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Kashmiris started fighting oppression from 29 April 1865: Mirwaiz

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‘India can’t crush our movement through military approach’ Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Friday said the era of “barbarism, suppression and tyranny” was not new to Kashmiris but had been going on for the past 300 years and the killing spree had started when 28 Kashmiris were killed by Dogra Army on April 29, 1865. Addressing Friday congregation prayers at Jamia Masjid Srinagar, Mirwaiz said, “April 29 is an important day for the Kashmir struggle as it is on this day that for the first time 28 Kashmiris…

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High Court seeks compliance of Food Safety Law

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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday directed owners of food manufacturing and processing units to file affidavits indicating the manner in which they follow provisions of Jammu and Kashmir Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation against food adulteration, a division bench comprising Justice MuzaffarHussain Attar and Justice Ali Muhammad Magrey also directed the owners of food processing units to file affidavits indicating that the food items they supply in the market are fit for human consumption. While the bench directed the owners/MDs of…

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Harnessing power potential key to Kashmir’s economic rebound : CM

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Asserting that electric power is the key for a rebound of Jammu and Kashmir’s economy, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the identified 15,000 MW potential of the state needs to be harnessed. Chairing a meeting of top officials of the state power development department (PDD) here, Mufti said they “should devise a comprehensive roadmap in view of the distress in power generation, transmission and distribution systems so that quality power supply is ensured to the consumers”. She also advised the department to take all necessary steps to clear…

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Respect ‘primacy of politics’ in India, Pak, says UN peace panel head : Kashmir Issue

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Kashmir issue must be resolved in the context of the “domestic and political” environment between India and Pakistan, the head of the UN peacebuilding commission has said as he underlined the need for respecting the primacy of the political situation on the ground. “The Indian Kashmir issue (with) Pakistan is an old issue. It has been there for a very long time. It will be resolved in the context of the local, domestic, political environment between Pakistan and India,” Peacebuilding Commission Chair Macharia Kamau told reporters at a news conference…

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Sewa-III to NHPC: Govt shelves proposal

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Facing criticism, Jammu and Kashmir Government has given a quiet burial to the proposal to handover State-owned Sewa-III hydropower project to National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) for operations, sources told  KP on Tuesday. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) Government in its earlier stint had made the offer to the power giant NHPC to operate and maintain the project located in Kathua district, following the visit of power Minister Nirmal Singh and his Commissioner/Secretary to the project site on January 4 this year. KP had exclusively…

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Don’t give special treatment to kin of babus : CM

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Taking a serious note of unpunctuality in government offices, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has issued directions that attendance of all employees should be checked thoroughly and without any consideration given to anyone related to persons holding high public offices. She has also directed that no ‘special treatment’ should be given to such persons for availing benefits and accessing services available to the citizens under the framework laid down. “In order to ensure punctuality in government offices and for promoting a transparent work culture, the Chief Minister has directed that attendance…

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Amitabh Mattoo named advisor to Mehbooba Mufti

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The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday named noted academic Amitabh Mattoo as an advisor to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti with the status of a cabinet minister, official sources said. Mattoo also served as advisor to chief minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, who died on January 7. A Kashmiri Pandit, his parents did not leave the Kashmir Valley after militancy erupted in 1989-90 and his mother continued to teach in a local college till her retirement. During his last tenure as advisor to the chief minister, Mattoo did not draw any…

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NIT issue rocks Parliament

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Cong claims atrocities in Srinagar institute; Govt, Owaisi reject contention With the Congress raising the issue of “police atrocities” on the NIT campus in Srinagar and deployment of central forces, the government, while rejecting the accusation, claimed that a decision on sending paramilitary personnel was done after receiving requests from the state government and NIT authorities. Accusing the Jammu and Kashmir Police of acting “brutally” against the protesting students of the NIT during Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia claimed that they had resorted to a…

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Explain purpose of your outside tours: Govt directs bureaucrats

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The administrative heads of State Departments would now onwards require explaining to the Government the purpose of their tours outside the State after it has come to fore that many bureaucrats would leave the headquarters for “personal visits” which would hit the work in the civil secretariat, the highest seat of governance in Jammu and Kashmir. An order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) said the administrative Secretaries have been instructed from time to time for submission of their “tour notes” soon after the arrival from the outside State…

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Govt to reward Amarnath land row architect

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Controversial bureaucrat Arun Kumar set to head SWRRA The State Government has cleared the decks for rewarding the bureaucrat involved in the controversial transfer of State land to the Amarnath shrine board in 2008 and accused of involvement in the solar lights scam of 2009. According to sources, the controversial bureaucrat, Arun Kumar, presently Director General of the Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management and Public Administration and Rural Development (IMPARD), a post equivalent in status to the IAS cadre post of Chief Secretary for the period held by him,…

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