Understanding drug addiction– and the way forward
Umar Farooq Masoodi What causes-say heroin addiction? This is a really stupid question right? Obvious we all know it heroin causes heroin addiction and here is how it works. If you use heroin for 20 days, by day 21 your body would physically crave for the drug ferociously because there are chemical hooks in the […]
Assembly dissolution: Won’t move court but will approach people’s court, says Mehbooba
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Monday ruled out approaching the court against Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik’s decision to dissolve the state assembly. The assembly was abruptly dissolved on November 21, hours after the PDP staked claim to form a government with the backing of rival National Conference and the Congress, followed by […]
Forces launch CASO in Sopore village
Sopore: Government forces launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in north Kashmir’s Sopore village on Monday afternoon. Reports said that Army’s 22 RR Special Operation Group (SOG) of Police and CRPF jointly conducted searches in Nowpora village of Sopore on Monday afternoon. Reports said that door to door searches were conducted after troops got […]
Youth dies, another injured in road mishap
Baramulla: A youth died while as another sustained critical injuries after a JCB vehicle turned turtle at Suchipora Kreeri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday. Police said that 25 year old Mudasir Ahmad Wani S/O Ghulam Mohammad Wani of Suchipora Kreeri died while as Mohammad Altaf Bhat S/O Sonaullah Bhat of Karewa Kreeri Baramulla […]
SHRC issues notices to DC, SSP Kulgam
Seeks report on missing Kulgam man
Seeks report on missing Kulgam man Srinagar: State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Monday issued a notice to Senior Superintendent of Police (SP) Kulgam and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, asking them to file detailed compliance report before the commission with regard to the mysterious disappearance of Sheeraz Ahmad Bhat, son of Ghulam Muhammad Bhat who […]
Kartarpur corridor: Valley based Sikhs welcome move
Say it will help in normalizing strained relations
Say it will help in normalizing strained relations Srinagar: All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) on Monday welcomed the opening up of Kartarpur corridor and said that the step would help a lot in normalizing the strained relations between India and Pakistan. In a statement, APSCC Chairman Jagmohan Singh Raina said that people of Kashmir […]
Highly-qualified candidates in fray for J&K panchayat polls
Jammu: Many highly-qualified candidates are contesting the ongoing Jammu and Kashmir panchayat polls in order to bring a change at the grassroots level in the state. Sindhu Bhalla Sharma, who has an MPhil degree in Sanskrit, is contesting for the sarpanch post of her native Anjole village in Kishtwar district. Sharma said she was inspired […]
Coalition culture does not suit J&K: NC Leader
Jammu: A senior National Conference (NC) leader said Monday the coalition culture was not suited to a state like Jammu and Kashmir, claiming that his party was all set to provide a strong government to ensure political stability in the state. “NC derives its strength from the people and the people are determined to have […]
18 killings in 3 days, a planned genocide: Hurriyat (M)
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) on Monday paid tributes to 18 people killed in last three days in Kashmir. Hurriyat (M) termed it as ‘a planned genocide aimed at selective killing of people especially the young lot which deserves highest form of condemnation’. The amalgam spokesman in a statement issued paid tributes to six armed youth […]
Malik remembers Khawaja Sanaullah, Sofi Ghulam Muhammad
Srinagar: Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Mohammad Yasin Malik on Monday recalled the persona of late Khawaja Sanaullah Bhat of ‘Aftab’ and Sofi Ghulam Muhammad of ‘Srinagar Times’ on their anniversaries. Malik in a statement issued here said that the duo was unblemished luminaries of journalistic history. “They were personalities whose social […]
