‘Irresponsible’: J&K Parties Slam LG Sinha’s ‘80% Are Happy With Central Rule' Claim
Omar Abullah said LG Manoj Sinha is "inventing" surveys to "justify his unwillingness to conduct assembly elections" in the region, which has been under central rule since 2018.
J&K: Dalit IAS officer files complaint of “harassment, humiliation” against L-G, Chief Secretary
In a major development, a Dalit whistle blower IAS officer Ashok Kumar Parmar has knocked the doors of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) against Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and chief secretary Arun Mehta for “inflicting harassment and humiliation upon him.”
Mirwaiz Sends J&K Administration a Legal Notice Against His 'Arbitrary, Illegal' Detention
All Parties Hurriyat Conference chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was put under house arrest along with other mainstream and some separatist leaders of Jammu and Kashmir on August 4, 2019.
Two Leading Kashmir Universities Drop Agha Shahid Ali, Basharat Peer from English MA Courses
The University of Kashmir, the Valley’s premier higher-educational institution, has dropped three poems by Ali along and journalist Basharat Peer’s memoir from its English MA curriculum. The Cluster University Srinagar has left out two poems by Ali.
In J&K, 11 sent to jail after they did not rise for anthem at police event
Contacted on Wednesday, the Srinagar Senior Superintendent of Police did not respond, and Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar said he would check on it.