Ladakh Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena was on Tuesday given additional charge of Jammu and Kashmir during the “absence, on leave” of incumbent Manoj Sinha. Sinha, who took charge as the LG of Jammu and Kashmir on August 7, 2020, is currently in the US on an official visit, official sources said. “The President of India is pleased to appoint Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena, Lt. Governor of Ladakh to discharge the functions of the Lt. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, in addition to his own duties, during the absence, on leave, of Shri Manoj Sinha, Lt. Governor of Jammu and…
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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday said the Centre should reconsider the ban imposed on social and political organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, which would be in the interest of peace and stability. Mirwaiz was reacting to a statement by former chief of banned Jamaat-e-Islami Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, who distanced the outfit from the Justice and Development Front, a political party launched by a breakaway faction of Jamaat ahead of the 2024 assembly elections. “It would be in the interest of peace and stability that New Delhi listen to people’s plea and revisit its policy of bans on social and political…
The National Conference on Tuesday paid tributes to party founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on his 44th death anniversary in Srinagar’s Naseem Bagh. According to details, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and NC president Dr Farooq Abdullah visited the grave of Sheikh Abdullah and paid floral tributes. They also offered Fateha and prayed at his grave. Several NC leaders, MLAs, senior party functionaries, workers and supporters also gathered in Naseem Bagh and paid tributes to the late leader. Notably, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, popularly known as Sher-e-Kashmir, was the founder of the National Conference and served as the first elected Prime Minister of…
A search operation was launched in the Thune area of Kangan in Ganderbal district after a boy and a girl were reportedly seen jumping into a power canal, officials said on Monday. According to preliminary information, the boy has been identified as Irshad Ahmad Kahi, son of Mohammad Sharif Kahi, a resident of Thune. The identity of the girl has been withheld. Soon after receiving information about the incident, Kangan Police, SDRF personnel and a local rescue team launched a coordinated search operation in and around the power canal to trace the two persons. Rescue personnel continued their efforts to…
Intern doctors of MBBS Batch 2021 at SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, have begun a hunger strike from Monday, intensifying their ongoing protest over the demand for revision of their internship stipend and insisting on a formal written order from the administration. In an announcement issued by the protesting interns, the MBBS 2021 batch said the decision followed the continued failure of dialogue with the administration to culminate in a written and formal order addressing their demands. The interns said repeated discussions and assurances had failed to result in an official order regarding revision of the internship stipend, prompting them to…
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that mere possession of a book alleged to contain “anti-national” material cannot, by itself, justify preventive detention under the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA). The ruling was delivered by Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi, who quashed a preventive detention order issued by the District Magistrate, Kupwara, observing that the authorities had failed to demonstrate any specific act or activity by the detenue that could warrant invocation of the stringent preventive detention law. The High Court examined the grounds relied upon by the detaining authority and noted that the detention…
A militant was killed during a joint search operation in Ashdar Gali area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday, Army said. Army said its troops observed suspicious activity during the operation and, upon being challenged, the militants opened fire, triggering an exchange of gunfire. “Based on specific intelligence input, a Joint Search Operation was launched by #IndianArmy, @JmuKmrPolice and @crpf_srinagar in general area Ashdar Gali, Budgam,” Chinar Corps posted on X. In the ensuing exchange, one militant was killed, while an AK rifle and other war-like stores were recovered, it said “Vigilant troops observed suspicious activity and upon being…
Two women journalists in Delhi alleged that they were assaulted by Delhi Police personnel inside a police station after they went to cover an event and sought to question Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. The journalists alleged that the police asked about their religion and assaulted them after learning that they were Muslims. Journalists Shaheen Khan and Nafisa Khan alleged that police personnel first detained them near the venue of inauguration of a new wing at Max Hospital in Saket before taking them to the Saket police station, where they were allegedly assaulted. The police, however, denied the allegations, terming them…
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iltija Mufti alleged that Kashmir’s land and prime estate was being auctioned to outsiders by the Jammu & Kashmir government. Mufti made these remarks after reports emerged that the 45 kanals of land of Sangermal shopping complex, at a prime location in the city centre, was leased out by the government for ₹421.75 crore. “Kashmir’s land & its prime estate is being auctioned off by the NC government to outsiders. People were promised that their land, jobs & identity would be secured. Instead it’s being parcelled off at the speed of light,” Mufti said on X.…
Images captured at the accident site reveal that an upright metal pole was knocked sideways after an IndiGo flight collided with it while parking at Srinagar airport. The aircraft, which was operating on the Navi Mumbai–Srinagar route, was being maneuvered into Bay No. 6 at 9 am when the mishap occurred. All passengers and crew members are reported to be safe, and no injuries have been recorded. The evacuation was carried out smoothly using manual aircraft stairs. The relevant authorities will investigate the events and circumstances leading up to the collision in accordance with standard operating procedures. The precise cause…