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Vaishno Devi Yatra suspended; interstate buses barred in Jammu, Kashmir The district administration in Udhampur suspended all modes of public transport, while two major parks have been closed till further orders Current Affairs   : The Jammu and Kashmir organization reported on Wednesday conclusion of the Vaishno Devi yatra and restricting of every interstate buss as a feature of the prudent steps to capture the spread of coronavirus. “Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra has been shut from today. Tasks of every single interstate buss – approaching and active from Jammu and Kashmir, restricted from today,” the Jammu and Kashmir Director of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) said in a tweet. The locale organization in Udhampur suspended all methods of open vehicle, while two significant parks incorporating Bagh-e-Bahu in Jammu and every open park in Poonch area have been shut till further requests, authorities said. Continue Reading

J&K lifts ban on social media, access to 2G internet services till Mar 17 Earlier, only access to white-listed sites was allowed after the services were restored for a week on January 25 and subsequently extended from time to time. Current Affairs :Evacuating a restriction via web-based networking media stages, Jammu and Kashmir organization on Wednesday permitted access to all locales on 2G portable information benefits and fixed line web in the Union Territory till March 17. Prior, just access to white-recorded locales was permitted after the administrations were reestablished for seven days on January 25 and in this way stretched out every once in a while. The web office was snapped across Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 a year ago, the day when Center repealed the unique status to the past state and bifurcated it into two association domains. The crisp request was given by Principal Secretary, Home, Shaleen Kabra after appraisal of the effect of telecom administr...

No need to refer petitions on abrogation of Article 370 to larger bench: SC The five-Judge Bench had on January 23 reserved its order on this issue Current Affairs :The Supreme Court would not allude to a bigger seat a clump of requests, testing the established legitimacy of Center’s choice of annulling arrangements of Article 370. The pinnacle court said that it didn’t discover any motivation to allude the issue to a bigger seat. The five-Judge Bench headed by Justice NV Ramana and containing Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, R Subhash Reddy, BR Gavai, and Surya Kant had on January 23 saved its request on this issue. Restricting the request, the Center had said that revocation of arrangements of Article 370, which allowed extraordinary status to past province of Jammu and Kashmir, has become a “fait accompli” leaving sole alternative to acknowledge the change. NGO People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association and an intervenor had l...

Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat bypolls postponed over security reasons By-election to over 12,500 panchayat seats in Jammu and Kashmir was scheduled to be held in eight phases from March 5 Current Affairs :The bypolls to panchayats booked from March 5 in Jammu and Kashmir has been delayed because of security reasons, J&K Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Shailendra Kumar said on Tuesday. By-political decision to more than 12,500 panchayat situates in Jammu and Kashmir was booked to be held in eight stages from March 5. “The bypolls to panchayats has been deferred for three weeks because of security reasons,” Kumar revealed to PTI today around evening time. He said this progression was taken after data sources given to him by the home division over security issues. The eight-stage survey was prior planned to be held from March 5 to March 20 on a gathering premise. The surveying was scheduled for March 5, March 7, March 9, March 12, March 14, March 16, March 18 and March ...

Syed Ali Shah Geelani unwell, internet snapped in Kashmir over rumours Geelani’s family said he has has been ill for some time but his condition is stable Current Affairs : Versatile internet providers have been suspended in Kashmir to forestall bits of gossip about the strength of dissenter pioneer Syed Ali Shah Geelani, authorities said on Thursday. The administrations were snapped late Wednesday night after some internet based life posts guaranteed the wellbeing of the 90-year-old Geelani weakened, they said. Sufficient number of security powers have been sent at defenseless places in Kashmir to keep up peace and keep frauds from inciting any difficulty. Geelani’s family said he has been sick for quite a while however his condition is steady. Continue Reading

Omar, Mehbooba booked under Public Safety Act on last day of detention Earlier in the day, the PSA was also slapped on two political stalwarts from NC and its arch-rival PDP Current Affairs :Previous Jammu and Kashmir boss priests Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti were on Thursday night booked under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), scarcely hours before their half year long “preventive confinement” was to reached a conclusion. Prior in the day, the PSA was likewise slapped on two political stalwarts from NC and its chief adversary PDP. A justice joined by a cop landed at Hari Nivas where 49-year-old Omar has been confined since August 5, the day the Center revoked the uncommon status of the past state and furthermore reported its bifurcation into two association domains – Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir. He was given over a warrant gave under the PSA, a law which was authorized by his granddad Sheik Mohammed Abdullah in 1978 at first to check timber pirating. The P...

