President Kovind accepts Murmu’s resignation, Manoj Sinha to be the new L-G of J&K
Hours after Gireesh Chandra Murmu resigned from the post, Former union minister and senior BJP leader from Uttar Pradesh Manoj Sinha was appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, according to a statement by the Rashtrapati Bhavan. President Ram Nath Kovind accepted Murmu’s resignation on Thursday. The communique issued by the President’s press secretary Ajay Kumar […]
Militants shot dead BJP Sarpanch in Qazigund
Suspected militants on Thursday shot dead a BJP Sarpanch at Vessu village in Qazigund block of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Official sources told GNS the militants fired upon the Sarpanch identified as Sajad Ahmad Khanday near his residence at Vessu, leaving him critically injured before fleeing. He was shifted to GMC Anantnag, they said. Medical […]
Tweets were against personal conduct of judges & not judiciary, Prashant Bhushan tells SC
New Delhi: Activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Wednesday defended in the Supreme Court his two alleged contemptuous tweets saying they were against the judges regarding their conduct in their personal capacity and they did not obstruct administration of justice. A bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, B R Gavai and Krishan Murari, which on July 22, had […]
Lie Repeated Hundred Times Will Not Become Truth: India on Pak’s Attempts to Raise Kashmir Issue
A top Indian diplomat on Wednesday slammed Pakistan for its repeated attempts to internationalise the bilateral issue of Kashmir, saying “a lie repeated a hundred times will not become a truth.” “Contrary to what Pakistan may claim, Pakistan has not been successful in trying to put Jammu and Kashmir on the UN agenda. Frankly, the […]
3 more posts of Secretary to the Government created for the JK Administrative Service
The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, accorded sanction to the creation of three posts of Secretary to the Government in the Super Time Scale of Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service. The creation of these posts will be helpful in assigning charges of some departments to […]
Ram Mandir And Article 370: August 5 Signifies The Complete Transformation Of National Politics
As Sanskrit shlokas reverberated at the Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sat through the ‘bhoomi pujan’ for the Ram Mandir along with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. The event has made August 5 one of the most important dates in Indian political history. Last year on […]
JK reports 559 new positive cases, 15244 recovered so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 05: The Government on Wednesday informed that 559 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19),96 from Jammu division and 463 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 22955. Also 09 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 01 from Jammu division […]
BJP can gather and celebrate, we can’t even meet in my father’s lawn: Omar Abdullah
A meeting called by former J&K Chief Minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah at his residence on Wednesday could not be held due to strict restrictions put in place by the Union Territory’s administration, his son and former CM Omar Abdullah said on Twitter. The meeting of mainstream political leaders was planned to discuss […]
India’s ‘unilateral’ move in Jammu and Kashmir illegal and invalid: China
China on Wednesday hoped that India and Pakistan can “properly” handle their differences through dialogue, improve relations and jointly safeguard peace, stability and development of both the countries and the wider region. Responding to a question raised by a Pakistani correspondent on the completion of one-year of the revocation of special status to Jammu and […]
August 5 a day of betrayals, will be observed as a Black Day until Special Status of J&K is restored: PDP
Amid crippling restrictions across Jammu & Kashmir and detention spree of its leaders and activists, The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) observed August 5, 2020 as “Black Day”. “Today the party reiterates that August 5 is and will continue to be a Black Day as a reminder of the constitutional fraud perpetrated on the people […]