Pak taking advantage of Corona to enhance cross-border terrorism: India
Strongly hitting out at Pakistan, India has said it is taking advantage of the Corona pandemic to enhance support to cross-border terrorism and has resorted to unbridled hate speech” to try and create divisions among India’s religious communities. Addressing an interactive dialogue with Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related […]
4 kg Heroin like substance recovered during search operation in Poonch
Joint Forces Tuesday claimed that it seized over 4 kilogram Heroin like substance in Mendhar area of district Poonch of Jammu and Kashmir. The recovery was made in Dhargloon village during a search operation by police and soldiers jointly. A police official told KNT that Heroin like substance has been recovered during a search operation […]
Politics in Jammu
Jammu has been silent for a long time after the abrogation of article 370. Silence is breaking now as the people of Jammu region have realized that they are facing an economic crisis and also now the crisis of existence. These fears have come to the focus after the recent amendments in the land laws […]
Response to govt’s latest claims on new J-K land laws
A point by point response to the claims made by the government regarding the changes/amendments in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J-K) land laws: The claim that 90 per cent of the land cannot be sold to outsiders is completely wrong. The Big Landed Estates Abolition law of 1950 and Agrarian Reform act of 1976, especially after […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 7, 70,483 stranded JK residents; 6, 30,191 via Lakhanpur, 1, 40,292 through special trains
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 02: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 7,70,483 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
13 travelers among 385 New Covid-19 Cases In J&K, total 95710
Jammu and Kashmir reported 385 new covid-19 cases including 13 travelers in last 24 hours, taking the total case tally to 95710. Among the fresh cases, officials told GNS that 251 cases were reported in Kashmir Valley and 134 in Jammu division with 108 alone reported from the winter capital of the J&K. Giving the […]
Under new Land Laws Agricultural land can only be sold to agriculturists from within J&K More than 90% land cannot be sold to outsiders 11 Land Laws repealed, Regressive & outdated provisions removed
JAMMU, NOVEMBER, 02: Government has repealed 11 Land Laws that existed in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir replacing the old, regressive, intrinsically contradictory and outdated laws with a set of modern, progressive and people friendly provisions. The new land laws will not only afford protection to over 90% of the land in J&K […]
Two hospital guards among three arrested for involvement in attack on BJP leader
Srinagar: Police on Monday claimed to have cracked the 6 October attack on Bharatiya Janta Party leader from Nunar Ganderbal in which a militant and a policeman were killed. “On 6 October, (militants) carried out an attack on the District Vice President BJP Ghulam Qadir at Nunner Ganderbal in which one (militant) involved in the […]
India’s October jobless rate rises to 6.98%: Private think-tank CMIE
India’s unemployment rate in October rose to 6.98% from 6.67% in September, according to data released by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). The novel coronavirus has infected nearly 8.2 million people in the world’s second-most populous nation, hitting large parts of the economy. Economic activity has resumed after the government eased pandemic lockdown […]
Stage set for Umra by foreign pilgrims
MAKKAH: After a seven-month hiatus, some 10,000 pilgrims were scheduled to arrive in Saudi Arabia from abroad to perform Umra and visit Masjid-i-Nabawi in Madina on Sunday, the first day of the third stage of the resumption of Umra. The 10,000 international pilgrims will first have to obtain a permit and upon their arrival in […]
