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Kashmir Press Club Row: Editors Guild of India, Mumbai Press Club condemn the ‘Coup’

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Editor

The country’s prominent journalists’ bodies, including the Editors Guild of India and the Mumbai Press Club, on Sunday came out in support of the elected management of the Kashmir Press Club Country’s prominent journalists’ bodies, including the Editors Guild of India (EGI) and the Mumbai Press Club (MPC), on Sunday came out in support of the elected management of the Kashmir Press Club (KPC), a day after it was taken over by a small ‘disgruntled’ group of mediapersons flanked by the police. The group on Sunday locked the club triggering…

Surya Namaskar: Forced order stokes controversy across Kashmir Valley

January 15, 2022January 15, 2022 Editor

Surya Namaskar: Forced order stokes controversy in J&K

A government order asking faculty members and students of colleges to perform Surya Namaskar has drawn sharp criticism from two former J&K chief ministers and city mayor as they termed this order as undemocratic. Director colleges, higher education department, Yasmeen Ashai in order had directed nodal principal, Jammu division colleges, and nodal principal, Kashmir division colleges, for organising a large-scale Surya Namaskar on Friday on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. “The Government of India has desired that on the occasion, a large-scale virtual Surya Namaskar be organised under the Azadi…

Cold wave intensifies across Kashmir, Harsh Chillai Kalan to Go On

January 13, 2022 Editor

Intense cold conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.6°C on Wednesday. A meteorological department official said that the minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of JK, dropped from the previous night’s 0.2°C and was 1.5°C below the normal for this time of the year. Gulmarg, the world-famous skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, recorded a drop of nearly 1°C as the mercury settled at minus 11.5°C against minus 10.6°C on the previous night, he said. Pahalgam, the famous resort…

Kashmir Valley in grip of freezing cold

January 12, 2022 Editor

Gulmarg records a low of minus 10 degrees Celsius for the second consecutive night Gulmarg tourist resort in north Kashmir continued to reel under extreme cold as the minimum temperature stayed below the freezing point at most places in the valley, officials said on Monday. The resort recorded a low of minus 10 degrees Celsius for the second consecutive night, Met officials said. They said Pahalgam in south Kashmir, which serves as the base camp for the annual Amarnath yatra, recorded a low of minus 2.6 degrees Celsius. Srinagar, the…

FIR registered against PDP leaders for ‘Violation’ of Covid norms

January 9, 2022 Editor

An executive magistrate in J&K’s Anantnag district has directed the police to register an FIR against 10 PDP leaders for allegedly violating Covid protocols at an event to mark party founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s death anniversary, officials said on Saturday. Reacting to the development, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said it appeared that Covid norms applied only to her party and not to the BJP, which held a protest in Kashmir on Friday. The executive magistrate of Bijbehara tehsil issued directions to the station house officer to lodge…

Strategic Areas Notification: Now army can carry construction in Sonamarg & Gulmarg

January 8, 2022 Editor

Almost 14 months after the Jammu and Kashmir administration notified a law allowing earmarking of land for use by armed forces, a patch of some 70 hectares in Gulmarg and Sonamarg tourist resorts in the Valley has been declared as “strategic areas”. The armed forces can now carry out construction activities on this land. Officials said the land was already under the use of the Army for years and no change or transfer of the land was being made. “The land is under the Army’s use for decades for training…

National Highway Shut, Flights delayed at Srinagar airport for 3rd straight day

January 6, 2022 Editor

Srinagar- Jammu National Highway remained closed due to incessant rains and snowfall at Patnitop and Jawahar Tunnel while shooting stones at various places between Chanderkote and Ramban sector affected the smooth movement of the traffic. As per Traffic Police advisory, “In view of heavy rain shooting stones and slippery road conditions, vehicular traffic on both sides of the highway shall remain suspended on Thursday.” As per reports received, the highway was closed for any type of vehicular movement by the authorities as precautionary measures after the weatherman forecast said there…

Srinagar experienced improvement in night temperature; Gulmarg coldest in Kashmir at -9.4°C

December 29, 2021 Editor

Gulmarg was the coldest place in Kashmir as the mercury plunged to – 9.4 °C; Srinagar city recorded an improvement in night temperature from the last couple of days due to the overcast sky Gulmarg was the coldest place in Kashmir as the mercury plunged to – 9.4 °C. After fresh snowfall in the upper parts on Sunday, the Valley is again under the grip of the cold wave. However, Srinagar city recorded an improvement in night temperature from the last couple of days due to the overcast sky. The…

Hurriyat appeals international community to take note of ‘Demographic Changes’ in J&K

December 28, 2021 Editor

All Parties Hurriyat Conference Tuesday appealed to the international community to take cognizance of what it termed the systemic demographic change being foisted upon Muslim majority Jammu and Kashmir, by settling outsiders in the region including through a new policy of sale of land and natural resources to them. This comes a day after the Union Territory government opened the land of the region for investments for people across the country. The government signed 39 MoUs worth over 18 thousand crore rupees. In a statement issued here, APHC said that…