Union Minister defends snooping order
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley hit out at the Congress, which along with other opposition parties attacked the government for “snooping on citizens” through its order authorising investigative agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt information stored in any computer. The minister also lauded the National Investigation Agency (NAI) for cracking an ISIS terror […]
Braving the winter chill
The winter chill has been ferocious this year. On Thursday, the 28 year old record was broken as the temperature in Srinagar slipped to minus 7.6 degree Celsius. This is probably after December 7, 1990, when the minimum temperature had dropped to minus 8.8 degree Celsius. Srinagar city recorded the coldest night of the season […]
Kulgam town shuts against pesky power cuts
Kulgam: A complete shutdown was observed on Thursday in south Kashmir’s Kulgam town to mark a protest against the Power Development Department (PDD) for ‘failing to provide adequate electricity to the area’. Locals said that all the shops and other business establishments remained closed in the area while vehicular movement was also thin on the […]
Former KU VC dies, Guv, mainstream leaders condole his demise
Srinagar: Noted writer, teacher and a former vice chancellor of the University of Kashmir, Professor HabibullahHamidi Kashmiri passed away late last night. Kashmiri was a noted Urdu and Kashmiri poet and writer. He breathed his last at his Srinagar residence last night. Kashmiri is credited with 50 books, IqtishafiTanqeed Ki Sheryat, AinameIbraaq, MahasirTanqeed, Riyasati Jammu […]
PDP holds its core group meeting in South Kashmir
Workers asked to speed up activities on ground
Srinagar: In a bid to assess party’s performance and take stock of its activities, a high-level meeting of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senior leaders of south Kashmir was held on Thursday and was attended by former ministers, legislators, and senior workers. The meeting held at Dak Bungalow Anantnag was chaired by PDP Vice President Abdul […]
Noorbagh youth killed during ‘firing by militants’: Police tells SHRC
Srinagar: The report submitted by the police before the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has said that the youth killed during September 27 encounter was injured after militants fired indiscriminately to ‘take advantage of darkness to flee from the spot’ on September 27. The report submitted by the SSP Srinagar Imtiaz Ismail before the commission […]
PDP holds meeting in Srinagar, discusses party’s growth plans
Srinagar: Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday held a meeting of its functionaries from Srinagar at the party’s head office here in which measures needed party’s overall growth in Srinagar were discussed at threadbare. Chaired by PDP’s Srinagar’s District President Mohammad KhurshidAlam, the meeting deliberated over the present political scenario of the state’s summer capital […]
