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J&K recorded 697 fresh infections; Kashmir 416 & Jammu 281

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 Editor

For the first time in over last five months, the daily Coronavirus cases took a big jump in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday as 697 more people tested positive for the deadly infection, even as no fresh fatality was reported from the Union Territory during the last 24 hours. Kashmir Valley reported the highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases after a gap of over five months, with 416 people confirmed infected by the virus, officials said Tuesday. In Jammu, 281 new cases of Coronavirus were detected, taking the total number…

Har Ghar Tiranga: Shopkeepers, Teachers, Students in J&K told to pay flag fee; Admin denies orders

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 Editor

As part of a nationwide programme for Independence Day, shopkeepers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag were told to pay Rs 20 as a “deposit fee” for the tricolour or face action. Subsequently, a senior district official clarified that the flag campaign was purely voluntary. On Friday, the Anantnag Chief Education Officer (CEO) issued a circular for schools in the district, asking students and teachers to pay the Rs 20 fee. This circular was withdrawn after being shared widely on social media. The announcement for shopkeepers was made from a loudspeaker-equipped…

J&K admin forcing people to buy National Flag under Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign: Mehbooba Mufti

July 25, 2022 Editor

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of “forcing” people to buy the national flag for the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign while asserting that patriotism comes naturally and cannot be imposed. The campaign has been launched to encourage the citizens to hoist the national flag in their homes from August 13 to 15 as part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’. In a purported video shared by Mufti on Twitter, a public announcement is being made from a loudspeaker fixed atop a vehicle of the…

Dynasty politics over in J&K, concerned should find other means for survival as the political business has come to an end for them: Shahnawaz Hussain

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 Editor

J&K dynasts should find other means for survival, process for conduct of assembly polls started by ECI, will be held soon, says National Spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that those from the dynasty politics in Jammu and Kashmir will have to find some other means for survival as the political business won’t help them anymore. Addressing a presser, here at a local hotel, Party’s National Spokesman, Shahnawaz Hussain, said that the time for dynasty politics has come to an end. “Those who are part of…

Seeking ‘Fair Trial’ Yasin Malik begins hunger strike in Tihar Jail

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 Editor

Jailed Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik has begun a hunger strike in Delhi’s Tihar Jail seeking a fair trial in his case, said prison officials. The chief of the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), undergoing a life term in a terror-funding case, had moved an application with the central government seeking personal appearance in two cases. The separatist leader is facing trial in cases related to the 1989 abduction of Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of then Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, and killing of four Indian Air Force (IAF)…

J&K recorded 78 Civilians, 104 Armed forces personnel killing in 2020-21: GoI

July 20, 2022 Editor

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) India on Tuesday said 182 civilians and armed forces personnel were killed in the militancy-related incidents in 2020 and 2021. In a written reply, a copy of which is in possession of Kashmir News Observer, the MHA said 437 militancy-related incidents were reported in 2020 and 2021. In these two years, 104 armed force personnel and 78 civilians lost their lives, the Ministry said. In 2020, 244 militancy-related incidents took place in which 62 armed forces personnel and 37 civilians lost their lives. In…

Fair Trial: Yasin Malik to go on hunger strike from July 22 says JKLF

July 19, 2022 Editor

Incarcerated chief of now banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Yasin Malik will be going on a hunger strike from July 22 in Tihar jail if his demands of a fair trial and ensuring his physical presence in the courts is not fulfilled, a JKLF spokesperson said in a mailed statement. Malik has been serving life sentence in a terror-funding case while trials against him and his aides is going on in two other cases – kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of former Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed…

Amarnath Yatra 2022: Six Yatris, One Pony walla died in last 36 hours

July 17, 2022 Editor

Six pilgrims and one pony driver died of natural causes during the Amarnath Yatra in the last 36 hours, taking the overall death toll in the ongoing pilgrimage to 49, officials said on Saturday. The death toll includes 15 yatris who lost their life in the July 8 flash flood. So far, 47 yatris and two pony drivers have lost their life during the pilgrimage which started on June 30. One pony driver had died after he fell from his horse into a deep gorge in Pahalgam. In the July…

Rubaiya Sayeed identifies Yasin Malik, 3 others as her abductors

July 16, 2022 Editor

Three decades after her high-profile abduction and release, Rubaiya Sayeed, 56, the daughter of former home minister and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, the late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, on Friday identified four of her kidnappers including JKLF founder Yasin Malik before a TADA Court . Sayeed was kidnapped in December 1989 by Malik and his aides. Her father was the union home minister at the time in the VP Singh-led National Front government. The court has fixed August 23 as the next date of hearing in the much…

J&K reported 118 fresh coronavirus cases, Jammu 67 and Kashmir 51

July 8, 2022July 9, 2022 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday recorded 118 fresh Covid cases, taking the number of infected persons to 4555706, while no fatality reported due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said. Of the new cases, 67 were from the Jammu division and 51 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, Officials said. There are 665 active cases in the union territory while the number of recoveries so far has been 450284, officials said. 94 Covid-19 patients recovered today, 57 from Jammu division and 37 from Kashmir division,…