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BJP is dividing people on religious lines: Mehbooba Mufti

September 23, 2021 Editor

Claims all big projects, including mining contracts, have been allotted to outsiders Accusing the BJP of “dividing” Jammu and Kashmir on religious lines, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday alleged that the Union Territory has been put on sale by the central government. “Jammu and Kashmir has been put on sale by the government for the people from outside. They want us to become bankrupt in order to make us dependent on (people from) other states,” Mufti told reporters here. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief claimed all projects…

Follow SoPs otherwise we will go back to square one: Manoj Sinha requests Srinagarites

September 20, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Sunday made a hand-folded request to the people of Srinagar to follow SoPs to prevent further spread of the pandemic stating that half of the total cases are coming from the district where the majority of people are educated. “Today, we see 50 percent of the total COVID positive cases are coming from Srinagar. I urge people rather, I make a hand-folded request to the people of Srinagar to follow SoPs in spirit, otherwise, we will go back to the square one where…

BJP using Taliban, Afghanistan issues to garner votes: Mehbooba Mufti

September 20, 2021 Editor

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan for political reasons and in order to gain votes. The People’s Democratic Party president said that the BJP rakes up issues related to Afghanistan and Pakistan but does not mention the Galwan valley clashes with neighboring China. “They will not talk about China which has intruded into Ladakh because they do not get votes by talking about that country. If you want to frighten people, talk about Taliban, Afghanistan,…

Order on ‘Discrete Verification’ puts new burden on J&K govt employees

September 17, 2021 Editor

A list of “adversely reported employees” prepared from time to time will be taken into cognisance by administrative departments and reported to the General Administration Department. In an order issued Thursday, the Jammu and Kashmir administration set wide-ranging parameters for “discrete verification” of government employees, which in effect puts an increasing burden on them. The major concerns set out by the administration during periodic verification of character and antecedents of government employees include serious offenses such as involvement in any act of sabotage, espionage, treason, terrorism, subversion, sedition/ secession, facilitating…

BJP fully prepared to fight J&K Assembly poll on its own: Ravinder Raina

September 16, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Wednesday said his party would fight the upcoming Assembly elections on its own strength to form the next government in the Union Territory. He said the BJP was fully prepared for the polls, which would be announced after the completion of the delimitation exercise, and had set a target of 50-plus Assembly seats. “The BJP will fight the upcoming Assembly elections on its own strength and there will be no alliance with anyone,” Raina told media persons after addressing a workers’ convention…

J&K witnesses 15% increase in Crime rate during 2020

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir recorded a 15% increase in cognizable crimes in 2020 compared to 2019, the latest report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) revealed. The report said that Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh registered 29,314 (including 403 cases in Ladakh) crime cases under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or under the Special and Local Laws (SLL) in the year 2020. This was a 15% increase from 2019 when 25,408 crime incidents were registered, which was 6% less than 2018 when 27,276 cases were registered. The report has maintained a…

NH-44 on Jaish, Lashkar target: Intelligence inputs

September 14, 2021 Editor

According to highly placed sources, several inputs suggesting a ‘major attack’ on the forces have been received since the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan on August 15. Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the two terror groups that have been working in coordination for some time, are planning to carry out a major attack in south Kashmir by “ripping the national highway to shreds” with a series of IED explosions, intelligence inputs suggest. “There are threats of IED attacks on National Highway-44 from Qazigund to Khanabal axis in south Kashmir,” said a…

Deadline extended for J&K domicile certificate as govt got cold response to the offer

September 14, 2021 Editor

The office of the Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner has also decided to hold special camps to accept applications at places where a minimum of 50 such families are residing. One such camp was held in Delhi around a fortnight ago. THERE seem to be few takers for the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s offer of domicile certificates to former residents who, or their ancestors, moved out of the erstwhile state years ago, provided they register with the Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner (Migrants) at Jammu. The administration has now extended the scheme,…

Banihal-Srinagar National Highway stretch to have emergency landing facilities

September 10, 2021 Editor

Banihal-Srinagar road stretch of Jammu-Srinagar National Highway will be among 19 other places in the country where emergency landing facilities would be developed to strengthen the country’s security. These 19 places will also include Leh/Nyoma area. An announcement in this connection was made by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari while inaugurating the emergency landing facility on National Highway 925A in Rajasthan with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday. Gadkari said that NH 925A run-way would further strengthen the country’s security in protecting the borders which…

Committed to fight for restoration of Article 370: Dr. Farooq Abdullah

September 8, 2021 Editor

National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said that his party will not shy away from participating in the Assembly polls but the Centre must first restore statehood before announcing elections. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the 39th death anniversary of NC patriarch Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah at his mausoleum at Hazratbal, Srinagar, Dr Farooq said: “I don’t know when elections would be held. Whenever they are held, we won’t shy away and rather participate and win as well. The Centre must first restore statehood before holding polls.” The…