Month: April 2021

Amid a rise in COVID cases in Jammu Kashmir, over 14,000 devotees have arrived in Katra to take part in the yatra to Vaishno Devi Shrine during the Navratri festival out of which 48 devotees have tested positive for Coronavirus. The district administration in Reasi and Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board has ordered strict implementation of the COVID protocols and also fixed the limit at 25,000 pilgrims per day. The Yatra had been suspended last year on March 16 after the outbreak of the pandemic only to resume after a gap of more than five months. The Mata Vaishno Devi shrine board had fixed a cap of 2,000 pilgrims per day. As many as 48 pilgrims from outside JK were found to be positive on day 1 of the festival till 5 pm.

The abrogation of provisions of Article 370 was "wrong" and "unconstitutional" and the people of Jammu Kashmir have every right to raise their voice against it, senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz said on Tuesday. He was reacting to a statement made by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu last week where he said that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and the country is capable of solving its own problems. On his first Jammu and Kashmir visit since the August 2019 abrogation of Article 370, Naidu had also asked other nations to "confine themselves to their domestic problems" rather than giving unsolicited advice to India. "I think Vice President Venkaiah Naidu will concede our right to say something on Kashmir. If that right is granted, then we would like to say that it w...

Police on Monday evening allegedly assaulted a restaurant owner and a waiter in Pattan town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district and damaged several items inside the hotel. Quoting sources news agency KDC that a police team headed by SDPO Pattan had beaten a restaurant waiter in Pattan market on Monday evening at 09:00 Pm in which one Person identified as Manzoor Ahmad resident of Baramulla, was injured. Sources said that the injured person was rushed to Sub District Hospital SDH Pattan, where he was referred to SMHS hospital Srinagar for advance treatment; however, the injured person was discharged from SMHS hospital later. Shopkeepers have alleged that they have been assaulted by the said Police team on a regular basis during evening hours and the officer is using unparliamenta...

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary (Organisation) Tuesday said that migrant Kashmiri Pandits have started to return to the Valley after so many decades as many of them could be seen participating in religious rituals in Srinagar temples. “I visited a few temples in Srinagar and apart from the KPs living in Kashmir, I could see a large number of Pandits who had migrated from the Valley, participating in the religious rituals including Hawans. I spoke to many and could gauge that the process of return of KPs has started from today,” Koul told reporters at Sheetal Nath temple in Srinagar on the sidelines of a religious function of KPs. He said that as far the security is concerned, those living in Kashmir are feeling safe and a security situation is perfectly conducive for t...