SRINAGAR: Supreme Court today held Reliance Group Chairman Ambani and its two directors guilty of contempt.
The case revolves around Reliance not willfully paying Rs 550 crore to Ericsson, even after they filed three contempt pleas.
The Supreme Court asked Anil Ambani and two directors to pay Rs 453 crore to Ericsson India within four weeks. On failing to pay the amount, a jail term of three months will follow.
SRINAGAR, FEB 19: Senior national conference and former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Mohammad Akbar Lone said that India will lose Kashmir soon due to rise in bloodbath and by anti-Kashmir statements.
While Speaking to news agency Press Trust of Kashmir Akbar Lone reacts on the statement of GD Bakshi Lone and said, “They want to destroy India. They want in real to lose Kashmir and nothing else”.
He further added “if such statement will remain continue, time will come soon, and they lose Kashmir, there is no doubt that the in Kashmir bloodbath rise but India will lose Kashmir”.
Lone further added “The situation in the Kashmir is going from bad to worse by such type of statement, time is coming and they will lose Kashmir”.
Lone added “By threating Kashmir India can’t achieve anything neither they can win hearts of Kashmiri people by threating. They should talk with people of Kashmir and find a way to solve Kashmir”.
“Such people are frustrated and they don’t know what they are talking about they will lose Kashmir soon, by such statement people of Kashmir start hating India”, he said. (PTK)
SRINAGAR: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, said anybody using Pakistan to attack India, is their enemy as well.
In a live statement, he rejected any links of his country to the attack. “It is in our interest that nobody from our soil spreads violence. I want to tell Indian government that we will take action if evidence is found against anyone from Pakistan,” he said, adding that Pakistan has nothing to gain from the Pulwama incident.
The Pakistan PM clarified that he had refrained from making a statement on the issue earlier, as that would have shifted the focus from Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Sultan’s visit to his country.
SRINAGAR: Renowned scholar and Sufi Poet Mushtaq Ahmad Khan Died at Srinagar Hospital. Molana Mushtaq Ahmad Khan was the Chief patron of Anjamun ul Tabgleeg ul Islam.
SRINAGAR: Union Minister of State for External Affairs and former Army chief General VK Singh said that some youngsters in Kashmir want Freedom from India.
According to the report The Quint VK Singh said “Some youth is being paid to throw stones. Some youth standing on the top of a vehicle and shouting ‘Hum kya chahte? Azadi (What do we want? Freedom)’ does not reflect the sentiment of the entire youth of Kashmir (sic)”.
“A great amount of work is being done out there, yes, more can be done,” the Union minister said in reference to the work being done for youngsters in the state. (PTK)
SRINAGAR, FEB 19: Indian Army on Tuesday said that ‘You pick up a gun, you are dead’.
The Army, J&K Police and CRPF in a joint conference said that the focus of the security forces, including the Jammu and Kashmir police, was very clear on militancy from Kashmir, and militant recruitments had decreased in the Kashmir Valley in recent times, which was a positive sign.
On reports of a major security laps in the Pulwama attack, Lt Gen JJS Dhillon, 15 Corps Commander, said: “There are many inputs on such matters we keep on receiving, which I will not discuss. We are acting on it.” He added that recruitment had come down in the recent months, and that he would like to congratulate the people of the Valley on it.
In a direct message to those picking up guns in Kashmir, Lt Gen Dhillon said: “You pick up a gun, you are dead.” SP Pani, IG, JK Police, also said that recruitment had come down significantly in the recent past, and people of the Kashmir Valley had played an important role in curtailing youngsters from diverting towards militancy.
On the kind of explosive used in the Pulwama attack and radicalisation of the Kashmiri youth, Dhillon said “We have details on what kind of explosive is being used. We have details but we would not like to divulge them.”
He added that radicalisation had not helped anyone, and all the stakeholders in Kashmir needed to work collaboratively. The police chief also said that they had a credible lead on where the explosives came from, and were investing the matter. (PTK)
SRINAGAR, FEB 19 : Indian Army will always stand with the family of those who were killed for the nation, said defence forces in a joint press conference on Tuesday.
In Pulwama attack, Pakistan Army and ISI also played their part. Will teach a lesson to those who committed this heinous crime,” said the forces in the joint press conference and added, “We are hunting Jaish-e-Mohammed’s top operative.
According to the Press Trust of Kashmir correspondent defence forces said “We request every mother in the valley to make their children understand that militancy is not a good path”.
“We would like to inform that in less than 100 hours of Pulwama militants attack, we have killed JeM leadership in the valley which was being handled by JeM from Pakistan,” said the Army.
“Anyone who has picked up a gun will be killed. The type of car bomb attack that took place in Pulwama on 14th Feb, happened after a long time in Kashmir. We will keep all options open to deal with these kinds of attacks,” said Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon, Corps Commander of Chinar Corps.
“There is a significant dip in recruitment, we have not seen any recruitment in the last three months. The families are playing a huge role in this. We would like to urge the families and the community in curtailing recruitment,” said IGP Kashmir SP Pani.
“The incident happened because of an IED laden civilian car. The ROP had secured the highway. Now, SOP on civilian cars will be changed,” said Zulfiquar Hasan of CRPF. (PTK)
SRINAGAR: A top military commander in the Kashmir region on Tuesday said Pakistan’s spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), was involved in last week;s attack on a security convoy claimed by a Pakistan-based militant group.
At least 44 paramilitary men were killed in the car bombing on a Kashmir road claimed by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad militant group.
“We were tracking down top leadership since the attack. It was being controlled from across by the ISI and Pakistan and JeM commanders,” Lieut General KJS Dhillon told reporters.
SRINAGAR, FEB 19: The BJP led government is considering restrictions on flying rights of Hurriyat leaders by not renewing their passports.
The decision on the next list of Hurriyat leader whose security cover will be stripped off and their passport renewal is scheduled for Wednesday.
Top sources in Home ministry confirmed News agency Press Trust of Kashmir that, passports of Hurriyat leaders who have very limited validity, will not be renewed till the government decides the next course of action.
In a letter issued by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir naming separatists whose security cover has been withdrawn, another round of meetings is scheduled for Wednesday at the Civil Secretariat, Jammu. The Government of India has already stripped off security cover of 5 leaders.
“In view of the recent attack on a CRPF convoy in Lethpora, Pulwama in which 44 CRPF men lost their lives, the Government of India has emphasised the need to immediately review the wastage of police resources in providing unnecessary security to a large number of non-government persons in the state,” an official communication said. (PTK)
SRINAGAR: After the Pulwama attack, all Indian Cine Workers Association announced a total ban on Pakistani artists and actors from working in India.
According to Pinkvilla, the recent news that has now come in is that Salman Khan has asked his production house Salman Khan Films to replace Atif Aslam song from Notebook. The re-recording of the song will be done in a day or two.
The AICWA letter reads, “All Indian Cine Workers Association strongly condemns the militant attack on our soldiers at Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir.”
“We’re officially announcing a total ban on Pakistani actors and artists working in film industry. Still, if any organization insist on working with Pakistani artists will be banned by AICWA and strong action will be taken against them,” read the letter, signed by AICWA General Secretary, Ronak Suresh Jain.
Talking about Notebook, Salman Khan has recently shared the first poster of the Nitin Kakkar directorial Notebook which will star Zaheer Iqbal and Pranutan Bahl. Director Nitin Kakkar will be launching the two newcomers Zaheer Iqbal and Pranutan Bahl in his upcoming film Notebook. Most of the film’s scenes are being shot extensively in Kashmir. According to the director, the storyline of the film required a picturesque backdrop due to which the film has been shot in Kashmir.