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Eknath Shinde seeks land to build Maharashtra Bhavan in Srinagar

June 12, 2023 Editor

During his 3-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, chief minister Eknath Shinde met Lt Governor of Kashmir Manoj Sinha and demanded a piece of land to construct Maharashtra Bhavan in Kashmir. The Bhavan will play a key role in tourism and cultural exchange and enhance economic growth for Maharashtra and Kashmir as well, said Shinde. In his letter to Sinha, Shinde wrote, “After the abrogation of article 370 and evolution of the region has brought an ideal opportunity for greater integration between the two states. Understanding the tourism and cultural…

NCB Cracks Pan-India drug network utilizing Darknet and Cryptocurrency; 6 Arrested in largest haul in 2 Decades

June 7, 2023 Editor

Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested six people, allegedly part of a pan-India network of drug traffickers that operated through the dark web and confiscated 15,000 LSD drug blots, in one of the agency’s biggest ever seizure in the last two decades. The Narcotics Control Bureau said on Tuesday, describing the seizure as its biggest ever in the last two decades. The agency has also seized 2.5kg of imported marijuana and Rs4.65 lakh in cash at the instance of the suspects. LSD or lysergic acid diethylamide is a synthetic chemical…

Dialogue between India and Pakistan a crucial requirement to improve Kashmir Situation: Farooq Abdullah

June 5, 2023 Editor

National Conference (NC) president and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah on Sunday (June 4) said that holding the G20 event in Kashmir would not benefit tourism in the Valley until India and Pakistan resolved the “future” of the Union Territory through dialogue. Speaking to the reporters in Srinagar, Abdullah also said that J&K was suffering heavy losses because of the lack of an elected government. Kashmir is now a Union Territory after the Centre abrogated Article 370 and suspended the elected government in August 2019, bringing…

Mehbooba Mufti calls for restoration of Democratic Rights in J&K Prior to Elections

June 3, 2023 Editor

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday that resolution of the crisis in Kashmir is a challenge before the entire country, not of Kashmir alone. Speaking at a panel discussion on ‘Kashmir – Changing The Discourse’ during the relaunch of Frontline magazine, a sister publication of The Hindu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader said that while polls in Kashmir are important, more urgent is the restoration of basic democratic rights of the people there. “Several Kashmiri youth were taken away and put in jails outside…

Income Tax Department cracks down on Bogus Refund Cases, Files FIRs against 404 Employees and Chartered Accountant

June 3, 2023 Editor

The income Tax Department, Srinagar has taken a serious view of the bogus refunds claimed by various persons in the past few years. The department has filed two FIRs against one Chartered Accountant and 405 other persons in Jammu & Kashmir in bogus refund cases. The FIRs have been filed by Akash Kumar Meena, Income Tax Officer (Technical), Srinagar with the Crime Branch of Jammu & Kashmir Police at the direction of the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh, M.P.Singh based on the investigation carried out by the…

India and China convene talks in Delhi to address LAC Standoff, Latest satellite images reveal how China is scaling up its air power along LAC

June 1, 2023 Editor

India and China held another round of diplomatic talks on Wednesday on the dragging standoff on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), with the only outcome being a decision to hold the next round of discussions between military commanders “at an early date”. The 27th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on India-China border affairs was held in-person in New Delhi, the external affairs ministry said in a statement. While noting that restoring peace and tranquillity will “create conditions for normalising bilateral relations”, the statement said:…

NIA seeks death penalty for Yasin Malik, Draws controversy with comparison to Osama Bin Laden

May 29, 2023 Editor

The Delhi high court on Monday sought a response from separatist leader and chief of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Yasin Malik, who was awarded a life term by a trial court, on a plea by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking the death penalty against him in a terror funding case. A bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh also issued the production warrant for Malik to appear before the court on the next date of hearing on August 9. During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta,…

Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti responds strongly to Altaf Bukhari’s comment on Yasin Malik Controversy

May 29, 2023 Editor

A day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) sought the death penalty for Yasin Malik, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said his case must be reviewed and reconsidered, reported Press Trust of India. Mufti said that Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik’s case must be reviewed and reconsidered as in a democracy like India even the assassins of a prime minister were pardoned. Earlier, the NIA reached the High Court seeking the death penalty for Malik, who was awarded a life term by a…

Hurriyat and Apni Party Oppose NIA’s Plea for death penalty to JKLF Chief Yasin Malik

May 28, 2023 Editor

The Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday called the National Investigation Agency (NIA)’s plea seeking death penalty for separatist leader Yasin Malik as “deeply disturbing” while Apni Party leader Altaf Bukhari termed the agency’s approach “hasty”. On Friday, the NIA approached the Delhi high court seeking death penalty for separatist leader and chief of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Yasin Malik, who was awarded life term by a trial court in a terror funding case. A bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh will…