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Thursday, October 3, 2024
TopicJammu and Kashmir

Topic: Jammu and Kashmir

‘Left to die’: J&K sarpanches, touted to usher in Modi’s Naya Kashmir, feel let down

The killing of a village head in Kashmir has renewed the demand to provide security to panches and sarpanches, most of whom have been holed up in Srinagar hotels since 2018.

J&K Covid hospitals ‘overburdened’, doctors want asymptomatic patients in home quarantine

Struggling with limited hospital beds for Covid patients, doctors in Jammu and Kashmir want the administration to change its policy.

With 9 killed in Shopian encounter, total count of slain militants in J&K is 93 this year

Of the terrorists killed in Jammu and Kashmir this year, 77 were local recruits and 10 were foreign terrorists, according to data maintained by security forces.

SC seeks reply of Centre, J&K on plea against Congress leader Saifuddin Soz’s house arrest

In her plea, Saifuddin Soz's wife Mumtazunnisa Soz alleges the reasons for his detention have not been given and that they are unable to challenge the arrest.

Five militants killed by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian

The security forces launched a search operation in Reban area of Shopian after receiving specific information about the presence of militants.

‘Nicknamed Aatankki’ in school, Kashmiri musician of hiphopper duo SOS made it his stage name

Arsalan Afreen 'Aatankki' & Tufail Nazir are part of 'SOS' — Straight Outta Srinagar — that believes in political power of the hiphop genre, but only with meaningful lyrics.

800 Kashmiris in Dubai arrange 2 chartered flights to return home, await govt approval

The stranded Kashmiris, facing problems due to loss of jobs in the Covid crisis, have urged the Indian govt to expedite the clearance for their landing in Srinagar.

Shah Faesal and two PDP leaders to be released as J&K revokes PSA

Sartaj Madni, who is also former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti's uncle, and former legislator Peer Mansoor are the two PDP leaders released along with Shah Faesal.

J&K approves new media policy to create ‘sustained’ govt narrative, thwart fake news

The ‘Media Policy-2020’ comes in the backdrop of J&K Police filing FIRs against two journalists for their reporting and social media posts.

Munnabhai, Eid memes land 14 Kashmiri scholars in trouble as Srinagar NIT ‘halts fellowships’

The Srinagar NIT scholars shared memes making light of the fact that Eid coincided in J&K and Pakistan. But a fellow student found them ‘anti-national’ & filed a complaint.

On Camera

Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.


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?