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Anger Among Kashmiri’s Growing Each Passing Day: Mehbooba Mufti

November 19, 2021 Editor

“I request the people of Jammu to stand up and not let Kashmir go,” PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said. PDP President Mehbooba Mufti has asked the people of Jammu to be a bridge and maintain a strong bond with Kashmir that is drifting away due to the “strong-arm tactics” of the BJP-led dispensation. The former chief minister said her struggle through peaceful means would continue for restoration of the special status being enjoyed by the people of Jammu and Kashmir before August 2019. “Today Kashmir is in pain…the wound has…

‘Will Knock On Every Door’, Won’t allow Kashmir to turn into graveyard: PAGD

November 19, 2021 Editor

PAGD spokesperson Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami said: ‘We will also seek legal advice about approaching the Supreme Court… we will knock on every door’. Saying the magisterial inquiry ordered by the J&K administration to investigate the incident cannot be fair, the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Thursday demanded a judicial probe into the Hyderpora encounter. “We will be writing to President Ram Nath Kovind this evening, seeking a credible probe into the Hyderpora incident. In our view, only a judicial probe can be credible and fair,” CPI(M) leader Mohammad…

Jolt to J&K Congress: 20 Senior leaders from Ghulam Nabi Azad camp resign

November 17, 2021 Editor

Demanding change in party leadership in the Union Territory amid speculations that the assembly elections are around the corner, the Congress leaders have stated that under the presidentship of GA Mir, the party is headed towards a disaster. In a major setback to Congress amid speculations that the assembly elections are imminent in Jammu and Kashmir, at least 20 senior Congress leaders considered close to former Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, have resigned from their respective party positions. All those who have resigned are…

Families of killed trader, Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti demand impartial probe in Hyderpora Encounter

November 17, 2021 Editor

After the families of two businessmen killed in Hyderpora gunfight on Tuesday contested police claims that the deceased was overground workers (OGWs) for terrorists, the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party demanded a time-bound probe into the incident. According to the police, a Pakistani terrorist and his local associate Mohammad Amir, along with two civilians — Altaf Bhat and Mudassir Gul — were killed in the encounter in Hyderpora locality, where an illegal call center and a terror hideout were allegedly being run. The families of Bhat and Gul,…

COVID19: 108 new cases, 3 deaths in J&K

November 16, 2021 Editor

J&K recorded 108 Covid cases and three fatalities due to the disease, taking the infection tally to 3,34,288 and the death toll to 4,453, officials said on Monday. Of the fresh cases, 19 were from the Jammu division and 89 from Kashmir. Srinagar district recorded the highest number of 40 new cases, followed by Baramulla with 19. There are 1,517 active cases in the UT while the number of recoveries stands at 3,28,318. Ladakh reported 28 fresh cases. The infection tally has reached 21,176, while the number of active cases…

J&K records 181 new COVID cases, highest in over 2 months

November 14, 2021 Editor

The Covid case count six of the total 20 districts in Jammu and Kashmir went into double digits after several months, an official health bulletin revealed. Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded the highest daily Covid count in 52 days after 181 fresh cases were reported. The infection count six of the total 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir went into double digits after months, an official health bulletin revealed. Except for 204 Covid cases on September 22, the union territory had recorded fewer daily cases than Saturdays in August,…

Prevailing situation in J&K worrying and disturbing: Hurriyat (M)

November 14, 2021 Editor

All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has termed the prevailing political situation in Jammu and Kashmir as extremely “worrying and disturbing”, saying that “the large-scale additional deployment of armed forces in cities and towns has created an atmosphere of panic and insecurity among the people”. APHC said that besides continued policy of arrests, raids, killings, and severe human rights violations continues unabated. The group added that “according to newspaper reports, in these days of severe cold, people are being subject to regular stoppage and frisking on roads by the government forces…

Considering silence in Kashmir as sign of peace is flawed: Mehbooba Mufti

November 10, 2021 Editor

Mehbooba Mufti said sending additional forces to Jammu and Kashmir is a clear indication that the situation is not good Former Chief Minister and President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti said on Monday that considering the silence in Kashmir as a sign of peace is flawed. Talking to reporters in Srinagar, Mehbooba Mufti said, “The people in Jammu and Kashmir have been muzzled and considering forceful silence here as peace is not good.” She said sending additional forces to Jammu and Kashmir is a clear indication that the…

Darbar Move: J&K Govt restores accommodation for staff moving from Kashmir to Jammu

November 6, 2021 Editor

The administration had earlier canceled Srinagar and Jammu accommodation for employees moving every six months citing logistical costs. The November 3 order said, “Sanction is hereby accorded to the partial modification of government order dated 29.06.2021 and restoration of government accommodation at Jammu in favour of all these government employees which were earlier allotted to them. The J&K administration has restored government accommodation for employees moving from Kashmir to Jammu, on a temporary basis, weeks after cancelling it. The November 3 order said, “Sanction is hereby accorded to the partial…