PDD: A miserable failure

It’s summer season in Kashmir and the people fail to come to terms with the power curtailment schedule that has been announced in November last by the Power Development Department (PDD). The PDD department in Kashmir is still implementing the 6 to 16 hour power cuts ranging from area to area. As per the schedule […]
The Scourge of Poverty!

By Peer Faizan Bashir Countless people are moribund just by the consequences of absolute poverty; the future of children is being devastated just by the same factor, and there is hardly a facet of life that is left untouched by this scourge. We, in the modern era, must find solutions for the overwhelming number of […]
Behind the scenes of married men
By Mohammad Safi One side, he has his parents, his siblings and on the other side he has his newly wedded wife and the expected children, the balance required to clutch every one of them has to be precisely fair and needs a sense of egalitarianism. Provocations can come from any side but the more […]
BJP wants to convert constitutional relation between JK, India into occupation: PDP

Srinagar: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Friday alleged that the BJP government at the Centre was trying to convert the constitutional relationship between Jammu and Kashmir and the Union of India into an “occupation”. “BJP is trying very hard to convert legal and constitutional relationship between Jammu and Kashmir and the Union into an occupation […]
Jaitley’s assertions on Article 35A show BJP’s real intentions: Tarigami

Jammu: The CPI(M) Friday hit out at Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s “Article 35A is constitutionally vulnerable and an impediment to economic development of Jammu and Kashmir” comment, saying the remarks revealed the real intention of the saffron party. In a blog, the senior BJP leader said Article 35A was “surreptitiously” included by a presidential […]
ED attaches Shabir Shah’s family house in Srinagar

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached a Srinagar-located asset linked to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah in connection with a 14-year-old terror funding and money laundering case against him and others, the agency said Friday. The property is located in Effandi Bagh in the Rawalpora area of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital, […]
UJC chief denounces Delhi’s ‘malicious campaign’ against Kashmiri leadership
Srinagar: United Jihad Council (UJC) Chief Syed Salahuddin on Friday expressed serious resentment against New Delhi’s ‘abrupt’ and ‘malicious campaign’ against Kashmiri (resistance) leaders, and termed it as ‘sheer mockery of Indian agencies. “These agencies are mere electioneering tools as they have been reduced to serve some vested interests rather than national interests,” a spokesperson […]
Mysterious fire destroys admission records in Amar Singh College
Srinagar: Overnight massive fire engulfed the administration and admission block of the Amar Singh (AS) College on intervening night of Friday resulting in complete damage to the official records and admission details of the students enrolled in the institution. An official of the college said the fire broke out in the building around 3 am […]
Pakistani spouses of ex-Kashmir militants stage protest
Demand travel documents
Srinagar: Scores of women from Pakistan married to former militants of Kashmir who returned to Kashmir under the state government’s rehabilitation policy staged a protest in Kashmir capital Srinagar on Friday. The protesting women alleged that the government has done nothing to help their families. Scores of women who came to the Valley along with […]
Pattan family seeks whereabouts of their missing son
Srinagar: The family members of a missing driver from North Kashmir’s Pattan town staged a protest on Friday urging upon police administration to trace him without any delay. The aggrieved family members from Mamoosa Pattan assembled in Press Enclave Srinagar and said that Jan Muhammad Bhat, a driver by profession is missing since March 22. […]