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Rahul Gandhi, 2 Years after he was made to Go Back, Returns to J&K

August 10, 2021 Editor

Two years after he was turned back from the airport, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to arrive in Srinagar today on a two-day visit. It will mark the first visit of Mr. Gandhi to Jammu and Kashmir after it was stripped of its special status and statehood in 2019. Rahul Gandhi had led an opposition delegation to Kashmir in 2019, days after the special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution was removed by presidential order, and the state was divided into two Union Territories,…

Past two years saw people silenced, ripped off jobs: Gupkar Alliance

August 5, 2021 Editor

Tarigami says BJP’s ‘Naya Kashmir’ slogan ‘is a joke now’ The Peoples Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of five Jammu and Kashmir parties, including the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday said the past two years, after ending J&K’s special status in 2019, saw “people being divided into smaller units, silenced, ripped off their jobs and rights over the natural resources”. In a statement issued on the eve of the second anniversary of the reading down of Article 370, Gupkar alliance spokesman…

Article 370 abrogation incremented trust deficit, alienation among people of J&K: Altaf Bukhari

August 5, 2021 Editor

He further said that “by now it must have been explicit to everyone in New Delhi that Article 370 was not an impediment in the way of development of Jammu and Kashmir”. “Unfortunately, we have not witnessed any major development taking place in J&K since August 5, 2019, as was projected by the advocates of abrogation of Article 370. Rather, ways of cultural imperialism have been facilitated by the bureaucratic regimes who seem hell-bent to convert our heritage sites into commercial entities like Mubarak Mandi in Jammu,” he added. Bukhari…

Two years since abrogation of Article 370, Gupkar alliance dubs Naya Kashmir a ‘Joke’

August 4, 2021 Editor

2 Years since abrogation of Article 370, Gupkar alliance dubs Naya Kashmir a 'Joke'

Hardening its stance vis à vis the Centre ahead of the second anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, the Gupkar alliance dubbed ‘Naya Kashmir’ as a joke. Hardening its stance vis à vis the Centre ahead of the second anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration described BJP’s ‘Naya Kashmir’ slogan as a “joke”. In a statement issued by PAGD spokesperson MY Tarigami on Wednesday, it was reiterated that the Union government had perpetrated an “unprecedented assault” on the Constitution thereby “damaging” Jammu…

Ex J&K Cop caught with militants ‘Let Off’, While Kashmiri’s are guilty until proven innocent: Mehbooba Mufti

August 4, 2021 Editor

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday, 2 August, claimed that Former Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh was “let off the hook” despite being caught with militants, while “Kashmiris are considered guilty until proven innocent”. Mufti’s remarks on Twitter came following a photo of his dismissal order from May last year going viral on social media. She wrote, “Innocent Kashmiris arrested under anti-terror laws rot in jails for years. For them the trial becomes punishment. But GOI [Government of India] does not want an…

J&K will be granted statehood after normalcy is restored: MHA

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 Editor

Violence Down, still no Timeline from the centre on Statehood for J&K The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said full statehood will be reinstated in Jammu and Kashmir at an “appropriate time” after normalcy is restored. In a written response to Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi in Rajya Sabha, MoS Home Nityanand Rai said statehood to Jammu and Kashmir would be granted at an appropriate time after normalcy is restored. The erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was stripped of its statehood on August 5, 2019, after the removal…

Weekend curfew lifted from across J&K

July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 Editor

As per the orders issued by the state executive committee (SEC) chief secretary Arun Kumar Mehta while there will be no weekend curfew in any district, night curfew will remain in force in all the districts from 8 pm to 7 am. The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Sunday lifted the weekend curfew from all districts of the Union territory though some restrictions such as night curfew will stay in place. As per the orders issued by the state executive committee (SEC) chief secretary Arun Kumar Mehta while there will…

After the season’s hottest day, rain brings down the mercury across J&K

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Editor

On Sunday, the maximum temperatures in the summer capital, Srinagar, and winter capital, Jammu, were 35°C and 36°C, respectively – the highest so far; Kashmir’s Anantnag and Kulgam districts and Kathua in Jammu received heavy rainfall A day after witnessing the hottest day of the year so far, monsoon showers lashed parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. With the mercury hovering over 30°C for the last few days, the downpour brought much-needed respite from the heat. On Sunday, the maximum temperatures in the summer capital, Srinagar, and the winter…

Kashmir has been pushed to Economic & Democratic disconnect with the rest of India: National Conference

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Editor

The National Conference (NC) on Monday claimed that Kashmir has been pushed to an economic and democratic disconnect with the rest of the country and that the ‘discomfiture’ has equally been felt by the Kashmiri Pandit community. NC general secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar made these comments while welcoming Ashok Kumar Bharti, the vice-chairman of the Shopian Municipal Committee, into the party fold. Bharti, who was affiliated with the BJP, joined the NC along with scores of his supporters. Among others who joined the NC are Shushma Bali, Chander Kumar Bali,…

Will wait for ‘Liberal’ Govt to restore special status: Sajad Gani Lone

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Editor

People’s Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone said he does not expect the BJP-led government in the Centre to restore Jammu and Kashmir’s special status.“I wouldn’t expect them to give it back. But that doesn’t stop us from going to the courts, which we have, or waiting for a liberal government at a future date to give it back,” the People’s Conference tweeted Mr. Lone’s remarks on its official handle today. The Centre on August 5, 2019, had abrogated Article 370, which gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu…