Separatists call for shutdown
Srinagar: Separatists have called for a strike on Thursday to protest against the polling for first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Kashmir and the “NIA aggression” against Hurriyat Conference leaders and their kin. Jammu and Baramulla Lok Sabha constituencies are going to polls in the first phase on Thursday. “The complete shutdown (Hartal) is […]
ECI announces notification for fifth phase
Ladakh in JK will go to polls in fifth phase
New Delhi: The Election Commission Wednesday issued notification for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections to be held on May 5 in 51 seats across seven states. In this phase, the least number of constituencies are going for polls as compared to other phases. The seven-phase elections begins April 11 and will end on […]
Terror funding: Court sends Yasin Malik to NIA custody till Apr 22
New Delhi: A Delhi court Wednesday sent JKLF chief Yasin Malik to NIA custody till April 22 after the agency sought his custodial interrogation in connection with a case related to funding of separatists and terror groups in Jammu and Kashmir. Malik was produced before special judge Rakesh Syal where the National Investigation Agency arrested […]
Peace between India-Pak stands a better chance if BJP comes to power: Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Premier Imran Khan has said he believes there may be a better chance of peace talks with India and settle the Kashmir issue if Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party BJP wins the general elections. India will go to elections in seven phases beginning from Thursday. “Perhaps if the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)….wins, some […]
Congress, others fume over Imran’s remark
Say a vote for Modi is a vote for Pakistan
New Delhi: The Congress and other opposition parties said on Wednesday that a vote for Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a vote for Pakistan as they seized on Imran Khan’s remarks that there may be a better chance of Indo-Pak peace talks and settling of the Kashmir issue if the BJP is voted back to […]
Highway blockade: Omar stages sit-in, asks govt to have a rethink
Srinagar: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Wednesday led a protest march here to defy the state administration’s order banning civilian traffic on Srinagar-Jammu national highway for two days a week. Abdullah, along with his party leaders and activists, staged a sit-in on the highway near Pantha Chowk area in the outskirts of the city demanding […]
Neglect: Official apathy delays regularization of ZGC’s
Srinagar: In a bizarre move, the school education department has kept the regularisation of Zonal Gender Coordinators (ZGCs) in abeyance despite the committee report favouring their absorption in the department. The committee report constituted in November last year had favored their absorption in the department against the vacancies in the centrally sponsored Kasturba Gandhi BalikaVidyale […]
