No talks till India withdraws from Doklam: China
Beijing on Wednesday made it clear that India’s pullback from Doklam on the border remained the “precondition” for any dialogue on the issue. The statement came on the eve of Indian NSA Ajit Doval’s China visit to attend the BRICS security summit, The Foreign Ministry said Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s remarks, who on Tuesday blamed […]
Arresting Hurriyat leaders has not mattered for people, says DGP
Director General of Police (DGP) S.P. Vaid said that the NIA’s action against the separatist leaders has not mattered much for the people in Kashmir. He said that the situation in Kashmir is under control. Talking to reporters during a function at District Police line Baramulla, the DGP said that there will be no […]
Number of stone-pelting incidents decreased in Kashmir, says DG CRPF
Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar on Wednesday said that the number of stone-pelting cases continue to decrease because of the planning and management of the officers in Kashmir valley. “This year, there have been 424 incidents related to stone-pelting. Last year, nearly 1,600 incidents were recorded. The number […]
Govt ready for talks with Kashmiri separatist groups: MoS Home
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir on Wednesday said that the government is open to talks with separatist leaders in Kashmir Valley. “The Government remains open to dialogue with those who eschew the path of violence and are willing to work within the framework of the Constitution of India,” Hansraj Ahir […]
Central govt attempting to amended Collection of Statistics Act 2008: Azad
Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad today demanded that the BJP-led government at the centre should seek consent of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly before amending the Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill, 2017, in the Parliament and Rajya Sabha. The Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill, 2017, was today put in the Rajya Sabha […]
KV Impact: Absentee migrant employees asked to report to DSEK
The Government has asked has asked the migrant employees, who left Kashmir in 2016 due to unfavorable situation, to report to Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) within week’s time failing which disciplinary action will be taken against them. “Some migrant employees working in the Department of School Education as Teaching/Non-Teaching employees left the Valley […]
‘Terror Funding’: Shabir Shar arrested
Senior separatist leader Shabir Shah was on Wednesday flown to Delhi following his arrest by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials here on Tuesday night. A top police official said ED officials executed a non-bailable warrant issued against Shah, issued by a Delhi court. “Shah was shifted from his uptown Sant Nagar residence to Humhama police station […]
Shah, others arrest tantamount to kidnapping of the leaders: JRL
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Wednesday said the BJP led government is working on pushing from all ends to crush the people’s movement towards what they term the “final solution.” According to the joint statement issued here, JRL including Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yaseen Malik said “an ensuing crackdown against […]
SICOP registers business turnover of over 286 Cr: Govt
The J&K Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (SICOP) has achieved a business turnover of Rs 286.22 crore during the first quarter of the current fiscal. This was stated at the 86th Board of Directors (BoD) meeting of the Corporation held at Civil Secretariat on Wednesday under the Chairmanship of Minister for Industries and Commerce Chander […]
Categorization of newspapers to be done by August 2017: Minister
The government is mulling to create a separate entity for bifurcating the Public Relations work and distribution of advertisments to approved newspapers in the state. A meeting chaired by the information Minister, Chaudry Zulfikar Ali discussed creation of a “New Independent Mechanism” for distribution of government advertisements to the newspapers, and to seek its delinking […]
