Rejected, infructuous, pending — status of pleas in SC, HC against detention of J&K leaders
New Delhi: A year ago, before the Narendra Modi government scrapped Article 370 of the Constitution on 5 August withdrawing the special status granted to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, several political leaders including former J&K chief ministers Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were detained. While some were issued formal detention orders […]
JK reports 444 new positive cases, 13127 recovered so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 02: The Government on Sunday informed that 444 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 206 from Jammu division and 238 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 21416. Also 08 COVID-19 deaths have been reported from Kashmir Division. […]
Class IV posts: JKSSB’s Portal records 4, 04, 200 registrations; 2,05, 400 candidates submit online application so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 02: Till today morning, 4,04,200 Registrations have been done by the candidates on JKSSB’s Online Portal, since the commencement of online application submission from 10th July, 2020 and 2,05,400 candidates completed their online application submission process for Class IV posts. Also 46,100 applications have been submitted online for the post of Accounts Assistant. It has […]
‘High time Mehbooba Mufti is released’: Rahul Gandhi targets Centre
Accusing the Central government of undermining democracy by ‘illegally” detaining political leaders, Congress’ Rahul Gandhi on Sunday pitched for release of Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti from home detention. Mufti, who has been held under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) since the early hours of August 5 last year, is among 20-odd political […]
Noor Din Shah (Suhaf) is no more
Noor Din Shah (Suhaf) passed away during the intervening night of August 1-2, 2020 on other side of the border. Noor Din Shah (Suhaf) has migrated to Pakistan few decades back and lived in England for pretty long time he was basically from Ali Kadal locality of Downtown. Tariq Ahmad Shah his nephew and other […]
“How’s Mehbooba Mufti Threat To Safety?”: P Chidambaram On Centre’s Move
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has criticised the centre for extending the detention of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) for three more months. This would make the duration of her detention longer than a year; she was detained for the first time on […]
No end to a tragic saga
“Jammu & Kashmir is a big jail”, said a political leader who, like many others, is under ‘house arrest’ without written orders, following the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution of India on August 5, 2019. Project J&K was intended to break up the state, reduce its status to Union territories, bring the territories under the […]
Muslims in Kashmir offer Eid prayers while maintaining social distancing
Srinagar; Eid al-Adha celebrations in Kashmir on Saturday were a low-key affair as most of the faithful marked the festival of sacrifice by offering prayers in small groups and observing social distancing in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. No Eid prayers were offered in major mosques and shrines of Kashmir as police enforced the strict restrictions […]
BAN CONTINUES
Government has again extended the ban on 4G internet services connecting it directly with national security. Recently on a contempt petition filed by the petitioners seeking restoration of 4G, the top court told the Union government and UT administration if they have already reviewed the matter and set up the committee they should keep all […]
DDC visits district kitchen, Quarantine Centre Doda, inspects the functioning
Extends Eid greetings to staff, people in quarantine DODA, AUGUST 01: District Development Commissioner, Dr Sagar D Doifode, today visited the district kitchen and quarantine centre at Boys Higher Secondary School Doda and inspected the functioning three. During visit to the district Kitchen, DDC enquired about the meal being prepared and served to the persons […]