June 15, 2024 | Kashmir POST

Opposition and BJP Clash Over Delhi L-G’s Action Against Arundhati Roy

June 15, 2024 Editor

The FIR against Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain was registered following the orders of a Delhi court, Raj Niwas officials said. The Opposition and the Bharatiya Janata Party have engaged in a war of words after Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena gave his nod to prosecute author Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain, a former professor in Kashmir, under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly making provocative speeches at an event in New Delhi in 2010. The FIR against Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain was registered…

Press Club of India Fights Back! Resolution Passed to Protect Free Speech

June 15, 2024 Editor

New Delhi: The Press Club of India (PCI) has passed a resolution aimed at safeguarding the fundamental principles of freedom of expression and access to information. The PCI convened on May 28 to address mounting concerns regarding legislative measures that threaten press freedom and digital rights. The meeting was attended by representatives from various media and digital rights organizations. In a statement it said the PCI meeting held on May 28 “resolved to intensify the demands of media and digital rights organisations and urges the government to withdraw laws that…

J&K Weather Update: Heatwave in Jammu, Hot and Dry Conditions Expected in Kashmir

June 15, 2024 Editor

Srinagar: Weatherman here on Friday forecast heatwave over plains of Jammu and hot and dry weather over rest of the places in J&K during next five days. A meteorological department official said that there is also a likelihood of a “brief” spell of rain/thunder/lightning on June 19 and 20. He said on June 15-18, generally dry weather is expected even as light rain and thunder at isolated places can’t be ruled out. From June 19-21, he said, generally cloudy weather is expected with a spell of light rain/thunder at scattered places…

Faith Flows Freely: Crystal Clear Spring Marks Auspicious Kheer Bhawani Mela

June 15, 2024June 15, 2024 Editor

Many Pandits who had migrated to different parts of the country in the 1990s in the wake of raging militancy attend the annual festival of Zyestha Ashtami Thousands of Kashmiri Pandits converged at the Kheer Bhawani temple in Kashmir Valley’s Ganderbal district to attend the annual festival of Zyestha Ashtami on Friday. Many of them had migrated to different parts of the country in the 1990s in the wake of raging militancy. “My family has been here for the past four days. The Kheer Bhawani temple has been of great importance…