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J&K mulls reducing police verification time

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There is good news for passport seekers as the state government is contemplating reducing the police verification time for getting a passport. The delay in the police verification is touted as the major cause for the delay in issuance of passports in the conflict-hit region where hundreds of people have been blacklisted by the intelligence agencies and are not being issued passports. In Kashmir, getting a passport over the years has been painful as most of the passport seekers are stuck in getting police verification reports and it usually takes…

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New court verdict on whether 2 flags must be flown in J&K

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A court order that said all government buildings and cars in Jammu and Kashmir must use both the national and state flag has been suspended today. On December 18, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court had said the state’s flag – red and white with three vertical stripes and a plough – must be used on government property along with the tricolor. The order of the single bench has been stayed or suspended today by division bench of the high court today. The earlier order had been challenged by a…

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Mufti in ICU, put on oxygen therapy

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Doctors at the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, have said that Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed was “sick” and has been put on oxygen therapy. They, however, said that Mufti was hemodynamically (forces involved in the circulation of blood) stable and his condition was being closely monitored by a team of experts. “Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who is admitted to AB 8 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) since December 24, is sick, requiring oxygen therapy but hemodynamically stable,” said a statement issued by the AIIMS authorities today. “He…

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India’s longest road tunnel – more than nine kilometres long will be opened for traffic in July

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India’s longest road tunnel – more than nine kilometres long and located on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway nearly 170 km from Srinagar – will be opened for traffic in July. The tunnel will connect Cheneni with Nashiri on the road between Jammu and Srinagar, cutting down the journey by 30 km and nearly an hour. Being built at a cost of over Rs. 2,500 Crore across a highly seismic zone, the tunnel is dubbed an engineering marvel. There is a parallel escape tunnel along with the main tunnel for evacuation…

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Hardliner Andrabi says never met Andhra trio with IS plans

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Kashmiri separatist leader Asiya Andrabi, who heads the woman-only radical group Dukhtaran-e-Millat, said she visited Hyderabad last year but never met the three youths who were recently arrested while attempting to join the Islamic State. Andrabi said she never met the three youths, who had planned to travel to Srinagar and later join the Islamic State. “Someone has been arrested and he has said that he had to visit me, where is my role in all this… I have no role in it. They have not said Asiya Andrabi invited…

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Youth Cong demands probe into mass copying charges

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JKSSB Exam Expressing concern over allegations of mass copying during examination carried out by the J&K Services Selection Board for graduate-level posts, the state unit of Youth Congress today demanded a time-bound enquiry into the matter and the guilty to be booked under the law. “We demand cancellation of examination that was conducted at all centres except two on December 25, besides a time-bound enquiry to be conducted into the matter and the guilty to be booked under the law,” Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress President Pranav Shagotra told…

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2015 the year that was

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2015 was an important year for Jammu and Kashmir. New Government formation following state assembly elections, Amarnath yatra were conducted during the year while continuing to retain morale ascendancy over the terrorists, despite the dynamics of Pak’s involvement in the state, border issues and other internal developments. Internal Development of the State. Own counter terrorist grid continued to maintain dominance and deny any space to terrorists. Synergised hard-intelligence based joint ops with the JKP and CAPF have been the hallmark of these ops. During the year in various successful ops,…

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Vishva Hindu Parishad warns against disbanding of VDCs

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VDC members, people protest against Hurriyat VHP Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) State patron Dr Rama Kant Dubey said the VDCs are working shoulder to shoulder with security forces in combating terrorism in the State and their services be properly utilized for this purpose and the VDCs be given all encouragement from the Government and also the regular grades as per police personnel. Talking to reporters, Dr Dubey said during last over two decades the VDCs have laid down their lives in the State and it was due to their efforts…

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Militancy on decline in J&K: Army

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‘Army to undertake small-scale precision operations, focus on killing foreign militants, top commanders’ Stating that internal security situation in Jammu and Kashmir is “stable and peaceful”, a top Army official Monday said militancy indicators have shown a “declining trend” in the state, but cautioned against “radicalisation”. “The internal security situation in Jammu and Kashmir is stable and peaceful. The counter-militancy operations are effective and the potential of militants have significantly reduced,” a senior Army officer told PTI. “There is high level of synergy among all security forces and government agencies.…

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Mumbai Congress journal blames Nehru for Kashmir, Mirwaiz defends Nehru’s Kashmir policy

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As the Congress celebrates its 131st Foundation Day on Saturday, two articles published by the party’s Mumbai unit have caused a stir as it blamed Jawaharlal Nehru for the state of affairs in Kashmir, China and Tibet. In another article, controversial remarks were made on party chief Sonia Gandhi. The unsigned articles were published in the December issue of ‘Congress Darshan’ Hindi edition. In one write-up, it was stated that Nehru should have listened to freedom fighter and former home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s views on international affairs. The content…

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