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National Conference’s Omar Abdullah hints at staying away from grand alliance against BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha polls

June 11, 2023 Editor

National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday hinted at his party staying away from the grand alliance against the BJP in next year’s general elections, saying most such parties remained silent when Article 370 was abrogated. He also said the talks on a pre-poll alliance in J&K would be premature before the sounding of bugle for the Assembly elections in the Union Territory. “What we have (to contribute) outside J&K? We have a total of five (Lok Sabha) seats and what storm these seats can create? We have…

Kashmiris Suffer as unscheduled Power Cuts worsen summer woes in the Valley

June 10, 2023 Editor

Kashmir valley has been witnessing daily unscheduled curtailment of power, much to the chagrin of people as the summer has arrived. Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) is resorting to daily power cuts in metered as well as non-metered areas. Locals and officials said that the non-metered areas, which are two-third of total customers, face a curtailment of 5-7 hours daily, while the metered areas face two hour power cuts. “After the major power cuts daily in winter, we are again facing cuts of five to six hours now which…

NIA Appeals for Death Penalty for JKLF Chief Yasin Malik, Files Petition in Delhi High Court

May 27, 2023 Editor

The National Investigation Agency moved to Delhi High Court on Friday seeking death penalty, capital punishment for Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik. Last year, the Trial Court awarded life imprisonment to Yasin Malik in a terror funding case. In its appeal, NIA stated that India lost its most valued soldiers due to the crime committed by such terrorists and that their ‘act of war’ gave the entire nation unrepairable grief. NIA further added that the accused, over the years, has been leading terrorist activities in Kashmir along…

2019 Lok Sabha Elections Fought Amidst the Sacrifice of Our Soldiers: Satyapal Malik

May 23, 2023 Editor

Former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satyapal Malik again attacked the government over the Pulwama attack issue, saying the 2019 Lok Sabha elections were “fought on the bodies of our soldiers”, and the then home minster would have to resign had there been a probe into the incident. He claimed he had informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the attack just after the incident but “he told me to keep quiet”. “Elections (Lok Sabha 2019) were fought on the bodies of our soldiers and no investigation was done. Had an inquiry…

G20 In Srinagar: Turkey, Saudi skip registration, China wont attend meeting in ‘Disputed’ Kashmir

May 21, 2023May 21, 2023 Editor

THREE DAYS before the G20 tourism working group meeting begins in Srinagar on Monday, three countries – China, Turkey and Saudi Arabia – had not registered till Friday. A PTI report from Beijing quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin as saying: “China firmly opposes holding any form of G20 meetings on disputed territory… We will not attend such meetings.” There was no official word from Turkey or Saudi Arabia. However, Union Tourism Secretary Arvind Singh said the window to register would remain open till the morning of May 22.…

G-20 Summit preparations in Kashmir prompt school closures and heightened Alert for mainstream Politicians and Minorities

May 19, 2023 Editor

Schools at “vulnerable” points have been closed and members of minorities, migrant workers and mainstream politicians are being put on alert in Kashmir, especially Srinagar, ahead of the G-20 Tourism Working Group meeting scheduled for next week. Official sources said several schools in the city, especially those in “vulnerable pockets” in Srinagar, will be closed for the next one week. A teacher, who teaches at a private school located on the outskirts of Srinagar city, said she received “directions from the school administration to announce a nine-day holiday from May…

UN Expresses Concern: G20 Accidentally Supporting Facade of Normalcy in Kashmir

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 Editor

Ahead of India’s G20 meeting of the working group on tourism on May 22-24, the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues Fernand de Varennes, has warned that the government of India is seeking to normalize “what some have described as a military occupation” by instrumentalizing a G20 meeting and portray it as an international “seal of approval”. “Human rights violations have risen dramatically in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir since 2019 when the Government of India revoked the special status of the region”, Varennes warned in a statement. The G20 is…

15000 Kashmiri youth spying for IB; Farooq Abdullah levels a serious charge against Intelligence agencies in Kashmir

May 15, 2023 Editor

Dr. Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister and chief of the National Conference party has made highly controversial remarks about the Kashmiri youth. He said the IB (Intelligence Bureau) has raised 15,000 local youth as informers to spy on Kashmiris. Addressing his party men in Shopian in south Kashmir and speaking in the Kashmiri language, Dr. Abdullah alleged that “the youth are being paid (by the IB) to keep an eye on you.” He asked his party men to be careful and keep an eye on the activities of their children.…

Mehbooba Mufti criticizes India’s focus on G-20, Advocates for SAARC in Pursuit of ‘Vishwaguru’ Status

May 15, 2023 Editor

Amid the preparations for the third G-20 tourism working group meeting in Kashmir, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti downplayed the forum’s importance calling it a “good promotion exercise” for the ruling BJP and stressed that holding the SAARC summit and discussing problems in the region would help India in becoming a ‘Vishwaguru.’ Speaking to news agency PTI on the preparations for the three-day G-20 grouping meeting, Mehbooba Mufti, the last chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, opined that India can establish its leadership in…

Whenever ever elections are held, National Conference will be the first to seek BJP’s aid with a ‘Begging Bowl’: Sajad Lone

May 12, 2023 Editor

The J&K People’s Conference on Wednesday criticized the National Conference (NC) saying the party will be “the first one to go with a begging bowl” to the BJP and “compromise the respect and identity” of Kashmiris “whenever and if ever” assembly elections are held. He said the NC has allied with the BJP in the past and will do it again in the future due to their own compulsions and constraints “given the serious cases against the father and son”. Lone, according to a PC statement issued here, said this…