Coalition govts deliver better results, says Mehbooba
Contradicts Omar, her former Finance Minister
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday said coalition governments deliver better results than single-party majority regimes, citing the example of the BJP-led government at the Centre. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president was reacting to National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah’s statement asking people of Jammu and Kashmir to give a clear mandate to any […]
838 militants, 183 civilians killed since 2014 in JK: Govt
New Delhi: As many as 838 militants and 183 civilians were killed in Jammu and Kashmir since 2014, the LokSabha was informed Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home HansrajAhir said since 2014 till December 31 last year there were 1,213 incidents involving militants in Jammu and Kashmir. “In these incidents, 183 civilians lost their […]
DSEK initiates action against non-performing teachers
Srinagar: Taking a serious note of the poor performance of the government schools in class 10th exams, the education department has initiated action against the concerned school headmasters and the teachers of these schools. To begin with, the Chief Education Officer (CEO) Srinagar on Tuesday issued suspension order of 11 teaching faculty members including three […]
LS passes citizenship (amendment) bill
New Delhi: A bill seeking to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangaldesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan was approved by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Piloting the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019, Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the Opposition that the bill was not against the provisions of the Constitution and would give succour to persecuted […]
PDP’s damage control
Former chief minister and President People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti tried effectively to use the stage that was set to commemorate the third death anniversary of her father and patron of the party, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed by putting forth an apology for her comment that she made during 2016 uprising. The apology is seen […]
Misuse of CBI, NIA should be now stopped for political vendetta: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday to reinstate AlokVerma as CBI director, saying the apex court ruling had restored faith in independent institutions. “Welcome SCs decision to reinstate #AlokVerma as CBI Dir. (It) reinstates belief in independent institutions of our democracy that are its pillars,” Mufti […]
Muslims exhibit communal harmony in Shopian
Helps Sikh family to perform last rites of their member
Shopian: Exhibiting the communal harmony yet again, the Muslim community in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday helped a Sikh family in performing the last rites of a Sikh man here. Sources said that Dildar Singh from Bongam area of Shopian district breathed his last at SKIMS after brief illness. The surrounding Muslim population soon […]
Girls attempts suicide in Sopore, Bandipora
Sopore: A 19-year-old student allegedly tried to commit suicide by jumping into river Jhelum at Chankhan area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Reports said that she was saved there by some fishermen and was rushed to Sub District hospital Sopore where she is under treatment. Meanwhile, police took cognizance of this […]
