Kashmir saw moderate snowfall in most places on Tuesday. The snowfall started in Srinagar around 7 am, several hours after it started in neighboring Budgam and Pulwama districts, authorities said. The weather at the Vaishno Devi shrine remained cloudy with intermittent bouts of rain earlier in the day, authorities said. …
Read More »Army officer among 3 named on J&K police charge sheet in alleged encounter with fake shopian
Shopian Encounter – Charge sheet submitted by SIT team leader. (Figurative) Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police have filed a charge sheet against three people, including an army officer, in the alleged fake encounter in the Shopian district in southern Kashmir earlier this year. The charge sheet was filed in the …
Read More »Murder of Rajouri Youth: Captain of Police Charge Sheet, 2 Civilians
More than five months after three young men from Rajouri they were killed in shopian In an Army operation on July 18, J&K Police filed a charge sheet, charging an Army Captain and two civilians with their alleged kidnapping and murder. The 300-page charge sheet establishes a “prima facie” case …
Read More »Rain in northern states, cold snap conditions likely through year-end
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that widespread rain or snowfall is very likely to occur in the northern parts of India in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The meteorological bureau has also said cold snap to severe cold snap conditions would prevail in some states due …
Read More »What the Shopian defections and the rise of the Apni party say about democracy in Kashmir
Who is the businessman turned Neta Altaf Bukhari? Altaf Bukhari is a businessman-turned-politician who joined the PDP in 2005. His family owns FIL Industries, which makes apple concentrates. Bukhari’s sons and his brother Syed Tariq take care of the business side. In addition to apple concentrates, the family has interests …
Read More »The 4G ban was extended in Jammu and Kashmir until January 8; Udhampur and Ganderbal are exempt
An order issued by the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday stated that the ban on 4G internet services in the Union Territory (UT) has been extended until January 8, except in the districts of Udhampur and Ganderbal. Previously, the administration imposed a ban on 4G services until December 25. …
Read More »The results of the DDC survey are an emphatic rejection of the scrapping of J & K’s special status
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is busy making a virtue of necessity. All the “right” noises are being made about how the democratic process has been restored in the former degraded state of Jammu and Kashmir. As if the voter in that besieged part of the country spoke for …
Read More »The 10 coldest places in India right now
India is commonly known in the world as a country with high temperatures throughout the year. Although it is true for some places, India’s climate cycle has suitable seasons throughout the calendar, and during winters in some places, especially towards the north of the country, it becomes unbearably cold, so …
Read More »Final decision on non-BJP DDC formation at J&K will be made by high command: Congress
The Congress party said on Wednesday that the final decision on the formation of the non-BJP DDC (district development council) in Jammu and Kashmir, in places where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not have a majority, will be made by the high command of the party. Of the 278 …
Read More »Gupkar Alliance victorious in J&K DDC polls
The alliance manages to destroy six councils with an advantage in another six; BJP has 5 leading councils in a district. The Popular Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgamation of six parties, managed on Wednesday to sweep six district councils, with an advantage in another six, and the …
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