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Over 76% population own a house and 24% own a car in J&K: Survey

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Editor

Over 76% own a house and 24% own a car in J&K: Survey

Over 76 percent households in Jammu and Kashmir have their own houses while around 24 percent households own a car, the National Health and Family Survey-5 (NHFS-5) has reported. Official data said that around 18.3 percent households in J&K possess bicycles, 30.3 percent households possess motorcycles or scooters and 4.1 percent households possess animal drawn carts. It said that 23.7 percent households possess a car, however, 46.1 percent households neither have bicycle, car, scooter or animal drawn cart. Furthermore, 37.6 percent households have no agriculture land while 37.8 percent have…

Every single Pandit who goes back, I consider it my personal failure: Omar Abdullah

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Editor

Referring to the recent spate of civilian killings in the Kashmir Valley, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that he considers the failure of the Prime Minister’s employment package for migrant Kashmiri Pandits a personal failure. He also told The Indian Express in an interview that though the current security situation might give him a short-term political handle “with which to beat the BJP”, not everything in J&K should be weighed in terms of its “political benefits and costs”. “There are some things that are far…

Kashmiri Pandits should not go, stay with us with Peace, Dignity: KCCI

June 4, 2022 Editor

Valley’s prominent business body Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Jamia Masjid, Anantnag, on Friday condemned the recent spate of killings, including those of members of minority communities and non-locals Valley’s prominent business body Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and Jamia Masjid, Anantnag, on Friday condemned the recent spate of killings, including those of members of minority communities and non-locals. A KCCI spokesperson said it goes against the basic spirit and concept of Kashmiriyat. “As the fear has engulfed people, we stand with the innocents in this…

Kashmiri Pandit’s stir grows over terror hits, Over 100 families fled Valley post recent killed

June 2, 2022 Editor

Several Kashmiri Pandits who were given jobs under a package by the Centre protested against a series of targeted killings of non-Muslim civilians on Wednesday, even as officials said Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha asked for such employees to be promptly moved to secure locations. Sinha held a meeting on the security situation with top officials on Wednesday, a Raj Bhawan official said, asking not to be named. “The LG chaired a high level meeting of administrative heads, senior police officers wherein he decided that Prime Minister package…

Sheikh Abdullah, Who led Kashmir towards India, Dropped from police medal

May 24, 2022 Editor

Sheikh Abdullah has been the symbol of Kashmir’s accession to the Union of India and is credited with driving tribal raiders out with the help of his volunteers who fought Pakistani raiders and foiled their attempt to capture Kashmir in 1947. Jammu and Kashmir’s police medal for gallantry and meritorious services will no longer have an embossed image of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, instrumental to Kashmir’s accession to India following the partition. The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to replace the picture with the national emblem. Named after the Sheikh’s…

Increased tourists footfall, flights to Kashmir can’t be called normalcy: Omar Abdullah

May 21, 2022 Editor

Addressing media persons at the party headquarters in Jammu, National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah said no one is feeling secure amid targeted killings National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Friday said that the Modi government has failed to restore peace in Kashmir and the increased tourist footfall and multiple flights to the Valley cannot be called signs of normalcy. Addressing media persons at the party headquarters here, he said, “No one is feeling secure amid targeted killings. The state of fear is such that Pandit employees are ready to quit…

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…