Wednesday, Feb 01, 2023
Jul 15, 2021 Naseer Ganai National Conference says the youth leader was arrested for seeking compensation for people in land acquisition
Jul 11, 2021 Naseer Ganai There are instances where even juveniles were booked under the UAPA.
Former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has been charged under the Public Safety Act. The government has claimed that Mehbooba’s ‘glorifying militant’ statements and the geographical proximity of J&K to Pakistan necessitate Mehbooba’s continued detention.
Sep 23, 2020 Naseer Ganai On April 27, Mehbooba Mufti was shifted from the subsidiary jail in which she was detained to her home in Fairview, Gupkar Road, declaring the latter as a temporary subsidiary jail.
The J-K administration said it has decided to release Qayoom, nine days ahead of his current detention coming to an end on August 7, but he will have to remain in Delhi till then.
The National Conference said the legal system will come to the rescue of its partymen who are in detention since August 5 last year, when the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was abrogated.
Police filed an open FIR against people criticising the High Court judgment that upheld the detention of Kashmir Bar President Mian Qayoom on ideological grounds.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration had arrested most of the political leaders after the abrogation of Article 370 in August last year.
Faesal was about to board a flight to the United States to complete his research study at the prestigious Harvard University on August 14, 2019, when he was denied permission to travel abroad and arrested.
Early this week government booked Mehbooba under PSA after her earlier detention period expired.
PDP says the extension of PSA against Mehbooba is a loud alarm that BJP is fearful to compete with the only woman CM J&K has ever had
The Fairview residence of Mehbooba Mufti, now a makeshift jail, was also known Papa-2, the infamous torture center in Kashmir.
The veteran politician, who had gone to meet his son and former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday, said, 'I am acutely aware that compared to hundreds of Kashmiri families I have been far more fortunate.'
The senior NC leader and former J&K CM's silence after his release from detention has sparked speculation over the Valley's politics
Farooq Abdullah had requested the Jammu and Kashmir authority for permission to see his son for the first time in seven months
Iltija said that though people of Kashmir are angry with local political leaders like Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, "they are more angry with the central government".
Officials say the police dossier is submitted to the district magistrate, who decides the grounds for detaining any person.
The administration earlier booked former CMs, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, under the stringent PSA.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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