Month: August 2018

August 14 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has asked separatist leader and chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Mohammed Yasin Malik to appear before it in September with regards to a case involving violation of foreign exchange regulations. Malik has been asked to appear before the ED in person or through an authorized representative on September 5 or 6. The notice to Malik was issued under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) for an alleged foreign exchange regulation violation amounting to Rs 48.23 lakh in 2001. The Jammu Kashmir Police had seized $100,000 (about Rs 48.23 lakh the value in Indian currency at that time) from Mushtaq Ahmad Dar and his wife Shamima alias Shazia alias Bitti, Dar had revealed to police that the money was meant for Malik. He told police...

August 13 The J&K Accounts employees Association including Tariq Ahmad Wani Deputy President, Shahid Mustafa Wani Vice President, Mohamad Shafi Bhat District Treasurer Islamabad (Anantnag) and Mohammed Ashraf Dar Assistant Treasury Officer of District Treasury Islamabad (Anantnag) conducted one day convention or 9/08/2018 at the Director Accounts & Treasuries premises to lay stress on the long pending issues. It was decided in one voice that fraternity would be constrained to take extreme steps like strike if their genuine demands are not conceded. Speaking on the occasion leaders from both the provinces of l&K expressed dismay over the lacklustre attitude of the authorities towards addressing their demands which are pending there for quite a long time. The prominent demands...

August 13 An Indian Army man was killed when Army challenged a group of infiltrators trying to barge into Indian side of Kashmir at Tanghdar sector along the line of control in North Kashmir. Reports suggest that the group of Militants upon being challenged by Army opened indiscriminate fire upon the Army men resulting in the death of one Army personnel.buy fluoxetine online buy fluoxetine no prescription The deceased Army man has been identified as Pushpendra Singh. Details emerging.

August 13 Jammu Kashmir is likely to have a new governor later this month, when incumbent N.N. Vohra exits office after a 10-year term. The BJP general secretary Ram Madhav while speaking to ThePrint said that, "I assume there will be a new governor soon." The tenure of the governor gets over in a couple of weeks. The government is obviously thinking about the future steps amid speculations. The state assembly has been in suspended animation since the BJP pulled out of the coalition government in late June. The Maharashtra governor C. Vidyasagar Rao, a committed activist of the RSS for several decades, and Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) and former home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi are being touted as possible successors to Vohra. In the 87-member J&K assembly, th...