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 […]
RESTRICTIONS RE-IMPOSED
Srinagar has seen a steep rise of COVID positive cases and all the plans of the government to unlock the severe lockdown imposed here could not be initiated. Government was thinking of starting life slowly in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir but the figures of COVID positive cases has frightened even the common people. […]
STANDOFF
Indian and Chinese armies are locked in a standoff which will take more time according to security experts to ease. Many of them have doubts about the intentions of Chinese army as they have expressed such doubts in series of television programmes aired from New Delhi. These security experts have said that, China will […]
LADAKH, KARGIL TENSE
The standoff of between the armies of India and China Ladakh region has triggered fresh wave of tension among the residents while as Covid-19 cases are also piling up forcing the authorities to take more precautions in this hilly region. Recent reports from Kargil and Ladakh said that in the past one week lot of […]
New media policy
UT administration has given a nod to the new media policy which has many new clauses and has tried to accommodate media platforms in this new policy. In this direction official spokesman recently said that government has given its nod to this new media policy while giving a broader outlook about it. UT administration approved […]
Delimitation controversy
After the central government announced even the associate executive members for the delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies in North East and UT of Jammu and Kashmir, there have been lot of political rumblings in Kashmir. National Conference maintain silence over the issue for many months but they were forced to break the silence when […]
BOLD DECISION
After a long spell of silence National Conference has finally decided to chalk out a strategy to remain politically relevant in Kashmir. In this direction recently National Conference rejected the Delimitation Commission announced by the Centre. National Conference had to decide whether its sitting three MP’s from Kashmir including Dr. Farooq Abdullah would be the […]
No respite
J&K High Court recently dismissed a petition seeking the release of High Court Bar Association President Mian Abdul Qayoom, asking if the detainee had shunned his separatist ideology. This was for the first time that the court has discussed ideology of a detained person for his release. The divisional bench of the High Court comprising […]
Kashmir cherry
Hundreds of cherry growers of Kashmir valley were very happy that they were having a bumper crop of cherries this season. But they are waiting fingers crossed as the authorities have failed so far to provide them transportation from Kashmir valley to outside markets as the lockdown has severely hampered the movement of trucks and […]
Communication disruption
All the appeals at the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr to authorities for the restoration of 4G services have not worked. There have been frequent disruptions in slow speed 2G services also in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir. As the government has indicated that they will reopen schools and educational institutions in Kashmir, chances of restoration […]
