Centre should initiate dialogue with Hurriyat: Farooq
Says peace can be achieved by dialogue alone
Kolkata: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has said that lasting peace can be achieved in Kashmir only through dialogue and the Centre should hold talks with the Hurriyat leaders. Referring to Army chief BipinRawat’s comment a day earlier on engaging with Taliban without any preconditions, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Thursday said if […]
Srinagar-Jammu highway faces closure after fresh snowfall
MeT predicts improved weather from Saturday afternoon
Srinagar: Most parts of Kashmir, including the plains, received fresh snowfall Friday which led to closure of the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, the only all-weather road-link connecting the valley with the rest of the country. The MeT Office has forecast intermittent light precipitation for the next 24 hours. Kashmir, including plains of the valley, received fresh […]
30 years on, return to homeland eludes Kashmiri Pandits
Jammu: Seventy-nine-year-old Mohan Lal has a last wish: To live the remainder of his life along with “my community” and die in “my homeland”. Sitting in his hut at Jagti camp on the outskirts of Jammu city, Lal, who is among the seven lakh-odd Kashmiri Pandits who had to flee Kashmir Valley in the wake […]
India’s unutilised water under IWT won’t be allowed to flow towards Pak: Govt
New Delhi: The government has given special attention to stop unutilised water allotted to India under the ‘Indus Waters Treaty’ from entering Pakistan, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said Friday. Gadkari, the minister for water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation, also signed anMoU with six chief ministers for the construction of Renukaji Multi-Purpose Dam project […]
Treat me as ‘superannuated’, former CBI chief tells Govt
Says natural justice was scuttled
New Delhi: Former CBI chief AlokVerma submitted his resignation from service on Friday, a day after he was removed from his post by a high powered committee. Verma said in his resignation letter, accessed by PTI, that it was a moment of “collective introspection”. “Also, it may be noted that the undersigned already superannuated as […]
Stalled SAARC summit—If Trump and Kim can broker peace, why can’t other countries: Nepal
New Delhi: With an obvious reference to India and Pakistan, Nepal on Friday strongly pitched for convening of the SAARC summit, saying differences should be resolved through dialogue and the grouping should collectively deal with terrorism and other key challenges facing the region. Nepalese Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali also cited last year’s historic talks […]
Grenade blast in Lal Chowk creates panic
Srinagar: Suspected militants on Friday evening lobbed a grenade towards a CRPF post in business Hub LalChowk. Official sources said that suspected persons lobbed a grenade this evening towards a bunker protecting the CRPF camp at Palladium Gully LalChowk. However, they said that no loss of life or injury was reported in the incident while […]
Enhancing threshold composition limit
Trade and business fraternity in the state have something to cheer about as the administration has decided to enhance threshold, composition limit under GST as proposed by the GST Council during its 32nd meeting held yesterday. Composition scheme under the law is for small businesses. This is to bring relief to small businesses so that […]
Are government teachers alone to be blamed for poor results?
Gazy Maqbool Chopan Indeed recent results have predicted an improved performance of government schools. But in view of over all expectations and achievements the results of government school’s can’t be claimed as desired. On the other hand private schools have once again retained their leading performance. To afford private school however, is not a possible […]
