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Monday, May 13, 2024
TopicJammu & Kashmir

Topic: Jammu & Kashmir

Brother of ex-J&K minister caught on camera calling Mehbooba a b***h

Rajender Singh made remarks during rally on Sunday supporting Kathua rape accused; brother Lal Singh, who resigned over the issue, led Sunday’s event. 

Centre accepts Mehbooba’s demand, announces ceasefire for the month of Ramzan

Days before the start of the holy month, home minister Rajnath Singh conveys the decision in a series of tweets. CM Mehbooba welcomes it.

‘Ceasefire will wash away Army’s efforts,’ says BJP as it rejects Mehbooba’s bid for peace

The refusal came a day after Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said all parties in the state agreed to the move.

A tourist’s death threatens to kill Kashmir’s revenue lifeline

The tourism industry fears cancellations after the death of the visitor from Chennai. The industry cannot hope for revival until the conflict is resolved,  experts say.

RSS/BJP-linked team of women intellectuals questions Kathua probe too, wants CBI called in

The all-woman Group of Intellectuals and Academicians sent a fact-finding team to Kathua. It returned with the same demands as the Hindu Ekta Manch.

Upset over ouster, BJP ex-minister who backed Kathua accused plans yatra

State BJP leaders also feel that acceding to PDP’s demand for the two ministers’ resignation has sent the wrong signal to its electorate in the Jammu region.

While politicians take U-turn, Kathua protesters persist with demand for CBI probe

They say the J&K crime branch investigation is ‘biased’, adding that they are ‘pandering to one community’.

BJP minister who’s backing Kathua rape-murder accused once compared Modi to a dog and bull

From his scathing attack on the BJP as a Congress leader to allegations of sexual harassment that he faced, J&K minister Lal Singh is not new to controversy.

Why the outcry over the 8-yr-old’s rape-murder is nowhere close to what we saw for Nirbhaya

Jammu-centric parties realise that supporting the alleged killers of the 8-year old will get you votes, supporting the call for swift justice won’t

Revised rehab policy for militants puts PDP, BJP on warpath again

The bone of contention is the Rs 6 lakh grant outlined for militants who surrender.

On Camera

Disability rights intersects with economy, commerce, health. Policy should reflect that

Another pressing issue plaguing the disability sector in India is the absence of proactive initiatives from state governments. This is despite disability being a state subject.

Brokerages & hedge funds make a killing as India’s inexperienced youth flocks to the equity market

Indians aged 20-30 are trading in options market in droves, but know nothing about it & so keep losing money. If losses mount, it could undo gains India saw in investment culture, analysts fear.

Pensionless Maha Vir Chakra awardee who trained Mukti Bahini continues to fight for rights

Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.