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‘Skin Them Alive’: J&K BJP sacks party secretary Vikram Randhawa over provocative remarks

November 3, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir BJP secretary Vikram Randhawa was removed as the state unit found it “unacceptable” that a person occupying a senior position in the party made a statement that hurts religious sentiments. Vikram Randhawa, the secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Tuesday was removed from all party posts over his provocative remarks calling for violence against Kashmiri Muslims who celebrate Pakistan’s victory over India in the recent T20 cricket world cup match. A statement issued by the state BJP unit said the…

Major crackdown on corruption & misconduct, eight govt employees in J&K sacked

October 29, 2021 Editor

Eight govt employees from J&K sacked in major crackdown on corruption & misconduct

According to an official, eight employees, of various ranks, have been terminated on charges of corruption and misconduct under Article 226(2) of the J&K Civil Service Regulations. The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday sacked eight employees in a major crackdown on corruption and misconduct. “In line with our zero-tolerance for corruption policy, we are weeding out corrupt officials after thorough inquiries,” a senior official in the J&K administration told. According to the official, eight employees, of various ranks, have been terminated on charges of corruption and misconduct under Article…

Bipin Rawat – Chief of Defence Staff General warns of further curbs in Kashmir

October 25, 2021 Editor

Chief of Defence Staff points to rise in militant attacks, blames Pakistan The Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat has said restrictions imposed following the scrapping of Article 370 may return to the Kashmir Valley at the cost of freedom of movement because of terror strikes. He also accused Pakistan of carrying out a proxy war to “create fear-mongering” because “a semblance of peace and tranquillity was happening” in Jammu and Kashmir. “Whenever there is peace and tranquillity in Jammu and Kashmir, our western adversary creates a situation where…

Story Behind: Amit Shah’s first visit to Kashmir since Article 370 abrogation

October 23, 2021 Editor

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be visiting Kashmir Valley for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will spend three days in Jammu and Kashmir beginning Saturday. His Kashmir visit comes as part of the Narendra Modi government’s outreach program under which Union ministers are traveling to the region. This is Amit Shah’s first visit to the Kashmir Valley since August 2019 when he brought a resolution to cease operation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, and a reorganisation bill that…

National Highway shut for traffic due to landslides & shooting stones, Fresh snowfall in higher reaches and heavy rain lashes plains

October 23, 2021 Editor

The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for traffic as landslides and shooting stones hit the highway in the Ramban area. Higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Saturday, while heavy rain lashed the plains in the union territory. A Met Department official said moderate to heavy rain continued in the plains while Sonamarg, Pahalgam, Gulmarg, and other places in the higher reaches received fresh snowfall. “Moderate to heavy rain lashed the plains. Same weather conditions are likely to continue during the next 24 hours”, the official added.…

BJP’s policies have taken J&K back by decades: Mehbooba Mufti

October 21, 2021 Editor

Mehbooba Mufti made the remarks in response to photographs and videos on social media in which security forces are seen frisking women and minors during surprise checking in Lal Chowk. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday alleged that the BJP government’s policies on Jammu and Kashmir have taken the union territory “back by decades”. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister made the remarks in response to photographs and videos on social media in which security forces are seen frisking women and minors during surprise checking in Lal Chowk and…

The Resistance Front circulated ‘How To Target Non-Locals’ document month before Kashmir killings

October 20, 2021 Editor

In the document, The Resistance Front (TRF) also threatened to target civilians who help non-locals, & officials who help them get domicile certificates. Ananya Bhardwaj Just a month before the spate of civilian killings began in Kashmir in early October, The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, circulated a document listing out the “strategy” on how to “target and boycott non-locals in the Valley, locally as well as militarily”, ThePrint has learned. The TRF has taken responsibility for a number of killings that took place in the first…

Kashmiri’s in Police, Security Forces on hit list: Intel report

October 17, 2021 Editor

Intelligence agencies have sounded alert that ISI-backed terror outfits are now planning to execute targeted killings of Kashmiris working in the government departments and police and security forces. Sources in the security establishment said backed by Pakistan’s ISI, the terror groups had given instructions to their trained members on the ground to target Kashmiris working with the forces and intelligence agencies, besides those associated with the BJP and RSS. The sources said the agencies had gathered “decoded intercepts” of conversations between ISI functionaries and heads of terror outfits. These intercepts…

Outspoken IAS Officer Shah Faisal who flirted with ‘Politics of Change’ likely to be appointed Lt Governor’s adviser

October 11, 2021 Editor

Former IAS officer Shah Faesal may become the advisor of J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha. The speculation about Faesal being nominated as the advisor gained momentum after Baseer Khan was relieved of the said charge earlier this week. The government, however, is tight-lipped about the former IAS officer’s fresh appointment. Off late, Faesal has been repeatedly praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah on social media. Last year, 17 months after laying the foundation of a new political party, Faesal had resigned as president of the Jammu…

Heightened security in Kashmir no reason to open fire at civilians: Omar Abdullah

October 9, 2021October 9, 2021 Editor

Youth of Jammu was killed by CRPF jawans after he failed to stop his vehicle near the checking point at Anantnag Condemning the killing of a youth by the CRPF in Anantnag, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said the heightened state of alert cannot be a reason to open fire at a civilian. Yasir Ali, a resident of Jammu, had been killed by CRPF jawans after he failed to stop his vehicle near the checking point at Anantnag on Thursday night. He died on the spot. “Yasir…