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COVID-19 Cases Surging across J&K with 122 New Infections, Total Active Cases Reach 531

April 13, 2023 Editor

The Government on Wednesday informed that 122 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 52 from Jammu division and 70 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of active positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 531. Moreover, 62 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals, 12 from Jammu Division and 50 from Kashmir Division. In last 24 hours, 4,137 COVID tests have also been conducted across the UT. In case of any emergency people can avail free ambulance services 24×7…

Revamped Roads in J&K Set to Slash Delhi to Srinagar Travel Time to Just 8 Hours, Boosting Tourism Four-Fold!

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 Editor

The Delhi-Jammu-Srinagar highway will contribute to a four-fold rise in the footfall of tourists in Kashmir, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said Tuesday. Gadkari, who inspected the Banihal-Qazigund tunnel and other projects in the union territory, said that upon their completion the travel time between from Delhi to Srinagar will be just 8 hours. Key projects part of the Jammu-Srinagar national highway: The 924-metre-long Banihal-Qazigund tunnel, being constructed to avoid a 3km landslide-prone region in Ramban district of Jammu, is part of the ongoing four-laning of the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway…

PDP Slams BJP’s Kashmir Policy as ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’

April 9, 2023 Editor

The PDP on Saturday said the BJP’s Kashmir policy and its Naya Kashmir rhetoric are like “an emperor’s new clothes,” that the judiciary and civil society have no option but to praise. In its monthly newsletter, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said that in BJP’s Naya Kashmir, a conman like Kiran Patel visits the valley flanked by security personnel while journalist Asif Sultan is jailed for doing his job. Patel was arrested by Jammu and Kashmir Police from a five-star hotel in Srinagar last month for allegedly posing as an…

Ghulam Nabi Azad Blames Rahul Gandhi: ‘Reason I am Not in Congress; You’ve to be Spineless to be in Today’s Congress’

April 6, 2023 Editor

Rahul Gandhi is the reason I and many others are not in the Congress today, veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Wednesday lamenting that leaders had to be “spineless to survive in today’s Congress.” In a free-wheeling discussion on the state of the Congress, a party he quit in August 26 last year after bitterness with then Congress chief Sonia Gandhi over a G-23 letter to her demanding party overhaul, Azad also said the UPA-2 Cabinet should have stuck to the 2013 ordinance which then Congress Vice President Rahul…

GoI reveals 185 outsiders have bought land in J&K in the last three years

April 5, 2023 Editor

As many as 185 people from outside Jammu and Kashmir have bought land in the Union Territory in the last three years, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai, however, said as per the information provided by Ladakh, no land has been bought by outsiders in the UT. “As per the information provided by the government of Jammu and Kashmir, a total of 185 people from outside the the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have bought land in the UT during 2020, 2021…

Ghulam Nabi Azad stated that he will remain neutral and not consider himself as an opposition leader

April 5, 2023 Editor

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Congress rebel Ghulam Nabi Azad’s memoir, titled ‘Azaad’, documents politics over the past five decades. Providing a ringside view to the corridors of power, Azad is critical of his former party in his memoir, describing its behaviour as “bloopers and bombast”. In an interview, he argued that while senior BJP leaders would like to see competition from a strong Congress party, the latter isn’t doing enough. Azad, who is seen to be close to PM Narendra Modi, also spoke about the Bharatiya Janata…

Kashmir Valley will be connected to the rest of the country through train services by next year: Ashwini Vaishnaw

March 26, 2023 Editor

Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that Udhampur-Banihal track connecting Jammu with Srinagar will be completed by December this year, or early next year. The Kashmir Valley will finally be connected to the rest of the country through train services by next year, railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, adding that specially designed ‘Vande Bharat’ train is also being developed for the Udhampur-Banihal track. Addressing a press conference at the Srinagar railway station in Nowgam area, Vaishnaw stated that Udhampur-Banihal track connecting Jammu with Srinagar will be completed by December this year, or early…

Editors Guild of India demands an end to harassment of journalists in the name of national security

March 23, 2023 Editor

Editors Guild of India on Wednesday expressed concern over the use of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against journalists and urged the administration to respect democratic values and stop their harassment in the name of national security. “Editors Guild of India is deeply concerned about the excessive use of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against journalists, most recently, in the case of the arrest of Irfan Mehraj, a Kashmir-based journalist, by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). “According to reports, on the afternoon of March 20, Irfan was called…

The US asserts that India and Pakistan hold sole responsibility for deciding the talks regarding the Kashmir Issue

March 22, 2023 Editor

Pakistan raised the issue of Kashmir at every major international forum. But he/she has to eat his/her mouth. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto himself created a sensation by saying that the countries of the world do not listen to Pakistan on Kashmir. Meanwhile, America has given a big statement regarding Kashmir. The US has said that India and Pakistan should engage in constructive dialogue on the issue of Kashmir. The US President Joe Biden administration said that the US supports meaningful and constructive diplomacy between India and Pakistan. When US…

J&K’s LG Manoj Sinha vows to resign if fraudulent recruitment proven

March 20, 2023 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said the recruitment process in the Union Territory was fair and vowed to quit if anyone proved otherwise. For the first time in history, results of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services examination were declared within three hours of the last candidate’s interview. His remarks come amid criticism of the government’s decision to appoint Aptech, a previously blacklisted agency, to conduct the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board recruitment examination. “Questions have been raised on selections. For the first time after…