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Planned Army withdrawal from J&K put on hold ‘Indefinitely

May 17, 2023 Editor

The planned phased withdrawal of the Army from certain areas of the Jammu region has been shelved “indefinitely” in view of terror attacks being orchestrated from across the border, officials said here. They said the government had planned to reduce the footprints of Rashtriya Rifles, a counter-insurgency force of the Army, in the Jammu region and hand over the security to the Jammu and Kashmir Police and paramilitary forces. The Army has three Counter-Insurgent Forces (CIF) in the Jammu region — Delta Force (which looks after the Doda region), Romeo…

Fear of delay in J&K Polls arises among leaders after BJP’s defeat in Karnataka

May 16, 2023 Editor

After the defeat of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) in Karnataka elections, many Jammu &Kashmir politicians fear that elections in UT could get further delayed due to these results. After the BJP didn’t perform well in Karnataka elections and the party’s tally reduced to 66, and Congress managed to win 135 seats, many J&K politicians anticipate that the BJP will try to avoid elections in the UT. The J&K is without legislative assembly from 2018 after the BJP withdrew its support from coalition government headed by Mehbooba Mufti. After abrogation of…

Starting June, Smart Power Meter consumers to transition to Prepaid Mode for Tariff Payments

May 16, 2023 Editor

Around 57,000 smart electricity meter users in Kashmir will have to pay electric bills in prepaid mode, starting in June, replacing the present practice of paying tariffs at the end of the month. The power tariff amount would need to be recharged in advance before the beginning of the month, much like a prepaid recharge for cellular services, according to officials with Kashmir Power Development Corporation Limited. As a result, all smart power meters would become prepaid starting in June. Chief Engineer of KPDCL Javid Yusuf Dar told KIF that the…

G20 is BJP Propaganda while crackdown in Kashmir continues unabated: Mehbooba Mufti

May 15, 2023 Editor

Former Chief Minister of erstwhile state Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said that the forthcoming G-20 meeting may be a “good promotion exercise” for the BJP at the international level, however, holding the SAARC summit and discussing problems in the region will help India in becoming a ‘Vishwaguru’. In an interview with PTI, former Jammu Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti suggested that India can assert its leadership not just in the region but globally by spearheading the SAARC summit, as she discussed preparations for the upcoming three-day G-20…

Snowfall in Summer: Rare May snowfall disrupts life in parts of Kashmir Valley

May 9, 2023 Editor

Unseasonal snowfall in parts of Kashmir brought back the winter-like conditions in the Valley while several incidents of tourists and nomadic people getting stuck due to inclement weather were also reported, officials said. Gulmarg, Pahalgam, Sonamarg and Qazigund areas of the Valley received snowfall early in the morning, making the roads slippery, the officials said. The weatherman has forecast improvement in weather conditions over the next 24 hours but warned of the possibility of cloudburst or lightning on Tuesday evening. The day temperature has dropped to around 12 degrees Celsius…

Landslide and Shooting stones disrupt traffic on Srinagar-Jammu NH, Rain and thunderstorm expected in J&K within 24 hours

May 8, 2023 Editor

Srinagar Jammu National Highway remained open for two-way traffic of light and medium passenger vehicles and one-way traffic of heavy vehicles for Kashmir on Sunday. The officials monitoring the regulation of traffic in Ramban said that vehicular movement on Srinagar Jammu National Highway was disrupted for some time due to the landslides and shooting stones in Rampari area of Banihal. They said, “The landslide and shooting stones blocked the down tube Sunday afternoon due to which vehicular traffic was disrupted for some time. The traffic was diverted through another (up)…

Secret talks underway between BJP – NC to form next government in J&K: Sajad Lone

May 3, 2023 Editor

BJP-NC Alliance to Form Next Government in J&K: Sajad Lone

Peoples Conference (PC) chairman and former minister Sajad Lone has claimed that the National Conference and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were “confabulating” with each other and that both the parties will form the next government in Jammu and Kashmir. In an interview with Karan Thapar, broadcasted on The Wire , Lone said the National Conference and BJP are “confabulating” with each other for “at least a year”. As an alleged proof, Lone said that ‘although Omar Abdullah joined Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar none of the Abdullahs nor…

Jammu & Kashmir experiences a drop in temperature and heavy rainfall affecting apple pollination in Kashmir

April 27, 2023 Editor

Amid cloudy weather, intermittent rain lashed Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. Light to moderate showers with lightning and winds were observed at many places of the Union Territory particularly in the afternoon. “We have recorded rain in all weather stations of J&K,” said an official of the meteorological department. She said the highest rainfall of 6.2 mm was reported in Jammu’s Batote and 5.4 mm in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district during the day. “The summer capital Srinagar was drenched with light rain of 0.7 mm which is still continuing intermittently,” she said…

Kashmiri Pandit outfit warns GoI: ‘Perceptions of normalcy in J&K no more than delusions’

April 26, 2023 Editor

Panun Kashmir asks the Centre to ‘recognise the internal failures in J&K’ over the handling of security affairs, at the level of the security establishment and the top political leadership. Panun Kashmir, a prominent organisation of migrant Kashmiri Pandits, on Tuesday, asked the Government of India “to recognise that its perceptions about fast unfolding normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir are not more than delusions driven by political expediency”. In a press statement issued in Jammu, Panun Kashmir chairman Dr Ajay Chrungoo expressed shock over the terrorist attacks on security forces…

Exposing Corruption in Kashmir and Allegations against Adani: Insights from Former J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik’s Interview with Karan Thapar

April 16, 2023 Editor

The Pulwama tragedy, Malik says was used by the “Politicians” for electoral gains during elections. In a highly explosive interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, the last Jammu & Kashmir governor Satyapal Malik painted a fatal image of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his close aides, and the BJP government. Citing instances of the “incompetence” and failure of the Indian system, Malik delved into the details of the Pulwama tragedy and the state of corruption in the Modi regime. Satya Pal Malik served as the Jammu and Kashmir…