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Job aspirants in Kashmir apprehensive as Govt amend Civil Services Instructions

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 Editor

Job aspirants in Kashmir apprehensive as Govt amends Civil Services Instructions

The verification process now requires candidates to disclosed details of their social media accounts used in the past. Experts say this may coerce people to freely expressing themselves online. Zubair Amin In 2019, when the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre diluted Article 370, Kaiser Ahmad (25) was in China, studying medicine. Back home, Kashmir was under a protracted communication blackout, the longest in the history of any democracy. Cut off from his family, an angry and distraught Kaiser would flood his social media with posts criticising the Centre’s…

Pahalgam closed for day picnickers on weekends to prevent possible COVID-19 resurgence

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 Editor

Besides, a fine of Rs 1000 shall be imposed on locals, tourists, and hotel staff found roaming without masks, the order said. District administration Anantnag on Wednesday barred day picnickers from visiting tourist destination Pahalgam on Saturdays and Sundays in a bid to prevent a possible COVID-19 resurgence due to heavy tourist influx at the resort of late. The administration also fixed a fine of Rs 1000 for violators of COVID-19 SOPs including mask wearing. An order issued to this effect by Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, Dr Piyush Singla, who is…

Shiromani Akali Dal leadership apologises to Kashimiris for provocative statements over alleged kidnapping

June 30, 2021June 30, 2021 Editor

Shiromani Akali Dal (Delhi) leader Paramjit Singh Sarna on Tuesday apologised to the people of Kashmir for any hurt caused by the statements of a Sikh leader from Delhi in the backdrop of the alleged kidnapping of a woman from the community. He praised the support of local Muslim organisations, Kashmir’s top cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and administration, saying the woman got married to a man of her choice on Tuesday while insisting the matter has been settled. “I met the family of the girl. This issue was settled today.…

Asaduddin Owaisi targets PM Modi, Questions basis of Delimitation Process in J&K

June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 Editor

Asaduddin Owaisi questioned the centre on the discussions of delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir. On what basis will it be done? All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi called Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Kashmir policy “a failure”. He also questioned the Centre’s discussions surrounding delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir on how they intend to do it and on what basis will it be done. Asaduddin Owaisi said: “Delimitation has been talked about in PM Modi’s (Narendra Modi) meeting. What kind of delimitation is this? How will you do it?…

We need a bold, imaginative approach to peace in Kashmir: Radha Kumar

June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 Editor

The roadmap offered by the Modi administration concedes so little that it seems grudging at best and a diktat at worst Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir was understandably hyped, given that it came after almost two years, during which most of the then state’s political leaders were imprisoned by his administration. That the meeting was cordial and each of the 14 participants spoke freely is another plus. Yet, the broad framework presented by the Prime Minister is disturbing. By saying delimitation first, elections…

Sikh body admits missing girl from Kashmir who converted to Islam does not want to return

June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 Editor

Jagir Kaur informed that the girl’s family and relatives had approached SGPC, requesting them to try and convince their daughter to revert to Sikhism and come back home. Speaking to the media about the reported abduction and religious conversion of two Sikh girls in Kashmir, Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) president Bibi Jagir Kaur informed that one of the two, who was married off to a Muslim man, does not want to reconvert and neither does she want to come back to her family. According to a report by The…

Twitter shows the different map; J&K, Ladakh demarcated from India

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Editor

This is not the first time that a different map of India has been shown by Twitter. In November 2020, the microblogging website showed Leh as part of Jammu and Kashmir instead of the Union Territory of Ladakh. Amidst the tussle between Twitter and the Central Government, Twitter’s career website, Tweep Life, shows a demarcation between the map of India and Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are represented as separate countries. This is not the first time that a different map of India has been…

PM Modi engagement with mainstream Kashmiri leadership, but why now?

June 26, 2021June 26, 2021 Editor

PM Modi engages with mainstream Kashmiri leaders, but why now

Almost two years after New Delhi abrogated Kashmir’s semi-autonomous status, PM Narendra Modi has reached out to the region’s politicians to address their concerns. On Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a three-hour meeting with 14 handpicked Kashmiri politicians, including three former chief ministers. Experts say it signals a change in New Delhi’s approach toward the conflict-marred region. But apart from its symbolic value, the meeting failed to achieve anything substantial. The major bone of contention remains the scrapping of Kashmir’s special status by the Indian government in 2019.…

J&K amends Service Rules, New recruits to provide mobile numbers used in 5 Years, Information of In-Laws

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 Editor

Providing educational details from age of 15 years, mobile numbers used in last five years, furnishing information of in-laws and details of loans have been made mandatory for any fresh appointments in Jammu and Kashmir, and they will be verified by the CID Department of Police within two months.The amendment to the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Verification of Character and Antecedents) Instructions, 1997, under which appointment orders are issued, was issued on Monday after a panel set up under the chief secretary last year recommended proper character and antecedents…

Suspicion about vaccination videos fuels attacks on health workers in Kashmir

June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 Editor

As the Indian government struggles to expand a Covid-19 vaccination program dogged by shortages and bureaucratic missteps, its health workers in Kashmir are facing another challenge: attacks by residents. In recent weeks, health workers in the Indian-controlled part of the region have reportedly been attacked multiple times for taking videos of vaccinations, including inside people’s homes. Many Kashmiris said that they did not want to be filmed because appearing in videos could indicate support for the Indian government and its policies. Kashmir, a largely Muslim region of about eight million…