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Dismissal of govt staffers ‘Criminal’: Mehbooba Mufti

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday questioned the dismissal of 11 government staffers from service on charges of support to terror outfits. Mufti termed the development as “criminal” and “a punishment to the people of Kashmir”. She said the government continued to disempower locals. “The Government of India continues disempowering people of Jammu and Kashmir in the garb of pseudo nationalism by trampling upon the Constitution that ought to be upheld. The abrupt dismissal of 11 government employees on flimsy grounds is criminal. All policy…

J&K cancels residential accommodation of ‘Darbar Move’ employees

June 30, 2021June 30, 2021 Editor

The officials have been asked to vacate their quarters in the twin capital cities within three weeks The Jammu and Kashmir administration on June 30 canceled residential accommodations of ‘darbar move’ employees in Jammu and Srinagar, days after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha announced an end to the age-old practice. The officials have been asked to vacate their quarters in the twin capital cities within three weeks. The L-G had on June 20 announced that the Jammu and Kashmir administration has completely transitioned to e-office, thereby ending the practice of the…

MMU refutes news of the forcible conversion; ‘There was no forced marriage, some people trying to harm brotherhood’: S K Dal

June 30, 2021June 30, 2021 Editor

Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema J&K (MMU) has refuted the claims appearing in some sections of media that two local Sikh girls had been forcibly converted to Islam for marriage. According to a statement issued here, “a high level delegation of MMU headed by senior leader Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moswi Al-Safwi which included Molana Khursheed Qanoongo, Mufti Ghulam Rasool Samoon, Molana Syed Rehman Shams on the suggestion of incarcerated Mirwaiz, met with members of the local Sikh community as well as members of Shiromani Akali Dal to find out about the issue at…

PM likely to take some revolutionary steps in J&K: Kavinder Gupta

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Editor

Just days after the Centre held all-party meeting with leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Kavinder Gupta on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was likely to take some “revolutionary steps” in J&K. Gupta was part of the three-member BJP delegation from Jammu and Kashmir who attended the all-party meeting chaired by Prime Minister Modi in Delhi on June 24. The BJP leader said that the central government would restore Jammu and Kashmir’s past glory that too with people getting opportunities as…

Difference in the conduct of Mehbooba Mufti during and after PM’s J&K all-party meet: Muzaffar Baig

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Muzaffar Hussain Baig, one of the leaders who attended PM Modi’s J&K all-party meeting on Thursday, in an exclusive conversation with India TV gave insights of the meeting, spoke about the conduct of PDP chief and former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti among other issues. Muzaffar Hussain Baig said that talks with the Prime Minister were held in a good atmosphere adding that he noted down all the important issues which were raised during the…

What’s behind Modi’s surprise talks with Kashmiri leaders? Pakistan, China, and the US, to name a few

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Editor

The meeting comes two years after India stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy and detained thousands amid a harsh lockdown Experts say bonhomie with Islamabad, the military stand-off with Beijing, and pressure from Washington may all be considerations for New Delhi Kunal Purohit Two years after stripping Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy and detaining thousands during a harsh lockdown, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held an unexpected meeting with the region’s top leaders.During the meeting, Modi promised to hold polls in Jammu and Kashmir and indicated his government…

Kashmiri leaders urge Modi to restore region’s autonomy

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 Editor

Kashmiri leaders from pro-India parties on Thursday urged the prime minister to restore the region’s special autonomy and engage in dialogue with Pakistan during their first meeting with him since the region lost its autonomy and saw many of its leaders jailed in a crackdown. Muslim-majority Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan, with both claiming it in its entirety. It became a flashpoint between the neighbors at the end of British colonial rule in 1947, when the Indian subcontinent was divided into predominantly Hindu India and mainly Muslim Pakistan.…

Unease in sections of BJP-RSS over all-party Kashmir meeting

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 Editor

There is an unease in sections of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological fount, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), over the talks on Jammu & Kashmir being held under the shadow regional parties sticking to their demand for the restoration of the Constitution’s Article 370, people aware of the matter said. The parties, including the National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi for talks in Delhi on Thursday. This is the first such meeting after Jammu & Kashmir was stripped…

CID nod, details of kin’s ‘Political Activity’ must for govt job in J&K

June 22, 2021June 22, 2021 Editor

From now on, no person can get a government job in Jammu and Kashmir without a satisfactory CID report on their antecedents, following an amendment by the Union Territory administration in the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Verification of Character and Antecedents) Instructions, 1997. One will be required to also disclose whether any family member or close relative is associated with any political party or organisation, or has participated in any political activity, or has had links with a foreign mission or organisation, or any prescribed/ prohibited/ banned organisation such…

Gupkar Alliance to send two members for Modi meet, Mehbooba advocates Collective Fight

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Editor

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Mehbooba Mufti has stressed a collective fight for the restoration of statehood and Article 370. Mufti chaired a meeting of the party Sunday afternoon in Srinagar, hours after receiving a formal invitation from Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla for an All-Party meeting on June 24 which will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ‘We have stressed for a collective fight and hence People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) will send two representatives for the meeting in New Delhi’, said a senior leader who attended…