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Thursday, October 3, 2024
TopicJammu and Kashmir

Topic: Jammu and Kashmir

Rashtriya Rifles battalion CO among 5 killed in encounter with terrorists in J&K’s Handwara

Col Ashutosh Sharma, Major Anuj Sood, two Army jawans and J&K Police sub-inspector Shakeel Qazi had gone to rescue civilians taken hostage by 4 terrorists.

J&K ex-sarpanch arrested by NIA for ‘terror links’ fought 2014 assembly polls on BJP ticket

Though he claimed to be a businessman, Tariq Ahmed Mir’s election affidavit said he has no money, no land, no movable or immovable assets.

J&K administration announces Rs 350 crore grant to support people affected due to lockdown

The relief package covers various categories of workers, from construction workers to shikarawalas and tour guides.

NIA makes fifth arrest in connection with suspended DySP Davinder Singh case

The accused, identified as Tariq Mir, is an alleged arms dealer, who unsuccessfully contested the 2014 assembly election on a BJP ticket.

Access to internet is not a fundamental right but an enabler of rights, J&K govt tells SC

Responding to a petition to restore 4G mobile internet, J&K govt says the current 2G speed is enough even amid the Covid-19 crisis.

Zoom, Google Meet classes ‘next to impossible’ as J&K students struggle with 2G speed

Teachers and students in the Valley complain that it takes hours for them to upload and download files due to the poor internet speeds. 

Why Abdullahs, Mehbooba are silent on Article 370 and what it means for Kashmir politics

There's been no word on Article 370 from Farooq and Omar Abdullah, released from detention, or Mehbooba Mufti, who is otherwise vocal on Twitter. Analysts say they must make position clear.

With AIR help, Kashmir set to start radio lessons for lockdown-hit school students

The lessons will be aired on All India Radio, Srinagar, during day time, and time slots have already been specified by the station.

J&K govt revokes PSA against 28 people lodged in jails

Hundreds of people, including mainstream leaders, were detained and booked under PSA after the central govt revoked Article 370 last August.

How use of Chinese rapid testing Covid-19 kits created panic in a Kashmir village

Doctors had declared a man in a Pampore village ‘weak positive’ for Covid-19 after his samples were tested using rapid antibody testing kits.

On Camera

Gaza, Ukraine being fought on techno-battlefields. Indian military is 3 decades behind

My assessment is that the Indian armed forces are adopting emerging technologies for incremental change and not transformation—which is the need of the hour.

Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?