2,335 incidents of ceasefire violation in Jammu area in May-Jan: Govt A total of 17 Army personnel have died due to avalanches or snow slides in hilly areas, including Siachen, in 2019 Current Affairs :There have been 2,335 episodes of truce infringement along the LoC in Jammu area between May 30 a year ago and January 20 this year, said Minister of State for Defense Shripad Naik on Monday. An aggregate of 17 Army work force have kicked the bucket because of torrential slides or snow slides in bumpy zones, including Siachen, in 2019, he said. “There have been 2,335 occurrences of truce infringement (CFVs) along Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu area since 30 May, 2019 (development of current government) till 20 January, 2020,” the clergyman noted in his composed answer to an inquiry in Rajya Sabha. “Furthermore, 177 occurrences of cross-outskirt terminating along Indo-Pak International Border in Jammu locale since 30 May, 2019 till 15 January, 2020,” the clergyman include...

Trump again offers to 'help' resolve Kashmir issue, meets Pak PM in Davos President Trump has repeatedly offered to mediate following India’s August 5 decision to revoke the special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcate the state into two Union Territories Current Affairs :Amazon author and extremely rich person Jeff Bezos’ cell phone was hacked in the wake of getting a message from the Saudi Arabian crown sovereign, The Guardian paper announced. As indicated by the British every day, an advanced measurable examination uncovered that the encoded message from the number utilized by Mohammed canister Salman incorporated a malevolent document that penetrated his telephone. The investigation additionally found that the interruption could have been activated by a tainted video record sent from the record of the Saudi sovereign. “The two men had been having an apparently well disposed WhatsApp trade when, on May 1 of that year, the spontaneous document was sent,” Gua...

Army chief Gen Naravane hails abrogation of Article 370 as 'historic step' “We have many options to counter those who promote terrorism and we will not hesitate to use them,” he said Current Affairs :Armed force boss Gen M Naravane on Tuesday hailed the revocation of arrangements of Article 370 as a “notable advance” and said the move has upset the intermediary war by the “western neighbor”. The military have a “zero resistance against fear based oppression”, he said in his location at the 72nd Army Day work in the Cariappa Parade Ground here. “We have numerous alternatives to counter the individuals who advance psychological warfare and we won’t stop for a second to utilize them,” he said. Continue Reading

All provisions of RTI Act to be enforced in J&K, says Jitendra Singh A notification in this regard will be issued soon and the same pattern will be followed as in other UTs, said Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh Current Affairs :All arrangements of the Right to Information (RTI) Act will be authorized in recently made Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said on Tuesday. He said applications recorded under the RTI Act identified with workplaces in Jammu and Kashmir under the Union Territory Administration will before long go under the ward of the Central Information Commission (CIC). “A warning in such manner will be given soon and a similar example will be followed as in different UTs,” the clergyman said after a gathering with senior authorities of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Disproving reports in an area of the media on the equivocalness in regards to the pertinence of the RTI Act in J-K, Singh said...

J&K cop Davinder Singh who allegedly sheltered terrorists suspended The DySP had applied for leave from Sunday till Thursday, they said. Police had carried out searches at his residence here and seized two pistols and an AK rifle beside a large quantity of ammunition Current Affairs :Senior Jammu and Kashmir cop Davinder Singh was suspended on Monday, even as it developed that he had protected three psychological militants, captured alongside him, at his home here right by the Army’s XV corps base camp at Badami Bagh cantonment, authorities said. Singh, who was beautified with the President Police Medal around four months back, kept on being flame broiled by a group of police and knowledge agents. His office at Srinagar air terminal, where he was posted as appointee director of police in the counter commandeering squad, was fixed, they said. Sorting out the chain of occasions, the authorities said the two fear mongers — so called region leader of prohibited Hizbul Muja...

J&K DGP directs officers to intensify search ops to flush out terrorists Chairing a high-level meeting at the police control room in Kashmir, the DGP said nobody was above the law and the one who breaks it must be dealt with firmly Current Affairs :Jammu and Kashmir chief general of police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Wednesday guided officials to escalate cordon and search tasks (CASO) to flush out psychological oppressors from the valley. Leading a significant level gathering at the police control room in Kashmir, the DGP said no one was exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else and the person who breaks it must be managed solidly. The DGP stressed on aggregate measures to handle any circumstance and any incendiary demonstration by the fear mongers and their lords over the fringe. The DGP said that despite the fact that we have triumphs crosswise over Jammu and Kashmir against the psychological oppressors, yet we should proceed with our activities against them with...

