Don’t forget, you have bulldozed democracy in JK: Er Rasheed to Guv
Srinagar:AwamiItehaad Party (AIP) president and former Langate legislator, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Wednesday rejected Governor Satya Pal Malik’s allegation that political parties are dividing J&K on communal lines over the circular issued by his administration making it compulsory for state government employees to attend republic day celebrations. ErRasheed as per a statement issued here […]
Extreme repression convinces youth to pick up arms: Hurriyat (M)
Srinagar:Hurriyat Conference (M) on Wednesday paid tributes to six militants who were killed in two separate encounters at Chari ShaiefBudgam and HeffShirmalShopian. The amalgam spokesman in a statement issued here said that “it is the extreme repression and use of brutal force, which is pushing young generation towards the wall and convinces them to pick […]
Forces leave no place for militants to pursue peaceful path: Malik
Srinagar: Terming the killing of six militants at Budgam and Shopian as ‘part of unabated genocide of Kashmiris’, Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) on Wednesday said that “first police, forces and agencies torture, torment, humiliate Kashmiri youth and leave no place for them to pursue peaceful path and then eliminate them in […]
BJP leader accuses Mehbooba of playing communal card with an eye on election
Jammu, Jan 22 (PTI) Days after PDP president Mehbooba Mufti alleged that the nomadic Gujjar and Bakerwal communities were being “selectively targeted” in Jammu region, a senior BJP leader Tuesday accused her of playing “communal card” with an eye on the upcoming polls in the state. “We have been living in communal harmony for centuries […]
No further nomination of in-service candidates to BVSC course
JAMMU: Government today ordered stopping the nomination of in-service candidates for undergoing B.V.S.C & Animal Husbandry Degree course in State, Central Agricultural Sciences, Veterinary Sciences universities. An order issued by Principal Secretary Animal, Sheep and Fisheries Department reads, “In supersession of all previous government orders issued on the subject, it is hereby ordered that […]
Div Com Kashmir issues fresh avalanche warning
SRINAGAR: Divisional Commissioner Baseer Ahmad Khan has issued fresh avalanche warning for nine avalanche prone districts of Kashmir division on Wednesday. The warning has been issued for the avalanche prone areas of district Anantnag, Kulgam, Budgam, Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandipora, Ganderbal, Kargil and Leh of J&K state. As per a hand out, the […]
Four Science Parks, 22 Science Centres to come up in J&K
JAMMU: As part of quality improvement in education, Samagra Shiksha, J&K is establishing four Science Parks in the Secondary/Higher Secondary Schools of the State with two parks each being established in Jammu/Kashmir divisions. According to Director, Samagra Shiksha, Dr Arun Manhas, in addition to establishment of 4 Science Parks, 22 Science Centres are […]
Suhaib Akhoon among 3 LeT militants killed in Baramulla gunfight
Srinagar: Three Lashkar-e-Toiba militants were killed in a gunfight with government forces at Binner village of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. Reports reaching news agency GNS said that a heavy contingent of army and SOG cordoned off the area today in the afternoon. Official sources to GNS that a joint team of army’s 4 […]
Six persons arrested in connection with Srinagar grenade attacks: DGP
Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh today said six persons have been arrested in connection with the recent grenade attacks that rocked the summer capital, Srinagar. Singh said six persons were arrested regarding the grenade attacks in Srinagar in the recent past. “One person was arrested with the help of Delhi police,” Singh said. […]
Carcasses of 250 endangered sharks seized in mid-sea
Kendrapara (Odisha), Jan 23 (PTI) Indian Coast Guard personnel have seized a trawler carrying carcasses of around 250 endangered sharks during a mid-sea crackdown on illegal fishing in prohibited Gahirmatha marine sanctuary. Seven crew members, all hailing from Andhra Pradesh, of the intercepted vessel were arrested and handed over to the forest department Tuesday, a Coast […]
