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Omar’s assertion of passing resolution in assembly on special status restoration a big lie: Sajad Lone

March 23, 2022 Editor

Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday said “assertions of Omar Abdulah and his party National Conference of passing a resolution on the revocation of Article-370 and 35 A in the assembly if voted to power was another gimmick and a big lie.” “It is Parliament which stripped J&K of its special status. We don’t agree with it and have taken the fight to court. However, the supremacy of the Parliament can’t be challenged by any assembly. Further J&K is now a Union Territory whose powers wrest with Lieutenant…

Farooq Khan LG’s adviser resigns, set to get key role in BJP

March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 Editor

Farooq Khan, the former adviser to Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha, said on Monday that he belonged to BJP since the very beginning and will share information at the “right time” if he contests the assembly elections. Khan, 67, a retired IPS officer who was instrumental in breaking the backbone of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir in the early 1990s, submitted his resignation on Sunday evening to the ministry of home affairs and said he is hopeful that it will be accepted. He had earlier served as a…

Fake Story: ‘The Kashmir Files’ is far from truth claims Omar Abdullah

March 19, 2022 Editor

The National Conference on Friday broke its silence on ‘The Kashmir Files’ and said the movie was far from the truth as the movie makers have ignored the sacrifices of the Muslims and Sikhs who had also suffered from militancy. Vice-president of the party and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah said that if ‘The Kashmir Files’ is a commercial movie, no one has an issue, but if the filmmakers claim that it is based on reality, then the facts are the other way round. “When the…

Instead of healing old wounds and creating a conducive atmosphere between the two communities, the Centre is ‘Deliberately tearing them apart’: Mehbooba Mufti

March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 Editor

The aggressive manner in which the Centre is promoting “The Kashmir Files” film and “weaponising” the pain of Kashmiri Pandits makes its “ill intention” obvious, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief said instead of healing old wounds and creating a conducive atmosphere between the two communities, the Centre is “deliberately tearing them apart”. “The manner in which GOI (Government of India) is aggressively promoting Kashmir Files & is weaponising pain of Kashmiri Pandits makes their ill intention obvious,” Mehbooba Mufti wrote on Twitter.…

Media in Kashmir is being ‘Choked’ due to local admin curbs; PCI fact-finding committee

March 15, 2022 Editor

A three-member Fact-Finding Committee (FFC) of the Press Council of India (PCI) has said that news media in Jammu and Kashmir, especially in Kashmir, was “slowly being choked” due to extensive curbs imposed by the local administration. The FFC, in its report submitted last week, has also advised the J&K administration to immediately stop the “tendency” to see all critical reporting and opinions as “anti-national”. “A conflict zone has many players and many aspects of events that unfold. A journalist cannot and should not ignore the government version; at the…

Delimitation panel releases draft proposal for public remarks

March 15, 2022 Editor

The Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission on Monday released its draft report for public remarks and sought objections and suggestions from residents of the union territory before March 21, which will be considered by the panel in its public sitting on March 28 and 29. There isn’t much difference between the first and second draft proposals that were given to associate members of the commission, but in the new report, names of some assembly constituencies have been kept the same as they were in the erstwhile state. For example, the…

People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration group of retired, tired people: Tarun Chugh

March 6, 2022 Editor

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary and in-charge Jammu and Kashmir, TarunChugh Saturday said that the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) is a group of retired and tired people with a perverted mindset. Chugh said the leaders in the PAGD have retired and have a “perverted mindset as they have always played with the emotions of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.” He said that BJP has a record of every development that took place in their (BJP’s) tenure and whenever PAGD wants they will provide them the…

Jammu-Srinagar national highway closed due to landslides, 700 trucks stranded in Ramban

February 27, 2022 Editor

The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed for traffic on Saturday owing to landslides and fresh snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir. Officials said that the 270-km road has been blocked at multiple places. “The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is closed for vehicular movement due to landslides, shooting stones at many places on the highway, and snow accumulation around the Navyug Tunnel,” said the traffic police. There were fresh rains and snowfall in many parts of the union territory during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. Earlier rains were also witnessed on Friday.…

Basic structure of J&K Delimitation Commission unacceptable: PAGD

February 27, 2022February 27, 2022 Editor

The PAGD members on Saturday held a meeting in the backdrop of a fresh draft proposal given to associate members – five Parliament members from J&K, three from the National Conference, and two representing the BJP. Exercise is done in an unconstitutional manner Naya Kashmir Narrative a Bunch of Lies, Says Gupkar Alliance, Challenges BJP Govt on Jobs, Investment Numbers Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Saturday said that the basic structure and the constitution of the Delimitation Commission are unacceptable to the alliance and also issued a white…

Delimitation panel accepts suggestions from five MPs

February 25, 2022 Editor

No, invite from Delimitation Commission so far: Senior National Conference (NC) leader Hasnain Masoodi The Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir, which met here today, has accepted some of the suggestions by its associate members (all five Lok Sabha members from the UT), officials said. Headed by former Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Desai, the commission will discuss the proposal given by the five MPs. It has to submit its report by May 6. “The panel held deliberations and accepted certain suggestions given by five associate members. Now we will go…