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J&K Admin refutes Mehbooba’s Claims: No Outsider being allotted land

July 6, 2023 Editor

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday said no outsider was being allotted land and there was no change in the law, hours after PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti alleged that its move to provide housing to homeless people was an attempt to change the demography of the Union territory. Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said the Jammu and Kashmir administration has started providing 150 square yard plots to landless families for the construction of their houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY). “The rural development department has identified…

1.08 Km long 2-Lane Ramban Viaduct Completed

July 4, 2023 Editor

The 1.08 km long, 2-lane Ramban viaduct has been completed. An official spokesman said that the viaduct built at a cost of Rs 140 crore on the Ramban-Udhampur section of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway would ensure the smoother movement of vehicles and relieve the congestion in Ramban Bazar. He said that the construction of this 26-span viaduct incorporates various structural arrangements utilising concrete and steel girders. The spokesman said that it would also facilitate the seamless passage of vehicles and yatri traffic during the Amarnath Yatra on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway.…

LG Manoj Sinha announces allocation of 5 Marla Land to 2711 Landless Individuals and 2 Lakh Families to receive Homes under PMAY

July 3, 2023 Editor

Lieutenant Governor J&K Manoj Sinha Monday announced that five Marla’s land for the landless families of J&K and stated that about two lac homeless families are being provided homes in the Union Territory under Prime Minister’s Awas Yojna scheme. “During discussions in Administrative Council and with the officials of Revenue and Rural Development Department, it has been decided that 5 Marl’s of land will be given to the landless families of Jammu and Kashmir. In this regard 2711 families have been provided land while as more will be given shortly,”…

Joy and Enthusiasm fill the air as Kashmir Celebrates Eid

June 30, 2023 Editor

Worshippers thronged to mosques and eidgahs across Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday to pay their obeisance on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha. The biggest congregation was held at Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar. Former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah also offered prayers at Dargah Hazratbal and exchanged pleasantries with people. Grand prayers were held in towns and villages across the Valley and no untoward incident was reported as adequate security arrangements had been made at all eidgahs and mosques. Senior police and army officers greeted people and distributed sweets outside…

Majlis-E-Ulama strongly condemns Army’s ‘Provocative and Sacrilegious Action’ in Pulwama Mosque

June 27, 2023 Editor

Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulama (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir on Monday expressed serious concern and strongly condemned the incident that took place in Masjid Sharief of Zadoora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, on the night of June 23 and 24, wherein the personnel of the Army’s 50 Battalion Rashtriya Rifles harassed the local people and beat up some residents forcing them to raise non-Muslim slogans from the mosque. In a statement, the MMU said the silence maintained by the authorities in this regard is unacceptable. It asked them to clarify their position in this…

Kashmir Society in Crisis: Man allegedly poisons grandson, Wife kills husband

June 25, 2023 Editor

By: Javid Amin In two separate incidents in Kashmir on Saturday, a man allegedly poisoned his two-year-old grandson, and a woman killed her husband. The first incident took place in the Mir Bazar area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The family of the victim said that a dispute was going on between the father and the son’s family for a long time, and that the man allegedly poisoned his grandson in the form of an injection. The child is currently in critical condition in a hospital in Srinagar. The second…

Srinagar-Jammu Highway a Nightmare for Commuters

June 22, 2023 Editor

The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway remained open but the commuters and vehicle operators were confronted with traffic congestion at various places due to the breakdown of Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) and narrow road stretches at a few places between Nashri and Banihal sectors on Wednesday. The commuters and drivers who remained stuck in traffic congestion at Seri near Ramban Wednesday afternoon said that they remained stuck in traffic congestion at various places between the Banihal and Ramban. However, traffic authorities said vehicular traffic was disrupted for brief periods due to the…

PoK residents demand to be part of India, says Adityanath

June 21, 2023 Editor

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday claimed people from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are demanding to be part of India and nobody wants to stand with “penniless” Pakistan. “Did anybody think nine years ago that Article 370 would be abrogated. Nobody had thought about it… And you saw that on August 5, 2019, Article 370 was thrown in the garbage of history,” Adityanath said. “…Kashmir is functioning as per laws of India, and moving forward with a new stream of development and peace,” he said. The chief minister made…

Roundtable Conference on Article 370, Statehood to J&K, and Elections Organized by Centre for Peace and Progress

June 20, 2023 Editor

Centre For Peace and Progress, an NGO, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after holding a round table conference in New Delhi over Article 370, restoration of statehood and holding of elections in Jammu and Kashmir. In the letter, a copy of which lies with news agency, it informed PM Modi that they held a round table discussion on “Another Look At Articles 35A & 370: Statehood for & Elections in Jammu & Kashmir” among a cross section of people from J&K & other states at IIC on June…