Cold cracks three decade old record in Srinagar

Temp dips to minus 7.6 degrees Celsius, many water bodies in Valley freeze

Temp dips to minus 7.6 degrees Celsius, many water bodies in Valley freeze

Kashmir issue our top priority, says Pakistan

Says Kartarpur corridor ‘'high point of diplomacy' for Imran Khan govt

Says Kartarpur corridor ‘’high point of diplomacy’ for Imran Khan govt

Coaching centres flout norms, charge fee in advance

Srinagar: Throwing all the norms to the wind, none of the private coaching centres in Kashmir providing coaching for class 9th to 12th besides competitive exams, have made their fee structure public. Most of the coaching centres force the students to pay tuition fee in advance while as the education department has made it mandatory […]

Srinagar court issues bailable warrant against former MLA Abid Ansari

Srinagar: A court in Srinagar issued a bailable warrant against Peoples Conference (PC) leader and former Zadibal MLA Abid Ansari Thursday in a defamation case filed by senior PDP leader NaeemAkhtar. The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate issued the warrant against Ansari after he failed to appear before the court in connection with the criminal […]

LS passes Triple Talaq Bill amid protests

New Delhi: LokSabha Thursday passed the bill which criminalises the practice of instant triple talaq with the government rejecting the contention that it was aimed at targeting a particular community. The opposition, which had been demanding that the bill be referred to a ‘joint select committee’, staged a walkout when its demand was rejected by […]

Owaisi questions intention

New Delhi: AIMIM leader AsaduddinOwaisi Thursday questioned the intention of the government behind criminalising triple talaq while it has supported decriminalisation of homosexuality. Participating in a debate in the LokSabha on Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, the All India Majlis-e-IttehadulMuslimeen (AIMIM) MP said 100 per cent of Muslim population is against the […]

Shun ‘one child syndrome’ KP’s tell their youth

Say that the community is witnessing a dwindling population

Jammu: Expressing concern over their decreasing population, the Kashmiri Pandit leadership impressed upon the youth to go beyond the “one child syndrome” affecting the ethnic minority community of Kashmir. The community, which is set to enter 30 years of exile next year, also asked the youth to return to the corridors of democracy and academics […]