Extending eco-friendly lighting solutions to the scheduled tribe (ST) community of district Ganderbal under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) plan, Jammu and Kashmir Bank distributed solar lanterns among one thousand households in collaboration with MOOL Sustainability Research and T
The LG's office said it had issued instructions to the District Administration and the Divisional Commissioner to render all assistance to the kin of victims.
Further, speaking on the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), Omar said that Home Minister Amit Shah has not announced its removal but just said he will consider it.
The commander of the Chinar Corps on Wednesday visited Rashtriya Rifles troops deployed in the Counter Terrorism Grid to review the security situation in North Kashmir.
Narinder Nath Vohra, the former governor of Jammu and Kashmir, lauded Union Home Minister Amit Shah's statement on Wednesday regarding the Union Government's intention to withdraw troops and entrust law and order responsibilities to the Jammu and Kashmir Police.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah hit out at the BJP and asked that if the situation in Kashmir has improved as claimed by the central government then why Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) is not being revoked from Jammu and Kashmir.
Professor Sajjad Raja, the Chairman of the National Equality Party for Jammu Kashmir Gilgit Baltistan and Ladakh (NEP-JKGBL), made a striking comparison between the people living in Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh region and those in the Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Tasleema Akhtar, a Kashmiri female activist who recently attended the 55th session of the United Nations, busted the "malicious propaganda" on Kashmir and showed mirror to Pakistan by highlighting the state-sponsored terrorism there.
The AFSPA gives the armed forces personnel, operating in the disturbed areas, sweeping powers to search, arrest and to open fire if they deem it necessary for "the maintenance of public order".