India has asked countries to act against 'Kashmir cells' set up by Pak Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said the Pakistan foreign minister announced a decision to establish ‘Kashmir cell/desks’ in Pakistan’s Foreign Office and Missions abroad Current Affairs News :India has requested that nations make a move against “Kashmir cells” or “Kashmir work areas” set up by Pakistan at its missions abroad, attesting that they straightforwardly actuate brutality, the administration educated the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. In a composed answer to an inquiry in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said the Pakistan outside clergyman declared a choice to build up “Kashmir cell/work areas” in Pakistan’s Foreign Office and Missions abroad. “The principle target of these cells/work areas is to actuate nearby populaces and to radicalize them through bogus promulgation,” he said. “The legislature has encouraged different nations to unde...

R K Mathur sworn-in as the first Lt Governor of Union Territory of Ladakh The oath of office was administered by chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir high court Geeta Mittal at a simple function held at Leh. Current Affairs :Radha Krishna Mathur was on Thursday confirmed as the first Lt Governor of Union Territory of Ladakh, which appeared after bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir. The pledge of office was controlled by boss equity of Jammu and Kashmir high court Geeta Mittal at a straightforward capacity held at Leh. Continue Reading

EU MP delegation in Kashmir says Article 370 is an internal issue for India The delegation is the first high-level foreign visit to Kashmir after the August 5 decision of the Centre to revoke the state’s special status Current Affairs :Naming Article 370 an inward issue of India, EU parliamentarians visiting Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday said they remain by the nation in its battle against worldwide psychological oppression. Tending to a question and answer session on the most recent day of their two-day visit to the Valley, the gathering of 23 individuals from European Parliament additionally censured the killing of five workers from West Bengal by fear mongers on Tuesday. “In the event that we talk about Article 370 it is India’s inner issue. What concerns us is fear based oppression which is a worldwide threat and we should remain with India in battling it. There was a lamentable episode of slaughtering of five honest workers by psychological militants. We denounce i...

India urges countries to act against ‘Kashmir cells’ set up by Pakistan The main objective of these cells is to incite the local population with a nationality where they belong to and to radicalise them through false propaganda,” MEA spokesperson said Current Affairs :Service of External Affairs (MEA) representative Raveesh Kumar on Thursday asked outside nations to make a move against the purported ‘Kashmir cells’ set up by Pakistan over the entirety of their missions on the planet. “We as a whole know that the administration of Pakistan has set up Kashmir cell over the entirety of their high bonuses on the planet. The principle target of these cells is to actuate the neighborhood populace with a nationality where they have a place with and to radicalize them through false purposeful publicity,” Raveesh Kumar said while instructions media people here. He included, “We trust that nations where these Kashmir cells have been opened, they do understand that it is perilous s...

Details of investment in J&K would be available soon: FM Nirmala Sitharaman India on August 5 scrapped Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and bifurcated it into two Union Territories — Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh Current Affairs :The subtleties of the administration’s arrangement to draw in more interests in Jammu and Kashmir would be accessible very soon, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated, rattling off the potential the zone conveys for speculators in divisions like the travel industry, painstaking work, silk, generation of saffron and apple. Sitharaman made the remarks while reacting to an inquiry during an intelligent session with speculators at the IMF central command here on Wednesday. The occasion was sorted out by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and US India Strategic and Partnership Forum. We have begun working regarding ensuring that the maximum capacity of Jammu and Kashmir from different various perspectives (is accompl...

Man with ’56-inch chest’ integrated J&K: Shah’s nationalism pitch for polls Addressing an election rally in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district, he said the previous governments never had the courage shown by Modi Current Affairs :Further honing the BJP’s story for Maharashtra gathering surveys on patriotism, BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday commended the “man with 56-inch chest” in Prime Minister Narendra Modi for invalidating Article 370 and coordinating Jammu and Kashmir with the standard. Tending to a political race rally in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur area, he said the past governments never had the fearlessness appeared by Modi. He engaged individuals to ask Congress and NCP pioneers, when they come to look for votes, regardless of whether they bolster the NDA government’s choice to repeal the arrangements that gave extraordinary status to Jammu and Kashmir. He focused on Congress pioneer Rahul Gandhi and NCP boss Sharad Pawar for scrutinizing the administration’s tr...