Fielding Pragya Sadvi is not shocking, but painful
While nominating Sadhvi Pragya as party candidate, the BJP did not think about the kind of message this would send
Meer Abass By fielding Sadhvi Pragya, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants people to believe that she and other accused arrested in various blast cases were ‘framed in fabricated cases’ and that ‘saffron terror’ is a myth. But while doing so the, BJP has undermined the fact that Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur still remains a […]
Ban on Loc trade: Traders stage protest in Srinagar, seek revocation of order
Srinagar: Traders affected by the suspension of cross-LoC trade by the Centre held a protest march here in the summer capital Srinagar on Monday. Scores of traders engaged in cross-LoC trade on the Uri-Muzaffarabad route took part in the march, demanding revocation of the suspension order, and sought a fool-proof mechanism for smooth operations. “Our […]
Mysterious blast creates panic in Sopore
Sopore: A mysterious blast on Monday afternoon created panic in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that the blast was heard near 179 battalion of the CRPF stationed at a camp at Iqbal Market Sopore. The blast caused fear and panic in the area with people thrown into a chaos. However, there […]
From engineers to management graduates all made a beeline to JK Bank recruitment test
Wajahat Shabir Srinagar: Waiving an admit card with his left hand, Zahid Manzoor a B.Tech student like thousands of other students’ was waiting for his turn to enter the exam venue as Jammu and Kashmir Bank had organized a written test to select fresh Probationary Officers and Banking Associates. In a serpentine queue outside one […]
Mahrajpora residents face water shortage
Sopore: Residents of Mahrajpora-a village barely a kilometer away from the main town Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday staged a protest against the scarcity of drinking water in the area. The protesters said that the area was facing a shortage of drinking water “for the past several years” as the Public health […]
Mehbooba hits out at PM for bringing nuclear bombs in political discourse
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bringing nuclear bombs in the political discourse, saying if India has not kept the nuclear bomb for Diwali, Pakistan has not kept its for Eid. During a rally in Rajasthan’s Barmer Sunday, Modi had said India is no more afraid […]
Mehbooba sets deadline for Yasin Malik’s release
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Monday warned the central government that denial of meeting Yasin Malik, the JKLF chairman to his family members “will have dangerous consequences”. Talking to reporters after addressing an election rally at Waripora Kulgam, Mehbooba hit out at the centre for “denying” family members […]
South Kashmir has grown wary of PDP: NC
Devsar: National Conference on Monday said that people of south Kashmir were “in pain due to the unbridled miseries unleashed on them by PDP-BJP combine” and were “looking towards NC to liberate them from the unending psychological and mental trauma”. Addressing a public meet at town hall Devsar, Party’s candidate for south Kashmir’s Anantnag parliamentary […]
Deceptive policies of ruling regime will be repulsed, says G A Mir
Srinagar: Asserting that people of Anantnag will defeat the “divisive and wrong policies of Modi & Muftis” in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, the JK Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) has appealed to people to ensure defeat of “deceptive policies on the part of PDP and BJP”. A party spokesman quoting the JKPCC Chief saying that […]
Two engineers suspended in Bandipora for dereliction of duties
Srinagar: Two engineers including an Assistant Engineer and Junior Engineer of the PDD division Bandipora were suspended on Monday for alleged dereliction of duties and non-compliance of orders. The suspension order against the duo were passed by District Commissioner Bandipora Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza. The suspension was ordered after they were telephonically informed to reach Ashtangoo […]
