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Ladakh demands constitutional safeguard

Ladakh demands constitutional safeguard

Leh Demanding constitutional safeguard to Ladakh region, all the religious and political leaders of Leh District led by Ladakh Buddhist Association Leh took out massive peace rally, reported newspaper Daily Excelsior. According to the report, the religious body includes Ladakh Buddhist Association, Ladakh Gonpa Association, Anjuman Imamia, Anjuman Moin-Ul-Islam and Christian Community. The rally attended by […]

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J&K delimitation exercise begins

J&K delimitation exercise begins

NEW DELHI:The Centre has finally initiated the process of setting up a Delimitation Commission for Jammu & Kashmir with the law ministry seeking nominations for the panel from the Election Commission of India and the new Union Territory. The EC has nominated election commissioner Sushil Chandra while other nominations are still awaited. The commission would […]

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Won’t participate in Panchayat By-elections: PDP Spokesperson

Won’t participate in Panchayat By-elections: PDP Spokesperson

Srinagar, : PDP spokesperson Suhail Bukhari  clarified that their leadership is in jail and won’t participate in Panchayat By-  elections. Taking to KNS, he said, “Top leadership of all the parties is in Jail including PDP. This whole idea of elections is a joke and facade.  How do you expect people to participate in it? […]

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‘Help Kashmiris achieve right of self-determination’: Pak PM Imran Khan urges UN

‘Help Kashmiris achieve right of self-determination’: Pak PM Imran Khan urges UN

During his meeting with the UN Secretary-General, Prime Minister Khan highlighted the “dire human rights and humanitarian situation” in Jammu and Kashmir following India’s August 5 decision to end the special status of the region. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday urged the UN to fulfil its commitments with the people of Kashmir and […]

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3 J&K Students Sent To Judicial Custody Over Pro-Pak Slogans In Karnataka

3 J&K Students Sent To Judicial Custody Over Pro-Pak Slogans In Karnataka

Bengaluru:  Three students from Jammu and Kashmir who were detained in Karnataka on Monday have been sent to judicial custody till March 2. The students were detained after they were seen allegedly shouting pro-Pakistan slogans on social media posts on the first anniversary of the suicide bombing in Pulwama last year that killed 40 soldiers. […]

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In J&K, police invoke stringent UAPA in FIR against social media use

In J&K, police invoke stringent UAPA in FIR against social media use

The FIR was filed a day after a video of the ailing Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani was uploaded on social media by different users. Police in J&K have invoked the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act to register a case against people using social media through proxy servers by getting past Internet firewalls. The FIR […]

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Press club says journalist picked up from Valley home, cops say called for talks

Press club says journalist picked up from Valley home, cops say called for talks

The Kashmir Press Club has demanded Home Minister Amit Shah and the Union Territory administration to take note of the “appalling conditions under which the press in Kashmir is working since August 5 last year”. The Kashmir Press Club has demanded Home Minister Amit Shah and the Union Territory administration to take note of the […]

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Responsive administration

Responsive administration

In the back drop of recent public complaints about the problems they faced in the severe winter, government has responded by establishing public grievance camps. Initially, the public grievance camp was established in Srinagar and many officers listened to the public grievances and many delegations appraised them about day to day problems being faced by […]

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J&K Global Investors’ Summit 2020; The Road-show starts from Bengaluru & Kolkata

J&K Global Investors’ Summit 2020; The Road-show starts from Bengaluru & Kolkata

  BENGALURU & KOLKATA, FEBRUARY 17- In a succeeding event to the grand curtain raiser heralding the J&K Government’s first Investors’ Summit, grand road-shows being organised to cover pan India – started today with Bengaluru & Kolkata to allow prospective investors have a dialogue on the immense investment opportunities presented by the verdant region. Providing […]

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Govt to boost water sports in JK: Navin Choudhary

Govt to boost water sports in JK: Navin Choudhary

Srinagar Principal Secretary, Education and Technical Education Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary on Monday said that Government was aiming to take remarkable steps in boosting water sports across Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking to athletes during a ceremony at Banquet Hall, Srinagar, Choudhary said that Jammu and Kashmir has tremendous potential in water sports and Government was […]