Peaceful conduct of Panchayat polls victory of democracy: Shafiq Mir
Says won’t allow any politics on Panchayats
Srinagar: Chairman of All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC), Shafiq Mir on Tuesday said that Panchayat polls in the State were conducted peacefully and culminated successfully, terming it as ‘victory of democracy’. In a statement issue here, Mir said that said that they will not allow any sort of politics on Panchayats, saying that […]
KU Law students stage protests, demand exams to be held in March
Srinagar: Students of Kashmir University’s law school on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration, demanding their final examinations be held in March instead of “rushing through it.” Reports said that students from 6th semester LLB including from supplementary shift assembled outside the office of varsity’s vice chancellor and staged a protest. The authorities are unnecessarily rushing […]
Mobile connectivity to reach far-off Gurez areas soon
Bandipora: To provide mobile connectivity to around a dozen habitation of remote Gurez valley for the first time, the district administration took a task to lay the cable through the Adit-1 tunnel of Kishenganga Hydro Electric Project (KHEP) that was the only option to provide connectivity to villages with difficult topography. On the directions of […]
Those waving ISIS flags are ‘Indian agents’: Lashkar-e-Taiba
Srinagar: Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Mehmood Shah on Tuesday said those waving ISIS flags in Jammu and Kashmir are “Indian agents”. A spokesperson of LeT Dr Abdullah Ghaznavi in a statement quoted Shah as saying that those waving ISIS flags “have a vicious motive of sabotaging the indigenous freedom struggle of Kashmir by aligning it with fake […]
Forces launch search operation in Sopore village
Bilal Ahmad Sopore: Government Forces on early Tuesday launched a cordon-and-search operation at Saidpora area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that a joint team of Army’s 22 RR, Special Operation Group of Police (SOG) and CRPF sealed the area and conducted door to door searches. Sources said that following inputs about […]
Counting of votes begins in five states
New Delhi, Dec 11 (PTI) Counting of votes for five state assemblies began on Tuesday amid tight security. In the multi-phase polling, Chhattisgarh voted on November 12 (18 seats) and November 20 (72 seats); Madhya Pradesh (230 seats) and Mizoram (40 seats) on November 28; and Rajasthan (199 seats) and Telangana (119 seats) on December 7. […]
Relief for teachers
The teaching community especially those employed under SSA and RMSA schemes were facing lot of issues over the years. While it took almost four years for the previous governments to even understand the problems, the governor administration took some bold initiatives to resolve the crisis. The landmark decision will enable streamlining the cadre of RReTs […]
Wall of Kindness
By Mudasir Ahmad Gori There is a new spree these days going on in Kashmir; it is called Wall of Kindness. While some people admit and acknowledge the new initiative, there are others who believe it is used to publicize and advertise their respective organizations. It would be premature to say which of the two […]
Faulty transformer irk Hawal residents
Srinagar: The residents of Hawal area are struggling with the power supply in the area as the transformer installed in the area is developing frequent snag resulting in power cuts. The residents of Rang Masjid, Kralpora and Hawal are getting the power supply from a single 630 KV. Residents are saying that due to the overload […]
