On day 4, no traffic allowed on Jmu-Sgr highway
Banihal: The traffic on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was affected for the fourth consecutive day Saturday due to intermittent shooting of stones from a hillock overlooking the only all-weather road linking Kashmir Valley with rest of the country. No fresh vehicular traffic was allowed on the highway, either from Jammu or Srinagar, over the past three […]
Yasin Malik is on hunger strike against NIA custody, his condition is serious: Family
Srinagar: JKLF chief Yasin Malik’s family on Saturday alleged that he was “very ill” after he went on a hunger strike to protest against his “illegal” detention by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). A Delhi court had on April 10 sent Malik to NIA custody till April 22 in connection with a terror funding case. […]
School operating from two rooms fails to attract new admissions
‘Even the rent for these two rooms is unpaid for years together’
Srinagar: Belying the tall claims of the school education department to revolutionize the education sector in J&K state, a government middle school in Budgam town continues to represent a blot on the face of the government. The Government Primary School (GPD) Chowdary Bagh is situated near the Baramulla-Banihal railway track in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. […]
Hundreds converge at Ashmuqam, participate in traditional ‘Zool’ ritual
Aishmuqam: Hundreds of devotees on Saturday thronged the holy shrine of Sufi saint Sakhi Zainuddin Wali (RA) in Aishmuqam where they performed the traditional ‘Zool’ ritual. The ritual is being performed by devotees as a mark of respect for the saint as it is held to mark the beginning of the agricultural activity after a […]
Poll-related malpractices crippling democracy: Anna Hazare
Says India needs sweeping electoral reforms
Ralegan Siddhi: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has called for large-scale electoral reforms in the country to remove poll-related malpractices and to cleanse the system. The 81-year-old activist lamented that lack of awareness among voters and focus of political parties on winning the elections by hook or crook has led to degeneration of politics, and he […]
ISIS module: NIA conducts searches, four suspects being questioned
Hyderabad: The National Investigation Agency Saturday conducted searches at three places here and Wardha of Maharashtra in connection with an ISIS module case, and picked up four suspects for questioning, the agency said. As part of the investigations into the 2016 Abu Dhabi module case, based on reliable information, NIA carried out searches and seized […]
