Legal challenge to Article 35-A, 370: Separatists call for two-day shutdown
Srinagar: Separatists on Tuesday called for a two-day shutdown to protest the legal challenge to Article 370 and Article 35-A of the Constitution, which grant special status to Jammu and Kashmir and special rights and privileges to its “permanent residents”, respectively. Petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court, challenging the constitutional validity of Article […]
DSEK orders detachment of teachers in CEO’s, ZEO’s offices
Srinagar: Amid the complaints against teachers enjoying an extended stint in offices of chief education officers (CEOs) and zonal educational officers (ZEOs), the directorate of school education Kashmir (DSEK) has once again ordered for de-attachment of all teaching staff from offices. The circular in this regard has been issued by Director School Education Kashmir (DSEK) […]
NHM employees asked to end strike
Face police action in Srinagar during protest march
Face police action in Srinagar during protest march
Omar supports rotational HQ
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Vice President and former chief minister, Omar Abdullah on Tuesday impressed upon governor’s administration to issue immediate orders of operating the headquarter of the newly announced Ladakh division on rotational basis. Omar Abdullah said that one fails to understand as to why the incumbent governor administration has tangled the […]
Grand Mufti Bashiruddin dies at 82
Srinagar: Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir Bashiruddin Ahmad died here on Tuesday. Ahmad was 82. He was hospitalised on Monday evening after he complained of chest pain, the family of the Grand Mufti said. They said he breathed his last at the hospital around 3 am. Ahmad was the Grand Mufti of Jammu and […]
Mysterious blast kills 15 year old in Kupwara
Srinagar: A teenage boy was killed in a mysterious blast at Anderhama area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday afternoon, police said. Police sources said that a blast occurred inside a shop at around 3:55 pm at Anderhama village in Drugmulla. The blast left a teenager identified as Suhail Ahmad Wani (15) son of […]
Ceasefire violations more than doubled in 2018 compared to 2017
BSF suffered more casualties
New Delhi: The number of ceasefire violations or cross border firings in Jammu and Kashmir more than doubled in 2018 compared to the previous year, while the casualties the BSF suffered in terms of death of its jawans in these incidents increased by three times, the government informed Parliament Tuesday. Such incidents saw a surge […]
Pak- S Arabia to sign over $ 10 bn investment deals
Islamabad: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are likely to sign over USD 10 billion investment agreements, including a multibillion dollar oil refinery in Gwadar, during the upcoming visit of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. So far no date has been given for the visit of the Crown Prince but he is expected to arrive on a […]
