SC to fix schedule of hearing of Ayodhya land dispute cases in Jan
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday fixed the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute cases for the first week of January next year before an appropriate bench, which will decide the schedule of hearing. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, said the appropriate bench will decide the future course of hearing in […]
Pak origin ‘radical’ preacher to take anti-extremism course
London: A Pakistani-origin radical Islamist preacher, who was recently freed from a UK jail after serving part of a sentence for inviting support to the ISIS, will now take part in a compulsory anti-extremism course, according to a media report. Anjem Choudary, 51, was released earlier this month under very strict licence conditions from the […]
Show some magnanimity
Two statements have come from two different quarters- but both the statements carry lot of meaning vis-a-vis governments approach in dealing with the situation in Kashmir. First a statement was issued by the army chief Bipin Rawat wherein he equated stone pelters with Over Ground Workers (OGW’s) of the militants and openly said that they […]
JKPCC protests in Srinagar: Demands probe in JK Bank, Reliance Insurance scams
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Monday staged a protest against the fraud recruitments in JK Bank and Reliance Health Insurance scam, urging Governor Satya Pal Malik to order a probe in this regard. The state Congress described the recruitment scheme in J&K Bank and Reliance Health Insurance Scheme as big scams […]
Killing of PDP worker, police officer ‘shameful’: Congress
Srinagar: The state Congress on Monday strongly condemned the killing of PDP worker and a police officer by unidentified gunmen and conveyed deepest condolences to the bereaved families. In a statement issued here, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) while condemning the killing of PDP worker Muhammad Amin Dar and Sub-Inspector Imtiyaz Ahmad Mir […]
Sopore residents protest against water scarcity
Sopore: Scores of residents from Green town bypass Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday staged a protest against the ‘failure’ of Public Health Engineering (PHE) department in providing drinking water to them. The residents including men and women of Green town bypass of Sopore assembled at Sopore-Baramulla bypass road and blocked the traffic […]
Google organises workshop to sensitise Kashmir scribes on bogus data, fake stories
Srinagar: Search giant Google on Monday organised a workshop here on fact checking and verification of online information for journalists in Kashmir, to safeguard them from falling prey to false stories and bogus data. Journalists from across the Valley participated in the workshop and received hands-on training, a statement issued by the Kashmir Press Club […]
