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Strengthening Rural Healthcare: Omar Abdullah’s Key Focus at Medicon-25

February 15, 2025 Editor

Chief minister Omar Abdullah, on Friday, strongly emphasised upon strengthening healthcare sector in the rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir. The CM said that to ensure healthcare in rural areas, young doctors have to contribute their bit because they have lesser responsibilities compared to senior doctors. Chief minister Omar Abdullah, on Friday, strongly emphasised upon strengthening healthcare sector in the rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing “Medicon-25”, a medical conference held here, Omar said, “We have to try and ensure that our doctors simply don’t practice in cities. I know…

Shiv Sena Demands Ban on Liquor Sale in J&K

February 15, 2025 Editor

Shiv Sena seeks ban on liquor sale in J&K The Jammu and Kashmir unit of Shiv Sena (UBT) on Friday held a protest demonstration and demanded complete ban on the sale of liquor in the Union Territory. The protest comes in wake of MLAs from three political parties submitting private members’ Bills for enforcing alcohol ban across J&K ahead of the Assembly session scheduled from March 3. Led by party’s UT chief Manish Sahni, demonstrators held placards against liquor sale and demanded immediate ban due to presence of many holy…

Omar Abdullah: Sealing Jamia Masjid on Shab-e-Baraat Shows Lack of Confidence

February 14, 2025 Editor

Decision to lock Jamia Masjid on Shab-e-Baraat ‘very unfortunate’: CM Omar Abdullah Srinagar, Feb 13: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the decision to lock the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on Shab-e-Baraat is ‘very unfortunate’. He said the decision betrays a lack of confidence in the people and in the law & order machinery. Taking to micro-blogging site X (formerly Twitter) he said: “It is very unfortunate that the security establishment has taken the decision to seal the historic Jamia Masjid, Srinagar on one of the holiest nights…

J&K Political Parties Welcome High Court Ruling on Passport Denial for Militants’ Kin

February 14, 2025 Editor

Jammu And Kashmir: NC, PDP, PC Welcome High Court Ruling On Denial Of Passport To Militants’ Kin; Justice M.A. Chowdhary of the high court said that an individual’s fundamental rights cannot be curtailed based on family associations. Srinagar 14 Feb: Political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have welcomed the verdict of the High Court of J&K and Ladakh that a person cannot be denied a passport based solely on a family member’s involvement in militancy. The verdict, pronounced on Tuesday, came in response to a petition filed by Mohammad Amir…

NC Leader Proposes Alcohol Ban in Kashmir: Public Support Grows

February 13, 2025 Editor

NC leader moves bill demanding ban on drinking alcohol in Kashmir and other Muslim majority areas; Proposed alcohol ban in Kashmir gains widespread public support National Conference (NC) legislator Ahsan Pardesi has submitted a private member bill in the Assembly, seeking a ban on alcohol in Kashmir and other Muslim-majority areas of Jammu Kashmir. According to news agency JKNS, Pardesi stated that the bill aims to protect the region’s cultural and religious values, arguing that alcohol consumption contradicts Kashmir’s traditional Sufi-Reshi ethos. “The unrestricted sale of alcohol undermines our religious…

Political Slugfest Erupts Over Proposed Modifications: Sajad Lone and Waheed Para Speak Out

February 10, 2025 Editor

Proposed modifications trigger new political slugfest; Triggers were pressed by Peoples Conference (PC) supremo Sajad Lone and PDP MLA Waheed Para through their posts on the microblogging site ‘X’ Jammu, Feb 9: Ahead of the ensuing Budget session commencing on March 3, 2025, the proposed medications in the draft rules of procedure for conducting business in the J&K Legislative Assembly (LA) have triggered a new political slugfest in the Union Territory. The latest sequence of allegations and counter-allegations began on February 4, 2025, when the Business Rules Committee of J&K…

Kashmir Crisis: Aga Ruhullah Criticizes Security Forces for Torturing Individuals Labeled as OGWs

February 8, 2025 Editor

Situation in Kashmir getting worse; “The security forces label these boys as OGWs, a term which has no place in the law or in the constitution, and on the pretext of that, they get license to torture those individuals,” Ruhullah Srinagar Feb 7: Member Parliament (MP) and National Conference leader Syed Aga Ruhullah Mehdi on Friday pointed fingers at security review meeting and said that killings were reported in Kashmir a day after a high level security meeting. Addressing media persons in Delhi, Ruhullah said that no one from the…

Hold LG Accountable for Civilian Killings, Not Us: Nasir Aslam Wani

February 7, 2025 Editor

Advisor to Chief Minister, Nasir Aslam Wani condemned the killings of civilians and said the LG’s administration should be made answerable for these killings Srinagar, Feb 6: Advisor to Chief Minister, Nasir Aslam Wani Thursday asked media persons to seek answers from Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha over the recent civilian killings. Talking to media persons, Wani condemned the killings of civilians and said the LG’s administration should be made answerable for these killings. “You all know that when there is any security review meeting or security-related matters, the elected government is…

Baramulla Authorities Take Action Against Kaaba Replica Builder

February 7, 2025 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir Police have apprehended a man in Baramulla after he constructed a structure resembling the Holy Kaaba, which later went viral on social media. Srinagar 6 Feb: Jammu and Kashmir Police have apprehended a man in Baramulla after he constructed a structure resembling the Holy Kaaba, which later went viral on social media. This triggered anger among people in the Valley, who sought strict action against the person. Meanwhile, the structure was later demolished by locals, the police said. Police in a statement said that Abdul Razak Lone, a…

Fresh Spell of Snowfall Forecast as Kashmir Transitions from Chillai Kalan to Chillai Khurd

February 6, 2025 Editor

MeT forecasts fresh spell of snowfall; The changing weather pattern comes as winter gradually transitions from the harsh “Chillai Kalan” to the milder phases of “Chillai Khurd” and “Chillai Bacha” Srinagar, Feb 4: A fresh spell of light to moderate snowfall is expected across the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir, while the plains, particularly in South Kashmir, are likely to experience light snowfall. The changing weather pattern comes as winter gradually transitions from the harsh “Chillai Kalan” to the milder phases of “Chillai Khurd” and “Chillai Bacha”. In the…