Srinagar: Authorities at the Agra Central Jail have refused to provide details of detainees shifted from Jammu and Kashmir after the Government of India announced abrogation the Article 370 on August 5. Terming the information sought by an activist under Right to Information (RTI) as “third party” inquiry, the jail authorities have said information sought […]
Srinagar: The J&K Government has ordered abolition of the state’s 62-year-old state Legislative Council. The orders were issued Wednesday night, less than a fortnight before the state would formally split into two union territories, J&K and Ladkah. The abolition had become imperative under the Re-organisation Act passed by the parliament on Aug 9 after GoI’s […]
Srinagar: Panic has gripped farmers in central Kashmir’s Budgam district after rumours spread about taxes on apple boxes sold to National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED), under the government’s Market Intervention Scheme (MIS). As a result many farmers have stopped sales of their produce under the scheme. Several farmers, who spoke to […]
Srinagar: Dozens of women hit street of Lal Chowk on Tuesday, staging a protest against the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A. The protestors, which included women hailing from political elite of Kashmir like sister and daughter of Farooq Abdullah and wife of a former chief justice, described the Government of India’s unilateral decision to […]
Srinagar: The Governor-led administration has begun the process of gradually releasing mainstream politicians, who were detained hours before Government of India announced abrogation of Article 370 on August 5. A senior government official privy to the development said that the government has eased the process of releasing the detained politicians ahead of the Block Development […]
Many refused to sign bond, claims Mehbooba’s daughter
Srinagar: The J&K government Thursday released three political leaders from preventive detention after they signed a bond for “not disrupting peace” in the Valley. The three politicians were detained along with scores of other political leaders and functionaries hours before Government of India announced abrogation of Article 370 on August 5. Yawar Dilawar Mir, former […]
Some independents also in fray
SRINAGAR: With the filing of nominations for Block Development Council polls closing Wednesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has emerged as the sole runner in most blocks, with the party fielding candidates for 122 blocks out of 137 in Kashmir. Major political parties in the region including National Conference (NC), Congress, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), […]
Srinagar: Several truckers from south India who had been visiting Kashmir to procure and ferry apples have been stuck here, facing a communication barrier, amid a communications blockade. The truckers are unable to communicate with local farmers and traders amid shutdown in the valley, as the truck unions in the Valley that would provide translators […]
Srinagar: A militant was killed in an gunfight with government forces on Tuesday in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The slain identified as Ufaid Farooq Lone alias Abu Muslim of Awantipora was affiliated with Lashkar-e-Toiba. This was the first encounter between militants and government forces in south Kashmir after the abrogation of Article […]
Pulwama: Nine candidates filed their nomination papers on Monday for the upcoming Block Development Council (BDC) polls from Pulwama district of south Kashmir. It is the first time in decades that election for BDCs- the second tier of Panchayati Raj Institutions- are being held in Kashmir valley. However, the polls are taking place at a […]