Month: April 2022

Targeting the Modi-led Government over the pathetic condition of electricity in Jammu Kashmir, the senior leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Mohammed Yusuf Tarigami said that the region is being deprived of its own electricity. "You counted thousands of crores to be given to the region but did not speak a word about the electricity and how NHPC makes Kashmir suffer and deprives Kashmir of its electricity. 45 percent of the overall electricity produced by NHPC comes from the water resources of Jammu Kashmir and here we are reeling under complete darkness," the senior leader said. He demanded that the people of Jammu Kashmir should be given an equal share in NHPC's total electricity production. Calling the promise of Narendra Modi to the newer generation of Jammu Kashmir ...

The Supreme Court of India is likely to hear pleas challenging the decision to abrogate Article 370 and 35A after the summer holidays that are scheduled from May 23 to July 11. On Monday, senior advocate Shekhar Naphde mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana stating that it was an urgent matter as delimitation is to be conducted in Jammu Kashmir. The Chief Justice of India responded, “It’s a five-judge bench matter. I will have to ask the other judges as some retirements are also due to take place.” On August 05, 2019, the Indian Government unilaterally abrogated the special status of Jammu Kashmir demoting the state into two union territories. Thousands of people including the three former chief ministers of the state were arrested.

An 18-year-old youth who had gone missing from his home in Srinagar's Khanyar area on 16 April was killed during an encounter in Pulwama. The Jammu Kashmir Police in its press release said,  based on specific input generated by Pulwama Police regarding the presence of militants in the Pahoo area of Pulwama, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by Police and Army (50RR ) in the said area. As the search party proceeded towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired indiscriminately upon the search party which was retaliated effectively leading to an encounter, the statement read. “Later on CRPF also joined the operation. In the ensuing encounter, 03 terrorists linked with LeT were killed and their bodies were retrieved from the site of encounter. They have been i...

Parts of Kashmir received fresh rains as cloudy weather continued in the Valley on Monday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar received traces of rain overnight till 0830 hours today even as it recorded a low of 12.2°C against 7.6°C on the previous night. The temperature, he said, was 3.3°C above normal during this time of the year for the summer capital. Gulmarg had 1.2 mm of rainfall during the time and recorded a low of 4.4°C against 0.5°C on the previous night, the official said. While 3.3°C is normal for the world famous skiing resort during this time of the season, the official said that the temperature was 1.1°C above normal for the place in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Kupwara town in north Kashmir received 1.2mm of rain and recorded a l...