Month: August 2022

Jammu Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday said that given the enormous resources in the region, there was no need for the youth to pick up arms in 1990. Addressing a gathering at Ranipora, Mattan, Anantnag, the LG, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that J&K has been bestowed with enormous resources and potential. “There was no need for the youth to pick up arms (in 1990). Even today, some people not happy with the region’s peace continue to misguide young boys,” the LG said. He said that post 2019, the pace of development has touched new heights. “Before 2019, only 6 km roads were constructed and today 20 kms are being constructed. Before 2019, only 2500 kms were macdemised and today 7500 kms of road are being macdamised per day,” the LG said. ...

On Thursday, People's Conference leader Sajad Lone, took to Twitter and apologized for not talking about Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's detention, along with appealing to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Lieutenant Governor of Jammu Kashmir, Manoj Sinha. Raising the issue of Mirwaiz's three-year-long detention, Lone tweeted, "Spare a thought for @MirwaizKashmir He is under continued detention for the last four years. And none of us has talked about him. My apologies." He also added, "We may differ politically but he inspires us as a religious head. A religious head who spearheaded the forces of moderation." Lone, further, said that the Mirwaiz had stuck to "utterances which are moderate and represent the true essence of Islam. He has religious duties." His continued incarceration i...

The weather is likely to remain dry in the next 24 hours in J&K, the Meteorological (MeT) department said on Thursday. The weather was dry in the union territory during the last 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain mainly dry in J&K during the next 24 hours”, said the MeT department official. Srinagar had 17.8, Pahalgam 13 and Gulmarg 9.4 degrees Celsius as the minimum temperature. Drass town in Ladakh region had 10, Leh 12.8 and Kargil 16.6 as the minimum temperature. Jammu had 26.3, Katra 23.1, Batote 19, Banihal 18.6 and Bhaderwah 18.5 as the minimum temperature. KDC

Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh on Wednesday said a large number of youth are falling to the drugs and called for collective fight the "menace". The top police officer of J&K toured Srinagar and among others visited Youth Development & Rehabilitation Centre Srinagar and took stock of its functioning. During his visit he interacted with the staff and the affected persons admitted in the centre, a police spokesperson said in a statement to GNS. “Because of the cross-border involvement in large scale smuggling of narcotics, a large number of youth are falling to the drug menace,” the DGP was quoted as saying in the statement. “We need to fight their evil intentions collectively,” he said. Those who come out from the drug habit deserve respect in the society. The D...

In connection with the holy days of Ashura in the ongoing month of Muharram-ul-Haram, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday held an emergency and extraordinary meeting of the Shia-Sunni Coordination Alliance at the office of the Central Jama Masjid Srinagar, which was presided over by the MMU district president Islamabad (Anantnag) and famous scholar Dr Peerzada Muhammad Sameer Shafi Siddiqui. Among the scholars and personalities who participated and expressed opinion during the meeting included Agha Syed Mujtaba Abbas of Anjuman Shari’an Shia Jammu and Kashmir, Haji Ghulam Muhammad Nagoo, Bashir Mohsin of Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association, Haji Muhammad Amin, Muhammad Yusuf Wani, Sajid Hussain Mir, Moulana Khursheed Ahmed Qanungo of Anjuman Himayat-ul-Islam...

The Special Court in Srinagar Wednesday granted six days custody of Tehsildar Panthachowk, Majid Choudhary to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in a corruption trap case. The accused Tehsildar who was caught red-handed while demanding and accepting bribe on Tuesday, along with his another aide was produced before the Special Judge Anti-Corruption Kashmir, Srinagar on Wednesday afternoon. The Court presided over by C.L Boleria observed that allegations against the accused Majid Chowdhary (Tehsildar Panthachowk) and his clerk Peer Waseem are that he demanded bribe of Rs 1,61,000 from the complainant in lieu of revenue extracts, out of which Rs. 1,20,000 was to be paid to them on 2 August 2022. Accordingly, a trap was laid and the accused persons while demanding and accepting the bribe mo...

Militants on Wednesday evening fired upon small police party moving in vehicle in Allochibagh area of Central Kashmir's Srinagar district. In a tweet, The Kashmir Police Zone wrote, "In Allochibagh bund area of Srinagar, militants fired upon a vehicle bound small police party.This was effectively retaliated by the police party. Militants took advantage of darkness & ran away towards built up area. No injury or other damage took place. CASO launched in area,"(GNS)

A total of 4,690 people were arrested under the anti-terror law UAPA between 2018 to 2020 but just 149 were convicted under it in the three year period, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said on Wednesday. Rai said 1,321 people were arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in 2020 while 80 people were convicted in that year. In 2019, 1,948 people were arrested under the UAPA and 34 people were convicted in that year and in 2018, 1,421 people were arrested while 35 people were convicted, he said replying to a written question in Rajya Sabha. The minister said the highest number of people arrested under the UAPA between 2018 and 2020 was in Uttar Pradesh -- 1,338, followed by Manipur -- 943 and Jammu Kashmir -- 750. PTI