Centre’s policy on Kashmir diabolical: Yechury
Kolkata: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said the Centre’s policy on Kashmir is “diabolical” and the “alienation of the people of the Valley is almost complete”. The BJP-led government at the Centre is using the disturbances in Kashmir to “get going its process of communal polarisation,” Yechury said. He was referring to the […]
Suspended AMU students booked for sedition
Police says the trio raised anti-India slogans
Aligarh: Three Kashmiri students of the Aligarh Muslim University have been booked for sedition for allegedly raising “anti-India” slogans and trying to hold a prayer meeting for Hizbul Mujahideen commander Manan Bashir Wani, who was killed in an encounter in north Kashmir, officials said Friday. Senior Superintendent of Police, Aligarh, Ajai Sahni said police took […]
Following misuse of uniforms by employees, KU issues dictum
Asks workers to deposit an undertaking to use uniforms during duty hours
Srinagar: Finally, the authorities in Kashmir University (KU) have woke to the mismanagement of funds utilized on the uniforms and other accessories provided to the class IV employees recruited in the varsity over the past many years. On Saturday, the varsity authorities issued a circular wherein it asked all the class IV employees to give […]
Elections, a ‘delusive cosmetic attempt’: JRL
Kashmiris want to get out of political uncertainty
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Saturday termed the elections as a ‘futile exercise’, saying that people rejected it yet again as there was a near total boycott of it. JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik in a statement issued here said that “people see this delusive cosmetic attempt […]
Police follower killed in Sopore
Sopore: Suspected militants on Friday evening killed a cop in Warpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Officials said that the suspected militants barged inside the house of policeman (follower) identified as Javid Ahmad Lone, son of Abdul Karim Lone at Warpora area of Sopore at around 10:30 pm on Friday and fired […]
#MeToo: Journalists protest in Delhi
Say sexual harassment at workplace non-negotiable
New Delhi: As the #MeToo movement intensifies in the country, a group of journalists Saturday held a protest here expressing solidarity with their women colleagues who have come out and demanded proper implementation of the prevention of sexual harassment act to ensure dignity at workplace. The protesting journalists also sought immediate action against those facing […]
‘Terror funding module’: NIA ‘recovers’ 18 lakh from Kashmiri businessman’s residence
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Friday conducted searches here in connection with its probe into a terror funding module linked to Pakistan-based terrorist Hafeez Saeed’s Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF), according to an official statement. The searches were conducted at the office premises and residence of Hilal Ahmed Rather in Lajpat Nagar, it said. Rather […]
