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Sep172021 by News DeskNo Comments

JDU Castigates Government for Lack of Development, Says People are Choked

Politics

“Every delegation from outside that visit Kashmir comes at a cost. Millions are being spent on the visits of Parliamentarians and other dignitaries that have virtually drained the exchequer. No development has taken place. Roads are in shambles, the water shortage has added to the woes of common people,” this was stated by Janata Dal United president for Jammu Kashmir GM Shaheen today. Shaheen addressed a press conference at his Raj Bagh based party office. He told Reporters that in March this year Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman described the budget allocated for Jammu and Kashmir as a historic one. He said six months have passed and only 30% of funds have reached Jammu Kashmir. “Union Finance Minister had allocated a budget of over Rs one lakh crore. But the 30% that ha...

Sep172021 by News DeskNo Comments

Block President Elections: 3 DDC members from NC resign from party

Politics

National Conference Block President Elections in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal have marred with controversy as basic members of the party are alleging that they were sidelined while members from even PDP and BJP were made delegates. Several National Conference members took to social media and termed the elections as ‘fraud’ and full of ambiguity. At least three senior members of the party from Ganderbal who recently emerged victorious in District Development Council elections have submitted their resignations to the party leadership expressing their inability to continue as members of the party. The DDC members who have resigned from National Conference are Zahida Hameed (DDC Wakura-A), Muhammad Ashraf (DDC Wakura-B) and Muhammad Yousuf (DDC Ganderbal-C). Muhammad Ashraf confirme...

Sep162021 by News DeskNo Comments

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to visit Jammu and Kashmir in October, first time after abrogation of article 370

INDIA, Politics

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat is scheduled to undertake his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir post the abrogation of articles 370 and 35 A. Bhagwat, during his three-day visit to the Union Territory from October 1 to October 3, will interact with 'prabudh varg' members, informed sources. Apart from meeting intellectuals in the Union Territory, the RSS Sarsanghchalak has a packed schedule as this visit comes after a gap of more than two years. Meeting intellectuals in Jammu is the only public programme, Bhagwat will attend, sources added. Sources in the Sangh said that RSS Sarsanghchalak who usually visit every "Prant" once in two years has lesser visits over the past two years due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Touted as his first visit to the Union Territor...

Sep152021 by News DeskNo Comments

NC denounces disengagement of 918 ICDS workers by JK Administration

Politics, REGIONAL

The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Tuesday denounced the disengagement of 918 ICDS workers and termed the diktat as dictatorial. Taking strong exception to the order of disengaging more than 900 Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) workers with a stroke of pen and without giving a thought to the after effects of the decision on the hundreds of families, who draw their sustenance from the meager salaries, Party’s Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said that instead of delivering on the much touted promise of creating more job avenues in JK, the incumbent JK government is unceremoniously showing door to thousands of employee engaged in various government department on one pretext or another. The diktat, he maintained, doesn’t resonate with the GOI policy of empowering the wome...

Sep142021 by News DeskNo Comments

Lava is Simmering in Kashmir, It will Take us all Down: Dr. Farooq Abdullah

Politics

Farooq Abdullah, the president of the National Conference in an interview with the Quint has warned the Central Government that the silence in Kashmir is not permanent Kashmir and anger is building against the policies of the Central Government in Jammu Kashmir. In this interview, Farooq Abdullah was quoted by The Quint as having said, "Lava is building. Ek chingari chahiye. Jab phatega, Allah jaane kya hoga hamara (only a spark is needed. When the volcano explodes, God knows what’ll happen to us).” Farooq Abdullah referred the current period of Kashmir to the French revolution. Denying the possibilities of the Taliban's entrance to the valley, Farooq Abdullah said that he had warned the Centre and the security agencies that things were amiss in Kargil in 1999. “It will burst,” an...

Sep122021 by News DeskNo Comments

Prominent Political Activists from District Baramulla joined Peoples Conference

Politics

In a major boost to the JK Peoples Conference in Baramulla district, prominent political activists from Apni Party and other parties joined the Peoples Conference today. They were welcomed into the party fold by PC President Sajad Gani Lone. PC Vice President Abdul Gani Vakil, senior leaders Fayaz Ahmad Mir and Bashir Ahmad Dar were also present on the occasion. Those who joined the party include Ghulam Mohammad Mir, BDC Chairman from Kangroosa Rafiabad, Tasleema Akther, Runner up DDC candidate from Dangiwacha, Rafiabad and Khursheed Ahmed Lone, DDC contesting candidate from Zanger Sopore. They were accompanied by dozens of workers and supporters. Welcoming the new entrants into the party fold, PC Chairman Sajad Gani Lone said that their joining will immensely benefit the P...

Sep92021 by News DeskNo Comments

NC Politician Tarlochan Singh Wazir Found Dead Under Mysterious Circumstances in Delhi

Politics, REGIONAL

On Thursday morning, the former member of the Jammu Kashmir legislative council and a senior politician from the National Conference from Jammu, Tarlochan Singh Wazir (67), was found dead in Moti Nagar, Delhi under mysterious circumstances. “He was found dead in the Moti Nagar area of Delhi. His family members have left for Delhi. As of now, we don’t have any other details with us,” a senior police officer said. As per a report by Hindustan Times, there are reports suggesting that he was murdered but these reports haven't been confirmed yet. The report also said that Wazir was supposed to travel to Canada but went missing in Delhi on September 2. Wazir was not only a prominent Sikh leader from Jammu, he was also the president of the Jammu Kashmir Motor Transporters' Association an...

Sep62021 by News DeskNo Comments

Taking revenge against Geelani after his death is Against the democratic ethos of India: Mehbooba Mufti

Politics, REGIONAL

Sep52021 by News DeskNo Comments

Mehbooba Mufti Criticizes GOI for Booking Late Hurriyat Leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s Family Under UAPA

Politics, REGIONAL

The former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu Kashmir and the PDP president Mehbooba Mufti took to Twitter on Sunday and criticized GOI's action of booking the late Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani's family under UAPA. Mehbooba criticized the GOI for not allowing the family of the veteran leader to mourn and bid farewell to Syed Ali Shah Geelani as per their wishes. "Having turned Kashmir into an open-air prison, now even the dead aren’t spared. A family isn’t allowed to mourn & bid a final farewell as per their wishes," she wrote on Twitter. "Booking Geelani Sahab's family under UAPA shows GOI’s deep-rooted paranoia & ruthlessness. This is New India’s Naya Kashmir," she added. S.A.S Geelani passed away Wednesday evening at 10:00 PM, after which a commu...

Sep42021 by News DeskNo Comments

“Instead of Reaching Out, Every Successive Policy is Undertaken to Humiliate & Collectively Punish J&K”: Mehbooba Mufti

Politics, REGIONAL

Former Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu Kashmir and the president of the PDP, Mehbooba Mufti, on Saturday slammed GOI for imposing "a complete siege including a communications blackout." Mehbooba, responding to a tweet made by a Kashmiri Sikh woman expressing the ordeal of her family who lost a family member and were unable to communicate with anyone during the recent communications blackout, rendered GOI's dubious claims of people of J&K enjoying equal rights as "barefaced lies." "GOI’s dubious claims that people of J&K now enjoy equal rights is a barefaced lie as truth is that even their basic human rights dead or alive are suspended with pervasive impunity," Mehbooba said in the tweet. She termed the "ease with which GOI imposes a complete siege including ...