Month: June 2024

The National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party have expressed their disapproval of the prosecution sanction against author Arundhati Roy and a former professor in Kashmir under the stringent UAPA for allegedly making provocative speeches at an event in Delhi in 2010. According to officials, the FIR against Roy and former Central University of Kashmir professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain was registered following the orders of the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi. Expressing disapproval of the move, the National Conference (NC) stressed the need to uphold the fundamental right of every citizen to free speech as guaranteed by Article 19 of the Constitution. “The NC expresses its strong disapproval of the prosecution of author Arundhati Roy and Dr Sheikh Showkat Hussain u...

Jammu Kashmir National Conference on Saturday said that he will raise his voice to seek the release of undertrial detainees across the jails in India. Speaking to a gathering in Pulwama, a recently elected Member of Parliament from Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, Aga Ruhullah Mehdi asked the workers of the National Conference from Pulwama to provide a list of individuals who have been imprisoned. He said that he will raise the issue of these prisoners and vowed to fight for their release. "Be it in Parliament or the Ministry, I will raise the issue of arrested youth everywhere because this is one of the most disturbing concerns for the people of Kashmir. I urge the National Conference leaders and activists to compile a list of the youth who are detained in various jails both within Kashm...

Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah has been granted statutory bail by Delhi's Patiala House Court in a money laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Default bail, also referred to as statutory bail, is a type of bail that becomes a legal right for an accused person in custody. It is granted when the police cannot complete their investigation and file a Chargesheet within the legally specified time frame. Shah, who was arrested in 2017, received bail as he has already served more than half of the maximum potential sentence for his offense. The bail requires Shah to post a personal bond of Rs one lakh and a surety bond of the same amount. He is also restricted from leaving the country without court permission. However, despite being granted bai...

With Eid-ul-Adha nearing, a variety of elite non- local sheep breeds are flooding Kashmiri markets to give customers a choice to choose best for the sacrifice. From Kajuwala to Jaisalmeri, Marwari and others, a heavy quantity of sheep are being imported to Kashmir from various states of India to meet the demand this Eid- ul Adha. As per the mutton dealers, both the quality and quantity has been enhanced this Eid -ul Adha to give the faithful a better choice to choose a healthy and superior sheep breed for sacrifice. “We have a variety of sheep breeds in the market currently. From local breeds to non-local, enough sacrificial animals are available in the market so that no dearth is faced this week when the demand for sacrificial animals increases,” Khazir Mohammad Rigoo, spokespers...

Delhi Lieutenant Governor V. K. Saxena has approved the prosecution of author Arundhati Roy and former Central University of Kashmir professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). This decision pertains to their alleged provocative speeches at an event held in New Delhi in 2010, according to an announcement by Raj Niwas officials on Friday, June 14. The FIR against Roy and Hussain was filed following a complaint by social activist Sushil Pandit on October 28, 2010. Based on this complaint, the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi, ordered the registration of the FIR, which led to an investigation into the matter. Roy was one of the speakers at the event, and the FIR accuses her and other participants of making incendiary re...

J&K Anti Corruption Bureau achieved a major success by unearthing major land scams in Jammu and Kashmir after custodian land in Asarwan, Mishriwala and Bhalwal area of Jammu district was found usurped by the land mafia in connivance with officers and officials of Custodian, revenue department and police. In a statement to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), it said after obtaining the search warrants from the Special Judge Anti-Corruption Jammu, search teams comprising ACB officers, Independent Witnesses, Magistrates were deputed to sixteen locations throughout Jammu and its adjoining areas which are still going on. ACB said that inputs were received that Custodian land in thousands of Kanal situated at Asarwan, Mishriwala and Bhalwal Jammu has been fraudulently grabbed by t...

Militants kept firing at the bus even after it fell into the gorge, Neelam Gupta, who was one of the 41 injured in the attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, said, recalling the June 9 incident. Nine people were killed in the attack on the vehicle that was carrying pilgrims from the Shiv Khori temple to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra. The 53-seater bus veered off the road due to indiscriminate firing by the terrorists and fell into the gorge near Teryath village in the Poni. The pilgrims were from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi. Neelam was in the bus along with her husband Devi Prasad Gupta, son Prince, daughter Palak, sister Bittan, relative Dinesh Gupta and friend Deepak Kumar Rai, and they all returned home in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district on Thursday night a...