Mehbooba speaks again
Mehbooba has been very vocal since her release from the detention as she was arrested along with hundreds of political activists, lawmakers, and former ministers. Recently she said that the iron fist policy of the Centre will not work in Jammu and Kashmir and they will have to restore the special status of Jammu and […]
Little footfall
Snow in winter and the efforts of the government have made very little difference in the ground as the tourist footfall is very little. The stakeholders of the tourism industry are reeling under debts of different financial instructions and banks as they have failed to repay the loans in the past 18 months. The sudden […]
Finally no restriction
It was a long wait for the people of Jammu and Kashmir especially for the students and traders of Kashmir to see that they also get high-speed internet access. After a lot of efforts by the JK administration including the report submitted to the Union Home Ministry that there would no major law and order […]
Reorganization of cadres
Government in the recent parliament session has tabled a reorganization bill to merge different cadres of J&K with that of AGMUT cadre. The government said in the parliament that it was necessary to bring uniformity in the governance of all the union territory of the country. Earlier government has brought an ordinance on January 08, […]
Post clampdown
Government in the latest parliament session has admitted that there has been a decline in the arrival of tourists in Kashmir valley post abrogation of article 370 on August 5, 2019. Presenting the figures, the government said that only 84000 tourists have visited Kashmir in the past 18 months, showing how poor is the footfall […]
Mehbooba for dialogue
Former chief minister and PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti has recently said that dialogue was the only way forward for the present Kashmir problems and said that those who are trying to show it as a problem of development are living in a fool’s paradise. She also advocated for dialogue with Pakistan and questioned the central […]
NC reacts
The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has been very critical of the present administration in Kashmir valley and has forgotten that when they were the rulers, such problems during the winters were also during their regimes and they used to defend their lack of outreach to the natural calamities. Having said that, it does not […]
New project
On the first of the budget speech, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that a gas pipeline project will be taken up in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Already Lt. Governor Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha has expressed his gratitude to the PM Narendra Modi and union home minister Amit Shah for announcing […]
4G services
The government of Jammu and Kashmir by the recent official order has extended the ban on the 4G services here and it has surely been not good news for the student community and traders. Earlier also many groups went to the Supreme court and the government told the court that being a sensitive place, they […]
Apples from Iran
Kashmiri apple is now facing new competition in the markets as on a daily basis scores of trucks are arriving in the Azadpur Mandi of Delhi with Iranian apples routed through Afghanistan. Kashmir traders have asked the government to intervene and said that they have no problem if the Iranian apples come to the markets […]
