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SRINAGAR: A contentious issue has arisen over the detention status of cleric and Hurriyat leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in Jammu and Kashmir. On August 5, 2023, Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid said Mirwaiz Umer Farooq has completed four years of detention at his home.
August 5 marks the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, which resulted in the withdrawal of the special status to J&K and its downgrade from a state to a Union Territory.
The proposed Saudi Arabia peace talks are less of a peace summit and more of a summit about peace. This isn’t Russia and Ukraine sitting down to hammer out the enduring terms of a settlement. It is, instead, Ukraine circling the wagons around its allies and trying to drag additional developing countries to its corner.
In a recent meeting with Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, Dr Farooq Abdullah, Comrade Yousuf Tarigami, and Dr Mehboob Beig discussed the issue of SKIMS (Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science) losing its autonomy. They emphasized the need to allow the institute to fill up vaccine positions for patient care. They pointed out the 50% shortage of technical and nursing staff, affecting other healthcare institutions as well. Kashmir's hospitals face severe vacancies, with 275 positions vacant in SMHS Hospital alone. The government's decision to downsize has led to a net fall of 129,301 employees in the last two years, despite rising costs. The region faces rampant joblessness, with a 23.1% unemployment rate, leaving around eight lakh youths jobless.
SRINAGAR: Describing August 5 as a watershed moment in the turbulent history of Jammu and Kashmir, Senior BJP leader Devender Singh Rana Friday said that the people are entering into the fifth year of their real independence from the shackles of exploitation and discrimination by a political class t...
The adoption system in Kashmir has undergone a significant change, potentially providing a ray of hope for thousands of childless couples. The adoption process has shifted online, and the post-2019 laws no longer recognize foster care but instead offer children for legal adoption. This transformation offers a legitimate avenue for couples to adopt and become legal parents. The online system simplifies the process and ensures transparency, allowing prospective adoptive parents to register and upload relevant documents. With this change, childless couples in Kashmir now have a more accessible and regulated path to fulfill their desire to become parents.
The 3-day over-hyped G20 countries Tourism Working Group (TWG) meeting in Srinagar had huge symbolic significance for Kashmir as it was history's firsy major gathering in decades. The repoirt offers a blow-by-blow accounts of the meeting.