Admin Secys to hold Public Grievance Camp at Srinagar on Feb 18
Srinagar Commissioner Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi and Secretary, Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Sheetal Nanda, would convene a day-long Public Grievance Camp at Banquet Hall, Srinagar on February 18-2020 from 10 AM to 4 PM. People have been asked to register their grievance and developmental issues during the daylong […]
Kashmir Press Club takes note of ”harassment” of journalists
Srinagar, Feb 17 The Kashmir Press Club on Monday took serious note of the continuous “harassment” of journalists in the Valley. According to a statement issued by the Kashmir Press Club Sunday night, a multimedia journalist Kamran Yousuf working with Newsclick, was picked up from his home by the police. A police party led by […]
Internet, Connectivity Issues in J&K to be Eased Further in Coming Months: Advisor to LG
Internet and connectivity issues in Jammu and Kashmir will be eased further in the coming months, Kewal Kumar Sharma, advisor to the Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir said here on Monday. “The restrictions remain to make sure that these facilities are not misused for promoting disorder. In some months from now it should be […]
Second batch of envoys in J&K for two days
Srinagar: In the past one week, there have been dramatic developments on the political front in Jammu and Kashmir. The Central government, after positive feedback from the first batch of envoys who visited Kashmir in January, allowed 25 envoys, including from European countries, to visit Jammu and Kashmir for two days. The developments came close on […]
Kashmir-based journalists seek greater access to internet
Srinagar: In the past one week, Kashmir-based newspapers and journalists have blamed the administration for allegedly harassing them, so that only the government’s version about the “ground situation” in Kashmir is carried in the entire media. Since the abrogation of Article 370 on 5 August 2019, journalists have been raising some issues affecting their work. The […]
Police description of Mehbooba as ‘daddy’s girl’ not part of order containing grounds for detention under PSA
SRINAGAR: The police’s description of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti as “daddy’s girl” is not among the grounds for her detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), according to official records. The seven-page order served on the 60-year-old PDP chief, the daughter of party founder and former chief minister Mufti Mohammed […]
India Looking To Set UP Separate Theatre Command For J&K: CDS Gen Bipin Rawat
India is looking at setting up a separate theatre command for Jammu and Kashmir, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat said on Monday. The air defence command is to be rolled out by the beginning of next year and the Peninsula command by the end of 2021, Gen Rawat told a select group […]
British MP Debbie Abrahams, who chairs UK Kashmir panel, denied entry to India
Debbie Abrahams, a Labour Party Member of Parliament who chairs a parliamentary group focused on Kashmir, was unable to clear customs after her valid Indian visa was rejected. Abrahams has been an outspoken critic of the August 5, 2019 abrogation of Article 370. India on Monday denied a British lawmaker entry after she landed at […]
NEWBORN BABY KIDNAPPED, RECOVERED
Police solves case within 12 hours, accused arrested SRINAGAR, Feb 16: Police solved a kidnapping case of a newborn baby here and arrested the accused person involved in the crime Police in Srinagar received information that last night, a day old baby was kidnapped from Lal Ded Hospital Srinagar by an unknown person, a police […]
Will take part in Jammu & Kashmir panchayat polls if curbs are lifted: Congress
Srinagar, Feb 17 (IANS) Days after the dates for bye-elections to Panchayats were announced, the Jammu and Kashmir Congress party has said that it will take part in the polls if restrictions on its leaders were lifted and they are allowed to move freely. State Party President Ghulam Ahmad Mir told IANS that the party […]