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CM Business Interest Relief Scheme under CAG scanner: Out of 19 major beneficiaries, 10 were not affected by 2014 floods

CM Business Interest Relief Scheme under CAG scanner: Out of 19 major beneficiaries, 10 were not affected by 2014 floods

Srinagar, Jan 14: The Chief Minister’s Business Interest Relief Scheme(CMBIRS)announced by the previous PDP-BJP government has come under scanner, with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India pointing out that the scheme was not as per the guidelines of the interest subvention scheme of the Prime Minister’s Development Package(PMDP) for J&K. In its report,  the […]

Covid-19 spikes again as J&K Reports 2456 Cases, 5 Deaths

Covid-19 spikes again as J&K Reports 2456 Cases, 5 Deaths

Srinagar, Jan 14: The upsurge in Covid-19 infection continued in Jammu and Kashmir as 2456 new cases have been reported while five person succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said that 934 of the cases were reported from Jammu Division and 1522 from Kashmir Valley, taking the […]

Prayers disallowed at historic Jamia Masjid for the 24th consecutive Friday: Anjuman Auqaf

Prayers disallowed at historic Jamia Masjid for the 24th consecutive Friday: Anjuman Auqaf

Srinagar, Jan 14: Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar said that today again the authorities, while demonstrating their dictatorship and arbitrariness, hurt the people’s sentiments by preventing them from fulfilling their religious obligation of praying at the J&K’s largest spiritual centre and place of worship – the historic Jama Masjid Srinagar. In a statement, the Anjuman […]

Police Arrests Human Rights activist Ahsan Untoo for allegedly ‘Spreading False Propaganda, Hate Speech’

Police Arrests Human Rights activist Ahsan Untoo for allegedly ‘Spreading False Propaganda, Hate Speech’

Srinagar, Jan 14: Police on Friday arrested Mohammad Ahsan Untoo, human rights activist and chairman International Forum for Justice and Human Rights Jammu and Kashmir (IFJHRJK), for allegedly “spreading false propaganda, disinformation campaign and hate speech through these social media spaces.” “It was reliably learnt that Mohd Ahsan Untoo son of Late Ghulam Hassan Untoo […]

Re-registration of Kashmir Press Club put in abeyance

Re-registration of Kashmir Press Club put in abeyance

Srinagar, Jan 14: Re-registration of Kashmir Press Club was again put in abeyance on Friday by Registrar of Societies, Director Industries and Commerce Kashmir on the basis after non-involvement and verification of character and antecedents of its members was put on hold.  According to an order,  as per an order received by additional district magistrate […]

APHC demands immediate release of journalist Sajad Gul

APHC demands immediate release of journalist Sajad Gul

Srinagar, Jan 13: All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) on Thursday sought immediate release of journalist Sajad Gul and demanded authorities to stop the policy of intimidation through arrests and detentions. In a statement, APHC said that the policy of state repression in Kashmir continues unabated. “Few days back journalist Sajad Gul was arrested for doing […]