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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…

Kashmir faces rising trafficking cases, Women’s Panel calls it ‘Tip of Iceberg’

April 28, 2023 Editor

The National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma on Thursday said human trafficking increased by 15.56 per cent in Jammu and Kashmir last year as compared to the 2021-22 financial year but it is “just the tip of an iceberg”. “In the last few years, we have seen in Kashmir also that women are getting targeted. The NCRB data shows that it has increased 15.56 per cent last year compared to 2021-22. And this is just the tip of the iceberg because the data does not give the true…

COVID-19 Update: Jammu and Kashmir records 64 New Cases, One Fatality

April 10, 2023 Editor

Following the uptick in cases, Jammu and Kashmir’s health authorities reported one Covid-19-related death on Sunday while 64 fresh infections were also recorded. Officials in a health bulletin said that the death was reported in Jammu division with 24 fresh cases there and 40 in Kashmir division. Officials in a health bulletin said that the death was reported in Jammu division with 24 fresh cases there and 40 in Kashmir division. Two more deaths have already been reported earlier this month. The highest 19 cases were reported in Jammu, eight…

Mehbooba Mufti Declares: No participation in assembly polls without restoration of Article 370, citing it as an ‘Emotional Issue’

March 22, 2023 Editor

Earlier today, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti welcomed the opening of the Sharda Devi Temple near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district and expressed hope of resumption of cross-border trade. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has said she will not fight an assembly election “as long as Article 370 is not restored.” Speaking to news agency PTI, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief said that Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that embodied special provisions for the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir is “more of…

Giving jobs to Mafia, Goons might be a tradition in UP, not J&K: Mehbooba Mufti

March 15, 2023 Editor

Agitating job seekers gherao BJP J&K chief Raina in Jammu Taking a swipe at lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha over his remark that political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir gave jobs to terrorists and their family members, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said it may be a tradition in his home state of Uttar Pradesh to give jobs to mafias and goons. Responding to media queries during her Rajouri visit, where she also met families of Dhangri terror attack victims, Mehbooba said, “LG Sinha has come from…

Apni Party ready to forge alliance with BJP: Altaf Bukhari

January 7, 2023 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) founder Syed Altaf Bukhari has said that his party is open to forge an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “Let’s be practical. No party in J&K will be in a position to win the maximum number of seats in UT to form the government. I am open to allying with the BJP… PDP and the NC had alliances with the BJP in the past, so why make this an issue now? Let us be open to it,” Hindustan Times quoted Bukhari as…

Four civilians killed, Six injured in suspected terror attack in Rajouri

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 Editor

At least four civilians were killed and six were injured after unidentified armed men, in a suspected terror attack, indiscriminately opened fire in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Sunday evening, police said. While a senior police officer, later in the day, said the incident was a terror attack, additional director general of police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh said it was yet to be confirmed. The firing near Ram Temple at Upper Dangri village came close on the heels of an encounter at Sidhra, on the outskirts of Jammu City, on…