Why Kashmir’s Leadership has Abdicated at a Critical Time
ON May 25, senior National Conference (NC) leader Aga Ruhullah publicly expressed his resentment over his party’s continued silence over the revocation of Article 370 of India’s Constitution, which granted autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir. Ruhullah was angry over an article his colleague, Tanvir Sadiq, wrote in a local daily, urging New Delhi to let the […]
Over 1.20 Lakh J&K Residents Brought Back From Other Parts Of Country
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has brought home over 1.20 lakh residents of the union territory who had been stranded in other parts of the country due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, officials said on Thursday. The evacuation exercises were carried out in strict observance of all necessary guidelines and standard operating procedures, they said. […]
Ghulam Nabi Azad: ‘Govt decisions during lockdown must be discussed in Parliament’
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad speaks to Manoj C G about the importance of reconvening Parliament and the issues that need to be discussed. The monsoon session of Parliament may be a mix of virtual and physical participation. What is your view on that? I would like […]
20 new cases in Ladakh
Ladakh today witnessed a major surge in Covid cases as 20 persons tested positive for the deadly virus. According to the media bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services, Ladakh, 20 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Leh district of Ladakh, taking the number of active cases to 80. “Four patients were discharged from […]
Ram Guha’s tweet about ‘culturally backward’ Gujarat unites BJP and Congress
New Delhi: A tweet on Gujarat by historian Ramchandra Guha, quoting a British writer, triggered a social media furore Thursday, and unwittingly ended up uniting political rivals BJP and Congress. Guha, quoting British writer Phillip Spratt from 1939, wrote: “Gujarat, though economically advanced, is culturally a backward province… . Bengal in contrast is economically backward but […]
India, China maintaining engagements to resolve border standoff at earliest: MEA
The Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday India and China were maintaining military and diplomatic engagements to peacefully resolve the border row at the earliest even though it did not respond to reports on troops moving back from standoff positions in the Galwan and Hot Spring areas of Ladakh. MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said both sides had agreed […]
Darbar Move: Estates Department asks Admin Secretaries to provide list of employees for residential allotment at Srinagar, Jammu
Jammu, June 11 (KNS): The Estates Deparment of Jammu and Kashmir Government has asked all the Administrative Secretaries/ HoDs to furnish list of officers/officials, who are likely to move to Srinagar and those who will be retained at Jammu along with detail of previous accommodation within two days positively so that the accommodation may be […]
CF inspects development works at Tangmarg
CF inspects development works at Tangmarg TANGMARG, JUNE 11: Conservator of Forests (CF), Srinagar Circle, Zubair Ahmad Shah, today, visited Tangmarg and took stock of the development works coming under Special Forest Division Tangmarg. He visited Division Nursery and inspected the plant stocks like conifer /broad leaved and medicinal plants raised there. He visited the […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,20,868 stranded JK residents; 81,455 via Lakhanpur, 39,413 through special trains
JAMMU, JUNE 11: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,20,868 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, […]
HAILSTORM
In the past weeks, hailstorms have hit orchardists across Kashmir and there are media reports that heavy losses have been incurred by the farmers and without any compensation by the government they cannot come out of the debt trap. In this direction many political parties of Kashmir have appealed to the UT administration to fix […]
