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Yasin Malik Death Penalty Case: Judge Steps Down, New Bench to Hear Plea

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Yasin Malik Death Penalty Case: Judge Steps Down, New Bench to Hear Plea

Delhi High Court judge Amit Sharma on Thursday recused himself from hearing a plea by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking death penalty for separatist leader Yasin Malik in a terror funding case. The matter was listed before a division bench headed by Justice Prathiba M Singh after a change in the roster of judges dealing with such cases. “List before another bench, of which Justice Sharma is not a member, on August 9,” Justice Singh said. The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief, who is currently serving a life term…

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J&K Assembly Polls: NC Announces Formation of Manifesto Committee

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J&K Assembly Polls: NC Announces Formation of Manifesto Committee

The committee will be led by senior party member and former Jammu and Kashmir finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather With an eye on the impending assembly polls scheduled to be held before September, the National Conference has constituted its manifesto committee. The committee will be led by senior party member and former finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather. The NC is buoyed by its recent performances in the Lok Sabha polls, where it had won two of the three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir and polled the highest number of total…

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Ruhullah Demands Apology from PM Modi Over Claims of Employees Forced to Walk Barefoot at Yoga Day Event

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Srinagar: National Conference MP-elect Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apologise if the reports of some government employees being “forced” to walk barefoot for his International Yoga Day event here are true. Prime Minister Modi led the Yoga Day event at SKICC here on Friday morning. Mehdi, who won the parliamentary polls from Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, posted a video on X purportedly showing some participants for the event walking barefoot amidst incessant rains. “Reports and videos surfaced showing employees forced into walking barefoot in…

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Singing the National Anthem Now Compulsory in All Jammu & Kashmir Schools

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Singing the National Anthem Now Compulsory in All Jammu & Kashmir Schools

Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department has cited that morning assemblies have been invaluable in fostering a sense of unity among the students. The Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department has made the national anthem mandatory in the morning assembly for all schools in the union territory. The directive has come from the principal secretary of the School Education Department through a circular, instructing all schools to make the morning assembly uniform across the Union Territory. “Morning assembly should begin with the national anthem as per standard protocol. It has…

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#SecurityStandoff: Army and Police Clash Raises Concerns in Kupwara

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Police in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district have booked army soldiers for allegedly barging into a police station and assaulting cops, even as the army has termed the report as “incorrect”. As reported by The Indian Express, police have invoked IPC sections relating to rioting, robbery, kidnapping, and attempt to murder against the army personnel. The FIR, registered at Kupwara police station, invokes the following IPC sections — 186 (voluntary obstruction of public servant in discharge of public duty), 332 (voluntarily causing harm in order to deter public servant from doing…

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Mufti’s Mobile Mishap: Outgoing Calls Silenced Amidst Election Heat

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Mufti’s Mobile Mishap: Outgoing Calls Silenced Amidst Election Heat

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday claimed that outgoing calls on her mobile number have been suspended without any explanation. “I am not able to make any calls since morning. There is no explanation for this sudden suspension of services on the day of polling in the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency,” Mehbooba told PTI. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency, where voting is currently underway. The PDP also flagged the issue in a post on X. “Just ahead…

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Corruption Crackdown: J&K’s Former Fiscal Head’s Son Faces Charges

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Corruption Crackdown: J&K’s Former Fiscal Head’s Son Faces Charges

The agency was probing allegations of JDA illegally approving construction of an IT Park on a back dated site plan for three-storey building despite knowing that there was no provision to regulate an illegal construction The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday registered a case of corruption against former finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather’s son, Bilal Rather, officials of enforcement wing, then chief town planner and then vice-chairperson of the Jammu Development Authority (JDA). ACB registered a case under sections of Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Corruption Act, 2006, and 120-B…

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J&K Tragedy: 5 Killed in Separate Road Accidents Across Samba, Poonch, Ramban

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J&K Tragedy: 5 Killed in Separate Road Accidents Across Samba, Poonch, Ramban

Five people were killed in four separate road accidents in Samba, Poonch and Ramban districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. Two sadhus, Bhim Giri, 55, and Suresh Kumar, 52, both residents of Narwal bypass, were killed when their two-wheeler was hit by a truck coming from the wrong side on a bridge in Samba along the Jammu-Pathankot highway, they said. The accident took place around 10 am when the two were headed towards Pathankot. The driver of the truck, which way on its way to Jammu, fled the…

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Wings Up for Hajj! 320 Pilgrims to Take Off from Srinagar on Holy Journey from May 9th

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Wings Up for Hajj! 320 Pilgrims to Take Off from Srinagar on Holy Journey from May 9th

Srinagar: A total of 7008 Hajj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir will be embarking on the holy journey to Mecca and Madina this year, with first flight scheduled to leave Srinagar International Airport on May 09, officials said. Executive officer of the J&K Haj Committee, Dr Shujhat Quershi, while speaking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reiterated the committee’s dedication to ensuring a seamless experience for the pilgrims, affirming the exhaustive arrangements to facilitate the holy journey for pilgrims. He said that a total of 7008 Hajj pilgrims will…

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Tragedy on Kashmir Roads: Soldier Killed, Eight Injured in Vehicle Crash

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Tragedy on Kashmir Roads: Soldier Killed, Eight Injured in Vehicle Crash

An Armyman was killed and eight others were injured on Saturday when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell in a gorge in Anantnag, officials said. The accident occurred in the Verinag area of the south Kashmir district. Nine army personnel were injured and rushed to the hospital, they said. Of the nine injured, one jawan succumbed to his injuries, they said. According to the official, an Army vehicle of 19 Rashtriya Rifles went out of the driver’s control at Batagund village in Verinag area of Anantnag district and…

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