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Is Al-Qaeda refocusing from Afghanistan to Kashmir? UN Report

May 31, 2022 Editor

United Nations: A change in the name of the Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) magazine “suggests a refocusing” of the terror group from Afghanistan to Kashmir, a UN report has said. The 13th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team submitted pursuant to resolution 2611 (2021) concerning the Taliban and other associated individuals and entities constituting a threat to the peace stability and security of Afghanistan was released on Saturday. The report said that being subordinate to the Al-Qaeda core, the AQIS is maintaining a low profile…

Khurram Parvez jailed Kashmiri Rights activists finds place in Time’s 100 list

May 24, 2022 Editor

In its list of this year’s 100 most influential people, the US-based magazine calls Parvez a ‘modern-day David’ who ‘had to be silenced’. Kashmiri rights activist Khurram Parvez, jailed by India since November last year on “terrorism” charges, has been named as one of the 100 most influential people of 2022 by the United States-based Time magazine. Parvez, 44, is chairman of the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) and coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), a prominent rights group in Indian-administered Kashmir. The Himalayan region…

‘Immediately’ do fire safety audit of all govt buildings: Admin

May 23, 2022 Editor

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday ordered fire safety audit of all the government buildings “immediately”. “It is hereby ordered that Director General, Fire and Emergency Service shall carry out fire safety audit of all government buildings in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir immediately,” reads a government order. “All the concerned Administrative Secretaries shall take immediate corrective action in light of the Fire Safety Audit Reports so furnished to them for preventing occurrence of fire incidents in all buildings of their Departments,” the order added.

Kashmir is witnessing most dangerous terrorism since 2019: Former R&AW Head A.S. Dulat

May 20, 2022May 21, 2022 Editor

Dulat said that he believes this is the work of a professional independent terror cell located in Srinagar, which is linked to Pakistan. By: Karan Thapar In a disturbing interview which paints a very worrying picture of the sharply increased terrorism in the Kashmir Valley, a former head of R&AW and one of India’s foremost security experts on Kashmir has said the Valley is experiencing “the most dangerous terrorism since August 2019”. What’s worse is, this time it’s occurring in the heart of the Valley, i.e. the capital Srinagar. A.S.…

PDP raises questions on Yasin Malik conviction; Will this solve the Kashmir Issue?

May 20, 2022 Editor

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) raised questions in the wake of Yasin Malik’s conviction in the terror case. The party asked how will the conviction help in the resolution of the Kashmir issue. PDP stressed that the Kashmir issue is a political problem and that convictions will not solve it. Terming the latest development as a part of a ‘legal process’, the party averred that such actions haven’t worked in the past and will not work in the future. A spokesperson for PDP stated, “We have seen people being picked, convicted…

The Supreme Court raps counsel for saying Kashmir became part of India after scrapping of Article 370

May 14, 2022 Editor

The Supreme Court on Friday cautioned a counsel who in the course of his arguments said Kashmir became a part of the country after abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution in August 2019 to be careful about his language. “No. It has remained a part of the country for long time. These are certain special provisions. Careful in what language you use,” Justice S K Kaul, presiding a two-judge bench, told Ravi Shankar Jandhyala, while hearing a plea that challenged the delimitation exercise, which recommended increasing the…

Drive continue to weed out employees with terror links, KU Professor among three employees terminated for Terror Links

May 14, 2022 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday invoked Article 311 of the Constitution of India yet again to dismiss its three more employees, including a professor of Kashmir University, Police Constables and a teacher from service for their alleged “militancy links and secessionist activities”. Official sources said that Altaf Hussain Pandit, chemistry Professor of Kashmir University is among three government employees, who have been sacked by the JK administration for “actively supporting militancy”. The two others are Mohd Maqbool Hajam, a teacher in the school education department and Ghulam Rasool, a…

Over 350 Kashmiri Pandit employees resign post killing of Rahul Bhat

May 14, 2022 Editor

The killing of the 35-year-old Rahul Bhat has attracted strong condemnation from political parties and employees’ association Mass resignation by more than 350 Kashmiri Pandit Prime Minister Package Employees in Kashmir has been sent to Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha today. Two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists had entered a crowded government office and shot dead a Kashmiri Pandit employee in Budgam district in central Kashmir on Thursday, in a targeted killing that drew strong condemnation from political parties and employees’ association. Later, Kashmir Tigers claimed responsibility for the killing. Rahul Bhat (35), who…

We still believe Supreme Court can restore Article 370: Mehbooba Mufti

May 10, 2022 Editor

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti Monday said that even as it took Supreme Court over three years to listen to the petition but she still believes that it can restore Article 370. She said that the Jahangir Puri demolition drive in New Delhi was carried even after the Supreme Court passed order against it. “Several apprehensions have developed but we have faith in the judiciary,” PDP President said. “Supreme Court should act against those officials who did not obey the orders and were involved in contempt of court,”…

Delimitation gives BJP hope in Jammu but Kashmir still out of its grasp

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Editor

The Delimitation Commission has notified all the new assembly and five parliamentary constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir, recommending for the first time the reservation of seats in the J&K assembly for Kashmiri migrants, including those displaced from Pakistan-occupied JK. The commission, headed by Supreme Court Justice (retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai, has increased the number of assembly seats in J&K from 83 to 90, with the BJP’s stronghold of Jammu walking away with a lion’s share of six new seats, even though the region has a smaller population (53 lakh) as…