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Farooq Abdullah hints at fighting J&K Polls with Allies

December 27, 2021 Editor

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said, “when the elections come, we’ll sit down together again to defeat the divisive and communal forces.” National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, who is the chairperson of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), has hinted his party will fight the next assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir together with the constituents of the new coalition to defeat “communal forces”. Talking about the situation in Kashmir, Mr. Abdullah claimed it is worse than the 90s — when terrorism erupted in Jammu and Kashmir — because…

Two fatalities & 124 Covid infections recorded in J&K; Srinagar reports highest cases

December 27, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir reported two deaths and 124 fresh Covid infections on Sunday; Srinagar district has the highest number of active cases at 473 followed by Jammu and Baramulla Jammu and Kashmir reported two deaths and 124 fresh Covid-19 infections on Sunday, an official health bulletin said. Of the total cases, 93 cases and death were reported in Kashmir valley while the Jammu division saw 31 infections and a fatality. The union territory reported the highest 42 cases in summer capital Srinagar followed by 17 cases in Jammu and 12…

Sub-zero temperature across Kashmir; Gulmarg shivers at -7.5°C, Leh freezes at -10.4°C

December 27, 2021 Editor

Snowfall started in parts of Jammu and Kashmir; mercury plunged to lowest in the ski resort of Gulmarg to settle at -7.5°C, while it was -10.4°C in Leh during the night Snowfall started in parts of Jammu and Kashmir as another weather system hit the union territory on Sunday. Jammu and Kashmir’s meteorological (MeT) department said that western disturbance prompted an overcast sky and fresh precipitation in the union territory. The western disturbance is a weather system or winds blowing from the Mediterranean which brings most of the precipitation in…

J&K logs 141 COVID Cases, One death; Srinagar reports 58 infections

December 25, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir reported one death and 141 fresh Covid cases on Friday, an official health bulletin said; Srinagar district has the highest number of active cases Jammu and Kashmir reported one death and 141 fresh Covid-19 infections on Friday, an official health bulletin said. Of the total cases, 118 cases and one death were reported in Kashmir valley while the Jammu division saw 23 infections. The union territory reported the highest 58 cases in the summer capital Srinagar followed by 10 cases in Kupwara and 14 in Jammu. As many…

National Conference will approach Supreme Court against Delimitation Commission recommendations: Farooq Abdullah

December 25, 2021 Editor

He said that the very first point raised by National Conference at the Delimitation Commission meeting was that the commission was illegal” National Conference president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said on Friday that his party is preparing to approach the Supreme Court against the Delimitation Commission’s recommendations as it believes that the very basis of the exercise is “illegal”. The veteran politician, who has been Chief Minister of the erstwhile State three times as well as Union Minister, also said the time has come for…

Delimitation Commission proposes 6 more assembly seats for Jammu, 1 for Kashmir; J&K political parties reject proposal

December 21, 2021 Editor

Mehbooba Mufti tweeted, “My apprehensions about the Delimitation Commission weren’t misplaced. They want to pitch people against each other by ignoring the population census & proposing 6 seats for one region & only one for Kashmir.” As the news of the Delimitation commission’s proposal reached Kashmir, all the main regional parties reacted promptly in one voice saying it is “unacceptable”. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti tweeted, “My apprehensions about the Delimitation Commission weren’t misplaced. They want to pitch people against each other by ignoring the population census &…

PDP rebel politicians seek re-induction in party, had Joined BJP to avoid corruption investigations

December 16, 2021 Editor

Several former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) politicians, who resigned from the party and joined other political parties of Jammu and Kashmir, are seeking re-induction in the party. Sources in political circles reveal to a Srinagar-based news agency Kashmir Dot Com that several political leaders who left the PDP after the abrogation of Article 370 and joined other local political outfits are again approaching Mehbooba Mufti for re-induction. For the past one week, several leaders who switched from the PDP to other local political parties are now pushing for their return…

In last three decades 89 Kashmiri Pandits were killed by militants in Kashmir: RTI

December 16, 2021 Editor

89 Kashmiri Pandits have been killed in Kashmir by militants during the past over three decades, information accessed by an RTI activist has revealed, Indian Express reported. It also revealed that as many as 1,724 people in Jammu and Kashmir were killed by the militants during this period. In response to a query raised by RTI activist PP Kapoor from Haryana’s Samalkha (Panipat), a DSP of the district police headquarters in Srinagar informed that as many as “89 Kashmiri Pandits were killed in attacks since the inception of militancy in…

Seven plots bought by non-residents in J&K since abrogation of Article 370: Home Ministry

December 16, 2021December 16, 2021 Editor

All are located in the Jammu division, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai informs Rajya Sabha. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that “seven plots of land” have been purchased by persons from outside the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). “All the seven plots are located in Jammu division,” Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in a written reply. He was responding to a question by Jharna Das Baidya (CPI-M) on the status of purchase and sale of…