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Relentless rains continue to batter Kashmir, flood-like situation in Doda

July 20, 2023 Editor

Heavy rains lashed parts of Kashmir while the Amarnath Cave shrine received moderate rains on Wednesday while the Meteorological Department has forecast more rains in Kashmir and Jammu during the next two to three days. Officials said Srinagar, Budgam, Pulwama received heavy rains. A MeT Department official said that these areas received 50-55 mm of rainfall and more rains were expected in the next two to three days. In addition to that, Katra, Udhampur, Jammu, and Sambha also received heavy rainfall, while Ramban and Doda received moderate rainfall. Deputy Director MET, Mukhtar…

Traffic Disrupted on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway due to Shooting Stones, 2 Workers Dead and 6 Injured in Udhampur Landslide

July 19, 2023 Editor

The traffic on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was disrupted for 5 hours due to triggering of shooting stones from a hillock on the Mehar-Cafeteria Stretch near Ramban on Tuesday. Traffic authorities said that the highway remained blocked for 5 hours due to shooting stones on the Mehar-Cafeteria stretch of Ramban. They said that the movement of traffic remained slow due to the breakdown of 10 Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) between Nashri and Banihal. Officials said that due to shooting stones on the Mehar-Cafeteria stretch of the highway near Ramban, traffic remained suspended…

Former J&K CMs Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti reached Bengaluru to attend 2-day Opposition meet

July 18, 2023 Editor

Former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have reached Bengaluru to attend joint opposition meeting for a brainstorming session to work out strategy against Bhartiya Janta Party in 2024 Lok Sabha elections. One of the party leaders confirmed that both the leaders have reached Bengaluru to attend two-day joint opposition parties’s meeting from today. He said that both Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, who also attended the joint meeting in Bihar last month, reached Bengaluru today morning. The leader said that they will attend the…

Valley Lashed by Rains; Flash Floods Reported in South Kashmir Village

July 17, 2023 Editor

Heavy rains spurred flash floods in Romushi Nallah in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday. An official of the Revenue Department said that a diversion connecting Rohmoo village with several areas falling under central Kashmir’s Budgam district was washed away by flash floods. However, he said that the situation was under control. Naib Tehsildar Rohmoo, Faiz Ahmad Faiz told that three cows were stuck in the middle of the river when the flash floods hit. He said that they soon launched a rescue operation and saved the animals from being washed away.…

Amarnath Yatra Disrupted as Rains Lash Parts of Jammu and Kashmir

July 17, 2023July 17, 2023 Editor

Intermittent rains lashed parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday temporarily disrupting the Amarnath Yatra in Kashmir and closing Mughal road for a few hours due to landslides. Officials said that after the Amarnath cave shrine in Kashmir Himalayas received rainfall early morning, the yatra was temporarily suspended from both the base camps in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam and central Kashmir’s Ganderbal. “The rains triggered suspension of yatra for some time before resuming the pilgrimage from the Pahalgam side,” an official manning yatra control room in south Kashmir said. In Ganderbal, the…

J&K Govt ends flat electricity rates for Employees in Official Quarters

July 15, 2023 Editor

J&K government Friday withdrew an order issued in 2013 allowing its non gazetted employees, residing in government quarters at Srinagar and Jammu, to pay electricity charges at flat rates. The directive, issued in furtherance of Administrative Council decision No 56/5/2023 dated June 21, 2023, has come into force with immediate effect. “The Government Order No 301-GAD of 2013, dated February 20, 2013, pertaining to the payment of electricity charges by government employees residing in government quarters at Srinagar and Jammu at flat rates, is hereby withdrawn with immediate effect,” read an…

Former J&K CMs Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah challenge govt on normalcy claims

July 12, 2023July 12, 2023 Editor

Former J&K CMs Mufti, Omar Abdullah challenge govt on normalcy claims

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on July 12 questioned the normalcy narrative of the government. “The latest affidavit submitted by the government to the Supreme Court only vindicated our [PDP] stand that the BJP had no legal grounds to abrogate Article 370. The act was carried out by trampling the Constitution,” Ms. Mufti told the media in Srinagar. She also questioned the normalcy narrative portrayed in the latest affidavit and accused the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor’s administration of hosting Chief…

Supreme Court says Centre’s assessment of life in J&K post-Article 370 irrelevant to constitutional challenge

July 12, 2023 Editor

A Constitution Bench on July 11 said the Centre’s fresh affidavit claiming that Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing an “unprecedented era of peace, progress and prosperity” following the abrogation of Article 370 on August 4, 2019 has “no bearing on the constitutional challenge” to the repeal of the provision. The Bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and four of the senior most judges said it would start hearing the case from August 2. The Constitution Bench deleted the names of bureaucrat Shah Faesal and activist Shehla Rasheed…

Mehbooba Mufti slams GoI’s affidavit in SC, says it lacks logic in defending abrogation of Article 370

July 11, 2023 Editor

Former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has hit out at the Union government over its affidavit in the Supreme Court (SC) defending the nullification of the Constitution’s Article 370, saying it lacks logic. The government in the affidavit filed on Monday said the nullification has led to “unprecedented development, progress, security and stability” in the region. In a tweet on Monday, Mufti maintained the abrogation of Article 370 that gave J&K semi-autonomous was “illegal and unconstitutional”. She added brute majority was used to subvert the constitution that…