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J-K: Omar Abdullah claims he, his father and family put under house arrest

National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah on Sunday claimed he and his family, including his father and Member of Parliament Farooq Abdullah, have been put under house arrest by authorities. This is the naya/new J&K after Aug 2019. We get locked up in our homes with no explanation. It's bad enough they've locked my father (a sitting MP) & me in our home, they've locked my sister & her kids in their home as well, Omar wrote on Twitter. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also posted photographs showing police vehicles outside the gates of his residence in the Gupkar area of the city here. Omar also alleged that his house staff was not being let inside. Chalo, your new model of democracy means that we are kept in our homes without explanation but on top of that the staff that works in the house aren't being allowed in and then you are surprised that I'm still angry & bitter, he said in another tweet. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti had on Saturday too claimed

Updated On : 14 Feb 2021 | 10:39 AM IST

Jammu and Kashmir will get statehood at an appropriate time, says Amit Shah

He further added, "I have said in this House and I say it again that this Bill has got nothing to do with the statehood of Jammu & Kashmir."

Updated On : 13 Feb 2021 | 4:01 PM IST

Govt introduces J&K Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in Lok Sabha

A bill to replace an ordinance to merge the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) cadre of civil services officers with the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Saturday. Introducing 'The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021', Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said the government was working to take Jammu and Kashmir on the path to development. He said around 170 central laws are being implemented in Jammu and Kashmir after abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave a special status to the erstwhile state. The government is implementing different development projects and schemes in Jammu and Kashmir, he added. "I request the members to pass the bill," he added. Raising objections on the bill, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury asked "what was the need to bring an ordinance for this?". He said regularly promulgating an ordinance is not good for a parliamentary democracy as an ordinanc

Updated On : 13 Feb 2021 | 2:15 PM IST

Prevented from visiting family of 'militant' killed in encounter: Mehbooba

PDP president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday claimed that she was placed under house arrest ahead of her visit to the family of Athar Mushtaq, one of the three alleged militants killed in an encounter in Parimpora locality here in December last year. Placed under house arrest as usual for trying to visit the family of Athar Mushtaq killed allegedly in a fake encounter. His father was booked under UAPA for demanding his dead body. This the normalcy GOI wants to showcase to the EU delegation visiting Kashmir (sic), Mehbooba said on Twitter. She also uploaded a video of her interaction with her security staff at her 'Fairview' residence in the Gupkar area here. This reign of suppression & terror in Kashmir is the unvarnished & unpalatable truth that GOI wants to hide from the rest of the country. A 16 year old is killed & then hurriedly buried denying his family the right & chance to perform his last rites (sic), she said in another

Updated On : 13 Feb 2021 | 2:06 PM IST

No change in US' policy on J&K, says President Biden administration

"I want to be very clear there has been no change in US policy in the region," State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters

Updated On : 12 Feb 2021 | 3:13 AM IST

No change in policy on Jammu and Kashmir and the region: US State Dept

The United States on Wednesday said that there is no change in its policy on Jammu and Kashmir. "I want to be very clear there has been no change in US policy in the region," State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters in view of a tweet from the South and Central Asia Bureau of the State Department which welcomed the resumption of 4G mobile internet in Jammu and Kashmir. "We welcome the resumption of 4G mobile internet in India's Jammu & Kashmir. This marks an important step for local residents and we look forward to continued political & economic progress to restore normalcy in J&K, tweeted the South and Central Asia Bureau of the State Department. High-speed mobile internet was restored on February 5 in the entire union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, exactly one and a half years after it was snapped in August 2019 when the Centre had abrogated the special status of the erstwhile state. According to a 2019 Congressional Research Service report of August 2019,

Updated On : 11 Feb 2021 | 6:48 AM IST

Farewell, Azad: The incident that brought tears to PM Modi's eyes

Updated On : 10 Feb 2021 | 1:33 PM IST

J&K Skill Development Dept organises job fair for trained unemployed youth

The Jammu and Kashmir Skill Development Department on Tuesday organised a first-of-its-kind job fair in Kathua for ITI (Industrial Training Institute)-trained unemployed youth from far-flung areas

Updated On : 10 Feb 2021 | 10:40 AM IST

Rajya Sabha passes Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill

The Rajya Sabha on Monday cleared The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 that seeks to replace the ordinance to merge the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) cadre of civil services officer with the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre. The bill was introduced in the Upper House of the Parliament last week. Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said the Constitution of India is now fully applicable on Jammu and Kashmir, and that the bill will enable availability of officers in Jammu and Kashmir who have experience of running union territory administration. He said around 170 central laws are being implemented in Jammu and Kashmir. He said the bill will increase the strength of officers in the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Leh.

Updated On : 08 Feb 2021 | 2:51 PM IST

Pakistani troops target forward posts in Jammu-Kashmir's Kathua district

Pakistani Rangers opened fire on forward posts and villages along the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir

Updated On : 08 Feb 2021 | 12:42 PM IST

Earthquake of magnitude 3.5 hits Jammu and Kashmir's Gulmarg district

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale occurred in Gulmarg of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday morning, according to the National Centre for Seismology."Earthquake of Magnitude 3.5, Occurred on February 8, 04:56 am, Lat: 34.22 & Long: 73.61, Depth: 30 Km, Location: 73km WNW of Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, India for more information," NCS said.No loss of life and property has been reported so far. Further details are awaited.

Updated On : 08 Feb 2021 | 8:04 AM IST

Arrest of top Lashkar-e-Mustafa terrorist major success for J-K police

The arrest of self-styled chief of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Mustafa (LeM) on Saturday is a major success for the Jammu and Kashmir police, officials said.

Updated On : 06 Feb 2021 | 10:47 PM IST

Jammu and Kashmir Congress protests against farm laws in Jammu

The Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Saturday joined farmers' protest here and said it will continue its support to their agitation till the new three farm laws are revoked. Led by J-K Pradesh Congress Committee president G A Mir, the party activists staged a peaceful protest demonstration and blocked the Jammu-Pathankot bypass road at Rajiv Colony Chowk in support of the nationwide protest call by farmers. Congress fully backs the agitation of farmers who have rejected the three black laws and are protesting for over 70 days across the country, Mir said. He alleged that the rigidity of the BJP-led government at the Centre was responsible for the present situation. Around 157 farmers have lost their lives in the agitation but the government is trying to tire out the farmers instead of conceding to their genuine demands, Mir said. The Congress leader said his party would continue its protests if the three black laws are not repealed. Farmers are the backbone of the country who feed .

Updated On : 06 Feb 2021 | 9:25 PM IST

Focussed on providing jobs to 80% J&K youth within 5 years: LG

Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday said his focus is on providing job opportunities to 80 percent of the young population within the next five years. Delivering the keynote address at the Harvard US-India Initiative (HUII) annual conference virtually, Sinha said development has replaced terrorism which was being exported relentlessly by the neighbouring country. My goal is to reach out and engage about 80 percent of the young population of Jammu and Kashmir within the next five years and make it possible for them to be an engine of growth for the overall socio-economic transformation of the UT, he said. I would like to see each child of J&K prosper into a mature, successful and good human being. The potential of the youth is harnessed in a way that everyone contributes towards the prosperity of the UT. Together we will achieve the desired goal, he added. HUII aims to engage students around the world in a dialogue about India's most pressing political, social, ...