July 16, 2025 | Kashmir POST

Rahul Gandhi & Mallikarjun Kharge Write to PM Modi: ‘Restore Statehood to Jammu & Kashmir Now’

July 16, 2025 Editor

Congress Demands Statehood for Jammu & Kashmir: Rahul Gandhi, Kharge Write to PM Modi Before Parliament Session By: Javid Amin | Srinagar | 16 July 2025 As the national spotlight continues to intensify over the political situation in Jammu & Kashmir, top Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge have stepped into the fray—urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restore full statehood to the region in a strongly worded joint letter. Released just days ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, the letter adds legislative pressure to the growing popular…

Urdu in the Crosshairs: PDP Warns Against BJP’s ‘Communal Lens’ on Kashmir’s Linguistic Identity

July 16, 2025 Editor

Urdu in Kashmir: PDP Warns of Dangerous Communal Trend as BJP Celebrates Language Row Verdict By: Javid Amin | Srinagar | 15 July 2025 As tensions in Jammu & Kashmir continue to rise over governance, memory, and democratic process, a new fault line has emerged—language. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a strong statement on Tuesday, accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of weaponizing language for communal gain, after the BJP celebrated a court decision removing Urdu as a mandatory qualification for the naib tehsildar (revenue officer) posts in J&K.…

Doda Road Tragedy: Overloaded Tempo Plunges into Gorge—7 Dead Including 5-Year-Old Girl

July 16, 2025 Editor

Doda Road Accident 2025: 7 Dead in Tempo Traveller Crash, Including 5-Year-Old Girl By: Javid Amin | Srinagar | 15 July 2025 In a heartbreaking accident in Doda district of Jammu & Kashmir, an overloaded Tempo Traveller (JK06-4847) carrying 24 passengers—far exceeding its legal limit—skidded off the Doda-Bharth road near Ponda, plunging into a 300-foot-deep gorge. The accident claimed seven lives, including a five-year-old girl, and left 17 others injured, some critically. This horrific incident has once again thrown light on the systemic flaws in road safety, particularly in India’s…

BJP Hits Back: Omar Abdullah Accused of “Glorifying Rioters” and Undermining Law & Order

July 16, 2025 Editor

Law Vs Legacy: BJP Accuses CM of Undermining Order in J&K By: Javid Amin | Srinagar | 15 July 2025 As Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s July 14 actions and subsequent July 15 speech gained national attention, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wasted no time in mounting an aggressive counteroffensive. Their message: Omar’s defiance wasn’t an act of democratic courage—but political provocation. The Jammu & Kashmir unit of the BJP accused Omar of mocking law enforcement, glorifying historical unrest, and endangering public order by dramatizing the Martyrs’ Day observance. “It was…