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SC seeks clarity from petitioners on Article 370 abrogation challenge

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 Editor

A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud today commenced hearing a batch of pleas challenging the Centre’s August 5, 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 Who can recommend the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir when no constituent assembly exists there? The Supreme Court Wednesday put this question to the petitioners who have challenged the abrogation of the constitutional provision that bestowed special status on the erstwhile state. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud today commenced hearing a batch of pleas…

Satya Pal Malik alleges govt may stage Pulwama-II to gain votes

August 2, 2023August 2, 2023 Editor

Former J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik today countered Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks accusing him of “not speaking on the Pulwama attack while in office” saying he had, in interviews to TV channels, maintained that the 40 CPRF personnel died “because of our own mistake”. Chairing an all-party convention on ‘National Security Affairs – Concerns & Accountability’ here, Malik said, “I received a call from PM Narendra Modi at 5.30 am that day and was told to keep mum. Even NSA Ajit Doval asked me not to speak.” Ruing…

Selfies with National Flag become a Must for Govt Officials on Independence Day

July 30, 2023 Editor

The government has directed all the government officers to use selfies with images of ‘Jhanda (flag), Mitti (soil) and Diya (earthen lamp) as Display Pictures (DPs) on their social media handles while people have been asked to be a part of ‘Meri Mitti Mera Desh’ campaign on this year’s Independence Day to be commemorated on August 15. The decision in this regard was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Secretary (CS) Arun Kumar Mehta to review the arrangements for Independence Day-2023. As per the official document, all Administrative…

UN Report Warns of Al Qaeda’s Efforts to Establish Affiliate and Expand Operations in Kashmir

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 Editor

Terror group Al Qaeda is “shaping” its regional affiliate in the Indian subcontinent to spread its operations into Jammu and Kashmir, Bangladesh and Myanmar, according to a UN report. The 32nd report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of the 1267 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council, released this week, noted that “one Member State assessed that Al-Qaida is shaping AQIS (Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent) to spread its operations into neighbouring Bangladesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Myanmar”. “That Member State also noted…

Natural Calamities Wreak Havoc Across J&K: Flash Floods and Landslides Triggered by Heavy Rains, Shooting Stones Disrupt Traffic on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway

July 23, 2023 Editor

Flash floods and landslides were witnessed across many districts of Jammu and Kashmir as heavy rains lashed J&K on Saturday. As per the officials, all districts of J&K received widespread rains on Saturday with many districts witnessing mudslides, flash floods, and landslides. There were reports of flash floods in Fakir Gujri area in the Srinagar outskirts. Reports of orchards and standing crops getting damaged due to flash floods were received from Kupwara. The officials said that due to poor visibility, the chopper service to Amarnath Yatra was also halted temporarily. Meanwhile, the…

Tragedy Strikes Kathua: Relentless rains trigger landslides in Kathua, eight killed, four children among them

July 20, 2023 Editor

At least eight people, including four minor cousins, were killed and two injured in separate incidents as heavy rains triggered landslides and damaged several houses in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Wednesday, officials said. The incidents took place in Bani Tehsil at around 6 am, the officials said. In ward number 3 of Surjan Morha village, 250km from Kathua headquarters, five members of a family were buried alive after two mud houses were hit by the landslide. “It took three hours for a police team to reach the area…

Martyrs’ Day: Mehbooba alleges House Arrest, Omar Abdullah defies security measures to visit party office

July 14, 2023 Editor

Will not allow BJP to ‘distort our history or forget our heroes’, says the former CM Mehbooba Mufti National Conference leader claims J-K Police denied him the necessary protection PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday alleged she was put under house arrest to prevent from paying homage to 22 Kashmiri people who were killed by the army of a Dogra ruler on this day in 1931. The former chief minister said she will not allow the BJP to “distort our history or forget our heroes”. “I’m under house arrest for wanting…

Heavy Rains disrupt Srinagar-Jammu Highway, Mughal Road, and SSG Road; Kashmir lashed by Rainfall with more expected, says MeT

July 8, 2023July 8, 2023 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir in the ongoing season has recorded normal precipitation of 99.2 mm while the weatherman here has issued a fresh weather advisory, predicting the possibility of moderate to heavy rainfall in the Union Territory over the next two days. The weatherman has also stated that the major wet spell would likely impact the ongoing Amarnath yatra. Director Meteorological Department Sonum Lotus has forwarded a copy of weather advisory to Divisional Commissioners of both the regions of Jammu and Kashmir, informing them about the possibility of major wet spell…

GoI’s ‘Home for Homeless’ Policy Aims to Alter J&K’s Demographic Composition: Mehbooba Mufti

July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 Editor

The Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP) President and former Chief Minister today raised serious concerns regarding the “home for homeless” policy announced by the government recently. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Srinagar, Mufti said that the administration was importing slums and poverty into the region under the pretext of providing housing to homeless individuals, which she believes is an attempt to alter the demographic composition of Jammu & Kashmir. Mufti expressed doubts and questioned the identity of the alleged 199,000 landless people in Jammu…

Supreme Court to Hear Challenges to Article 370 Abrogation after 3 Years, 11 Months

July 4, 2023 Editor

A five-judge bench, led by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud, will hear petitions challenging the Presidential Order of August 5-6, 2019, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019. In a move that will address lingering uncertainty surrounding the legality of the Modi government’s decision to scrap Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court is finally set to schedule hearings on a batch of 23 petitions challenging the August 2019 move. The matter was last heard in March 2020 before going in to limbo. The court today…