Second batch of envoys in J&K for two days
Srinagar: In the past one week, there have been dramatic developments on the political front in Jammu and Kashmir. The Central government, after positive feedback from the first batch of envoys who visited Kashmir in January, allowed 25 envoys, including from European countries, to visit Jammu and Kashmir for two days. The developments came close on […]
Kashmir-based journalists seek greater access to internet
Srinagar: In the past one week, Kashmir-based newspapers and journalists have blamed the administration for allegedly harassing them, so that only the government’s version about the “ground situation” in Kashmir is carried in the entire media. Since the abrogation of Article 370 on 5 August 2019, journalists have been raising some issues affecting their work. The […]
Police description of Mehbooba as ‘daddy’s girl’ not part of order containing grounds for detention under PSA
SRINAGAR: The police’s description of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti as “daddy’s girl” is not among the grounds for her detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), according to official records. The seven-page order served on the 60-year-old PDP chief, the daughter of party founder and former chief minister Mufti Mohammed […]
India Looking To Set UP Separate Theatre Command For J&K: CDS Gen Bipin Rawat
India is looking at setting up a separate theatre command for Jammu and Kashmir, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat said on Monday. The air defence command is to be rolled out by the beginning of next year and the Peninsula command by the end of 2021, Gen Rawat told a select group […]
British MP Debbie Abrahams, who chairs UK Kashmir panel, denied entry to India
Debbie Abrahams, a Labour Party Member of Parliament who chairs a parliamentary group focused on Kashmir, was unable to clear customs after her valid Indian visa was rejected. Abrahams has been an outspoken critic of the August 5, 2019 abrogation of Article 370. India on Monday denied a British lawmaker entry after she landed at […]
NEWBORN BABY KIDNAPPED, RECOVERED
Police solves case within 12 hours, accused arrested SRINAGAR, Feb 16: Police solved a kidnapping case of a newborn baby here and arrested the accused person involved in the crime Police in Srinagar received information that last night, a day old baby was kidnapped from Lal Ded Hospital Srinagar by an unknown person, a police […]
Will take part in Jammu & Kashmir panchayat polls if curbs are lifted: Congress
Srinagar, Feb 17 (IANS) Days after the dates for bye-elections to Panchayats were announced, the Jammu and Kashmir Congress party has said that it will take part in the polls if restrictions on its leaders were lifted and they are allowed to move freely. State Party President Ghulam Ahmad Mir told IANS that the party […]
Floriculture Development
Despite all claims by the authorities that they are giving lot of attention for the development of nurseries and other plant material for the development of gardens and as an economic plank of Kashmir on ground very little has been done. There are hundreds of open spaces available in lot of rural areas especially in […]
Sedition case: Three engineering students from Kashmir re-arrested in Bengaluru
By Press Trust of India Hubballi: The three Kashmiri engineering students at a college here facing sedition charges were arrested again on Monday after protests broke out against the police for releasing them on execution of a bond under Section 169 of CrPC. The trio, students of a private engineering college, were arrested on Saturday […]
J&K Administration Extends 2G Service Till Feb 24, Restrictions To Continue
New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has extended the 2G mobile data service and fixed line internet connectivity wherever provided across the union territory till February 24, an official spokesperson said on Sunday. However, the internet service providers (ISP) have been given directions to ensure access to 1,485 white-listed sites only and not to […]
