ex-PM Imran Khan jailed for three years in Toshakhana case

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Ex-PM Imran Khan jailed for three years in Toshakhana case

Imran Khan, Pakistan’s former prime minister, was reportedly arrested after a trial court on Saturday sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts, also known as the Toshakhana corruption case, and disqualified him from politics for five years. Legal experts said a conviction in the case could end Khan’s chances of participating in national elections that have to be held before early November. “Judge Humayun Dilawar announced that involvement in corrupt practices has been proven,” Pakistan TV said. Khan was not in court for the hearing,…

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Mainstream J&K leaders detained on Article 370 abrogation anniversary

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Mainstream J&K leaders detained on Article 370 abrogation anniversary

Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and other Jammu and Kashmir political leaders were put under house arrest on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 on Saturday. Mufti’s Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party had sought permission to hold a seminar but the administration denied the permission. “I’ve been put under house arrest along with other senior PDP leaders today. This comes after a midnight crackdown where scores of my party men are illegally detained in police stations. GOIs false claims about normalcy to the…

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India tells Pakistan to focus on its own internal problems, after Islamabad raises Kashmir at UN

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India tells Pakistan to focus on its own internal problems, after Islamabad raises Kashmir at UN

India has asked Pakistan to concentrate on addressing its internal matters rather than raising the Kashmir issue and indulging in frivolous allegations against New Delhi. “To best utilise this council’s time, I suggest the concerned delegation concentrate on addressing their internal matters and restoring order within their own borders, rather than indulging in frivolous allegations against my country,” R Madhu Sudan, a Counsellor in India’s UN Mission, told members of the Security Council on Thursday. Madhu Sudan was responding to the issue of Kashmir raised by a Pakistani representative during…

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Mehbooba Mufti accuses GoI of detaining PDP leaders ahead of Article 370 Anniversary

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Mehbooba Mufti accuses GoI of detaining PDP leaders ahead of Article 370 Anniversary

Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti alleged that leaders of her party PDP were being detained by the Jammu and Kashmir Police on the eve of the fourth anniversary of Article 370 abrogation. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday stated that the Srinagar administration has denied the party permission to hold an event to mark the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and PDP supremo Mehbooba Mufti also alleged that leaders of her party were being detained by the Jammu and Kashmir…

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Mirwaiz Farooq completes 4 years under house arrest, Anjuman Auqaf calls for his release

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Mirwaiz Farooq completes 4 years under house arrest, Anjuman Auqaf calls for his release

Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid Friday said that Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir, Muhammad Umar Farooq has completed four years under house detention. He completed four years of not being allowed as Mirwaiz to either propagate the centuries old tradition of Majlis-e waz-o- tableeg on Fridays at the Central Jama Masjid, nor offer obligatory Friday prayers, due to his continued house detention, which the Anjuman and Muslims of J&K strongly denounce, a statement issued here, said. While all other religious activities are permitted and infact facilitated by the authorities, it is openly discriminatory that the…

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Kashmir leader’s call for restoration of special status highlights region’s lack of democracy

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Kashmir leader's call for restoration of special status highlights region's lack of democracy

Kashmir’s top pro-India politician had a stark message Friday — the eve of the fourth anniversary since India revoked the disputed region’s special status, throwing the Himalayan territory into political chaos: Democracy stops where the boundaries of Jammu and Kashmir begin. In an interview with The Associated Press, Omar Abdullah said India’s 2019 decision to strip the region’s statehood, its separate constitution and inherited protections on land and jobs have pushed the territory into a “democratic void” and led to a clampdown on civil liberties. “It’s a very abnormal calm…

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Drug abuse in Jammu and Kashmir; Over 13 lakh people use drugs: Report

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Drug abuse in Jammu and Kashmir; Over 13 lakh people use drugs: Report

Over 13 Lakh people are using drugs in Jammu Kashmir and most of them are above 18 years of age. As per a report of Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment an estimated 13.50 lakh people are drug users in Jammu Kashmir and most of them are in the age group of 18 to 75 years. In its report presented to both the Houses of the Parliament today, the Standing Committee comprising of 27 Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha has mentioned the estimated number of current drug…

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