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Stay away from parties creating communal rift between communities: Ghulam Nabi Azad

May 20, 2022May 21, 2022 Editor

Without naming Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the former chief minister and senior Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad said that those joining the non-local parties are never going to bring respite to the people with regard to the local issues they are facing. He also appealed to people to stay away from the parties that are hell-bent to create communal rift between the communities. As per the news agency addressing Congress party workers from Chenab Valley over phone, Azad said that those getting inspired with the outside political parties after witnessing…

GoI to deploy additional 15,000 security forces in Kashmir

May 20, 2022 Editor

The Government of India (GoI) has decided to deploy an additional 15, 000 armed forces personnel in the Kashmir Valley in wake of the recent killings in the Valley, official sources said on Thursday. The troop deployment will be in addition to the forces deployed for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra, news agency IANS reported. They said that the decision of deploying additional armed forces in the Valley has been taken in wake of the recent killing of a Kashmiri Pandit employee Rahul Bhat in Budgam district, last week. A view…

Farooq Abdullah blames ‘Kashmir Files’ for Valley’s law & order situation demands immediate ban on the film

May 16, 2022 Editor

Farooq Abdullah, the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, demanded that the Vivek Agnihotri-directed film ‘The Kashmir Files’ be banned, claiming that it has instilled “hatred in the country,” news agency ANI reported. He also branded the film “baseless,” claiming that the incidents depicted in it were all made up. The comments came a day after leaders of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, including Abdullah and PDP head Mehbooba Mufti, met with Jammu and Kashmir’s LG Manoj Sinha to discuss recent violent occurrences in the Valley. Speaking to…

#KashmirFiles: Mehbooba Mufti slams BJP over Rahul Bhat’s killing

May 16, 2022 Editor

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti accused the BJP of ‘creating Hindu-Muslim issue to divert attention from other issues’. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday launched an all out attack on the BJP over the Gyanvapi Mosque row, alleging that the saffron party was after the mosques. She also blamed ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie for the killing of Kashmiri Pandit employee Rahul Bhat. “ They are after all our mosques. Give us a list of all mosques you are eyeing… They are after Gyanvapi…

Intercepted messages signal grim times for Kashmir: Intel Agencies

May 15, 2022 Editor

With no let-up in the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits and non-local labourers that began in the Valley 18 months ago, intercepted messages by militant outfits on social media and chat applications are sending ominous signals. Hours after the little-known outfit Kashmir Tigers claimed responsibility for the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit employee at his office in Budgam, a web portal, apparently run by the militants and monitored by the security agencies, had a post which said that the fresh targets would be “migrant Pandits who are getting government jobs…

After jointly rejected the delimitation report, Opposition plans to make public aware of the ‘flaws’

May 10, 2022 Editor

Many Opposition parties of J&K, including the Congress, the National Conference and the PDP, jointly rejected the delimitation report today. The report was made public recently. In a Jammu meeting, they said the report was against the basic norms, especially geographical realities. It violated norms of uniform population, connectivity and public convenience besides highly biased and politically motivated, they said while planning to launch a campaign to oppose it in public and educate the masses. The Congress, in an official statement, said the commission had ignored the ground realities and…

Cloudburst & Gusty winds wreak havoc, damage Houses, Vehicles in Kashmir parts

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Editor

Rooftops blown off, trees uprooted Woman, her 2 sons killed in Budgam cloudburst Woman dies in windstorm in Anantnag Massive damage to property As gusty winds and hailstorm struck parts of Kashmir on Monday afternoon, three members of a non-local family were killed due to a cloudburst in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, while a woman died in a windstorm in Anantnag. A cloudburst hit a family residing adjacent to a brick kiln in Budgam claiming three lives. As per officials, the cloudburst struck at ‘Star-BDB-255’ Brick Kiln located at Chandapora…

J&K people won’t forgive those who robbed it of special status: Farooq Abdullah

May 8, 2022 Editor

Addressing media in Kulgam where he had gone to condole death of his party leader, Abdullah said, “People won’t forgive those who’ve robbed the region of its unique status, prized historical individuality and dignity.” National Conference president and former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said no amount of gerrymandering can change ground situation in UT, especially in the backdrop of Delimitation Commission’s report. Addressing media in Kulgam where he had gone to condole death of his party leader, Abdullah said, “People won’t forgive those who’ve robbed the region of…

How delimitation will change electoral politics in J&K?

May 7, 2022 Editor

The final order of the Delimitation Commission for the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir has created a political controversy in the erstwhile state The final order of the Delimitation Commission for the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir has created a political controversy in the erstwhile state. While political parties based in Kashmir have criticised the recommendations, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has welcomed the report. At the crux of the debate is whether the newly drawn assembly constituencies (ACs) will tilt the balance of power in favour of…

Administrative Reshuffle: 56 IAS, KAS officers transferred in J&K

May 6, 2022 Editor

In a major administrative reshuffle in Jammu and Kashmir, at least 56 IAS, KAS and police officers were transferred with eight women officers getting key positions. On Wednesday, the Jammu and Kashmir government had issued three sets of transfer orders, including of 27 IAS and KAS officers comprising a divisional commissioner, deputy commissioners and CEOs, nine SSP and SP-rank police officers and six financial commissioners, additional chief secretaries and principal secretaries. Ramesh Kumar has been posted as Jammu divisional commissioner, relieving Raghav Langer, who has been posted as secretary planning,…