—AND THE BAN CONTINUE 

—AND THE BAN CONTINUE 

While the Supreme Court has refused to give verdict for the restoration of 4G services in Kashmir valley amid pandemic COVID-19, authorities have decided to extend the curbs on the speed of internet up to May 27, 2020. Students, doctors especially the heart foundation, a group of Kashmir based doctors who help hundreds of patients […]

SHAMEFUL 

SHAMEFUL 

In the recent past there have been two tragic deaths in South Kashmir of two pregnant women, triggering protests and widespread condemnation as families alleged negligence of doctors. A small video surfaced on the social media showing body of a pregnant women on a stretcher as hospital authorities in Anantnag reportedly refused to provide them […]

4G VERDICT

4G VERDICT

Supreme Court has reserved the Judgment over the petition filed by an NGO for the restoration of 4G services in Kashmir valley amid COVID-19 pandemic. JK administration and Union Government have pleaded in the court that it is was necessary to keep curbs on the high speed internet in the Union Territory of Jammu and […]

NOW IN SC

NOW IN SC

  Slow speed internet has finally to be decided in the Supreme Court and the authorities of UT administration have extended ban on 4G services till May 11, 2020. In this connection JK administration has told court that the internet is not a fundamental right in itself, but an enabler of rights. This shows that […]

APPLE INDUSTRY AT BRINK  

APPLE INDUSTRY AT BRINK  

Apple growers of Kashmir are facing very tough situation as the pandemic lockdown has dashed all their hopes to get their produce out of Kashmir valley. The coronavirus lockdown has broken the supply chain as most of the apple growers in Kashmir have kept their produce in the cold storage. They were expecting to sell […]

SLOW SPEED INTERNET 

SLOW SPEED INTERNET 

With COVId-19 pandemic, at its peak in Jammu and Kashmir, authorities have decided to extend ban on 4G internet services till May 11, 2020, despite appeals by doctors and students for its restoration. Without internet services in the past nine month’s people of Jammu and Kashmir have suffered in general but the student community in […]

ALARMING SITUATION 

ALARMING SITUATION 

While WHO has given the mantra for fighting COVID-19 as only to go for tests, tests and tests, but JK administration has a new mantra to fight it, that is lockdown, lockdown and lockdown. They have declared red zones, have sealed exit and entry points without going for testing and it has resulted in some […]

GOOD BEGINNING

GOOD BEGINNING

In the past few weeks government of Jammu and Kashmir has set in motion the process of releasing all detainees including former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah and many political leaders and former lawmakers. Embarking on this path further, UT administration in its latest order has decided to revoke the detention orders of […]

RAMADAN TO COMMENCE   

RAMADAN TO COMMENCE   

Holy month of Ramadan is coming for the faithful with all its blessings and bounties. People of Kashmir who are in grip of uncertainty of past 8 months, this month of prayers and fasting is a real time solace for them. Amid the growing cases of COVID-19, with restrictions on the movement, people of Kashmir […]

AMID LOCKDOWN

AMID LOCKDOWN

Srinagar city has been kept under severe lockdown from March 19 till date without any respite. District Magistrate of Srinagar has said that there would no relaxation in restrictions till May 3, 2020. In past few days it has come to the notice of media that police is entering into the interior parts of Srinagar […]