News Briefs for 30 April 2022
No Alternative To Dialogue On Kashmir Issue: Mehbooba
Jammu 29 Apr: Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said that there was no alternative to dialogue with regard to the Kashmir issue. 'The dialogue is the only way forward (indirectly referring to Kashmir) on the basis of the roadmap given by Former Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee with the Former Chief Minister of J&K, late Mufti Muhammed Sayeed as there is no alternative to it whether they like it or not,' responded Mehbooba Mufti while speaking to journalists here before leaving for Srinagar.
Power scenario will improve in coming days in J&K: Niteshwar Kumar
Srinagar 29 Apr: Niteshwar Kumar principal secretary to the
government of Jammu and Kashmir power development department on Friday
said that power scenario will improve in coming days and he was thankful
to Union government for providing additional 207 Mega Watt of power. He said that due to increase in demand across the country, they are getting less electricity and it has worsened the situation. I want to thank the Union government for providing us additional 207
MW of power, which will help in improving the situation, he said.
LG Invites Leading Indian Business Families To Invest In J&K
Srinagar 29 Apr: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Friday
invited leading business families of India to invest in Jammu and
Kashmir, promising the best facilities to investors among all states and
the Union territories across the country "I am appealing all leading family businesses to come and invest in
Jammu & Kashmir. I assure that the best facilities among all states
and Union territories will be provided to you in J&K," Sinha said. The LG made these remarks during his keynote address at the
Moneycontrol PRO`s Indian Family Business Awards 2021 event held in
Mumbai on Friday.
3 Army personnel injured in mine blast along LoC in Poonch
Jammu 29 Apr: Three Army personnel were injured in a mine blast
during patrolling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmirs
Poonch district on Friday, officials said. The injured personnel were taken to a hospital and undergoing treatment. During a routine patrol along the Line of Control in the Krishnaghati
Sector, there was a mine blast, a defence spokesman said, adding that
three Army personnel were injured in the explosion.
Discussed govt use of sedition & anti-terrorism laws, JK situation: EU representative
New Delhi 29 Apr: EU special representative for human rights Eamon
Gilmore said on Friday that in his meetings with the Indian government
he has discussed issues such as the use of sedition and anti-terrorism
laws, condition of minorities, communal violence and the situation in
Jammu and Kashmir. Gilmore also said that in his meeting with members of the National Human
Rights Commission (NHRC) during his India visit, the panels role in
relation to Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), detentions,
bail, sedition and anti-terrorism laws, Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act (UAPA), minorities and individual cases, was discussed. An EU delegation, including Gilmore and EU Ambassador to India Ugo
Astuto, called on Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in Delhi
on Thursday, a day after it met NHRC chairperson Justice (retd) Arun
Kumar Mishra and other members of the panel.