NEW DELHI: Civil rights activists urged the government on Saturday to restore Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution and take steps to bring back normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir. Social activist Shabana Hashmi said the abrogation of Article 370, which gave a special status to Jammu and Kashmir, was a mindless exercise carried out […]
Kolkata: (PTI) The wanderlust in Bengalis appears to have been reignited, following the much-anticipated lifting of travel restrictions to Jammu and Kashmir, as people thronged its tourism office here with queries on making a trip to the ‘paradise on earth’. Having missed out on the opportunity to visit the state during the Durga Puja holidays, […]
Jammu: (PTI) With the postpaid mobile telephony set to be restored in Kashmir from Monday, Jammu and Kashmir administration has expressed hope that it would help achieve normalisation in the Valley. Normal day-to-day activities has been disrupted across Kashmir since August 5, the day the GoI revoked the state’s special status after negating the Article […]
Restrictions lifted from 99 percent areas, says Kansal
Srinagar: The government on Saturday announced to ease the communications ban by restoring post-paid mobile services from Monday noon. The announcement follows more than two months after the government blocked mobile telephony in Kashmir. The government spokesperson Rohit Kansal said that 40 lakh post-paid mobile phones will be activated from October 14. However, mobile phones […]
Srinagar: Normal life remained suspended on 69th day in Kashmir with all the shops and business establishments remaining closed to protest against the abrogation of Article 370 and Jammu and Kashmir’s division into two Union Territories. Private vehicles were seen plying on Thursday in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir Valley. Police and CRPF troops […]
Srinagar: At least eight civilians including a woman were wounded in a grenade blast at Srinagar’s Hari Singh High Street on Saturday. The grenade exploded on a roadside in the market, injuring eight people, he said, adding that the wounded were rushed to a hospital here. According to the official, the explosion also damaged windows […]
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 […]
Shopian: Eight blocks in Block Development Council (BDC) elections in Shopian will witness no polling as contestants are facing no opponent. The southern Kashmir district has 10 blocks and polling will be conducted in only in two blocks and rest seven blocks have got single nominations, said deputy commissioner Shopian, Choudhary Mohammad Yasin, who is […]
Srinagar: Day after the Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education (JKBOSE) issued date-sheets for class 10 and 12 examinations, students have demanded reduction in syllabus for the exams, as they lost more than two months of class work due to prevailing lockdown. While a few class 10 students admitted of completing their syllabus […]
Anantnag: Amid the lockdown Kashmir valley has been witnessing since August 5, dozens of new bunkers have sprung up at several places along the Srinagar-Qazigund stretch of the newly constructed highway (NH-44). A drive along the stretch reveals that dozens of new, concrete bunkers have been constructed or are in the process of being constructed […]