Indian politics has changed, say speakers

Srinagar: Presiding over the first death anniversary of ‘Rising Kashmir’ founder editor and founder of ‘Kashmir Media Group’ the veteran journalists of international repute Syed Naqvi and Sidharth Vardarajan dropped hints on the changing face of Indian politics vis-à-vis the recent Lok Sabha election results and BJP’s policy towards minorities and Kashmir. Speaking on the […]

Press Club Sopore pays tributes to journalist Shujaat Bukhari

‘Bukhari institutionalized media in Kashmir’

Sopore: A meeting of Press Club, Sopore was held on Friday to commemorate the first death anniversary of journalist Shujaat Bukhari who. Bukhari along with two security guards was assassinated on June 14 last year at Press Enclave Srinagar. Members of Press Club Sopore including Ghulam Hassan Wani, Syed Fayaz, Feroz Ahmad, Muzaffar Ahmad, Imtiyaz […]

Geelani chairs ‘Shoora’ meeting

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) held a day long Majlis Shoora (Executive Council) meeting at Hyderpora Srinagar chaired by its chairman Syed Ali Geelani. The meeting deliberated in detail, the current political situation pertaining to the movement for right to self-determination. In his presidential address, Syed Ali Geelani termed Kashmir dispute as an “unfinished business of […]

Mirwaiz asks administration to frame modernized flood prevention plan

Pays tributes to Shujaat Bukhari on his first death anniversary

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that “just two days of rainfall in the valley punctures the tall claims of the administration as the flood threat looms large across the region which brings back the haunting memories of deadly deluge of 2014”. Addressing the Friday gathering at the historic Jamia Masjid […]

Govt direct administrative secretaries to review developmental works on weekly basis

Srinagar: The Governor administration has directed heads of all departments to review the schemes on weekly basis. Official sources said that the government has issued a circular to all the administrative secretaries to undertake field visits on weekly basis and review the important state and centrally sponsored schemes, developmental works and other related matters of […]

Will Guv Admin give nod to proposed Guru Nanak, Trans World, Sheikh-ul-Aalam universities?

Srinagar: The ‘halting’ of the process of establishing the universities by different religious groups by the Jammu and Kashmir government has put a question mark on its claims about creating high quality infrastructure in the state. The Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik had on Thursday stated that it was his endeavour that high […]

Div Com reviews facilities for Amarnath Yatra

ANANTNAG: The Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan along with DDC Anantnag Khalid Jahangir, DIG South, Director Disaster Management and other senior officers Friday visited Yatra Transit Camps at FC Godown Mir-bazaar, Walnut Factory Qazigund and Gulab Bagh Qazigund to review the necessary arrangements to be put in place for the pilgrims of Amarnah Yatra […]

Power Shutdown in Kashmir areas on Sunday

SRINAGAR: The Office of Power Controller, Kashmir province, PDD Bemina Friday informed that in order to carry put laying of conductor for circuit IInd, 33 kV Ahmadpora-Magam Line would be shut down on June 16, Sunday from 11;00 am to 5.00 pm. The power supply to the area fed from the line and concerned receiving […]