Experts lay stress on need for impartiality during mediation
Role of mediator is critical: Justice Bindal
SRINAGAR: On the concluding day of the three-day training programme, the experts from the legal fraternity Saturday threw light on the process of mediation and stressed upon the need for impartiality during the process of mediation. The three-day basic induction training programme on mediation, for Judges and Lawyers held at J&K State Judicial Academy Mominabad […]
Engineers join heads to find solution to traffic woes
SRINAGAR: Advisors to Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai and K. Skandan Saturday spoke on the issue of traffic scenario in Srinagar during a seminar organised by State centre of Institution of Engineers (IEI) India. The central theme of seminar was to debate on issues that ail the traffic system of this city. Advisor Ganai said that […]
Progress on land requisition cases reviewed
JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma Saturday convened a meeting with concerned officers to review the progress on land requisition cases of Army, CRPF, BSF and other departments. The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar, DIG CRPF, S P Singh, VC JDA, Vikas Sharma ACR Samba, Kulbushan Khajuria besides Registrar Jammu University, […]
JeM militant killed during an encounter in Budgam
Srinagar: A Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant was Friday killed in an encounter with security forces in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, police said. On a credible input, a cordon and search operation was launched by security forces in Kralpora Checkpora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday morning, a police spokesperson said. He said during […]
HM’s argument for extending Prez Rule in JK ‘unacceptable’: Omar
Srinagar: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah Friday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s argument justifying the use of Article 356 of the Constitution to extend President’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir is “unacceptable”. His remarks came after Shah moved a statutory resolution in the Lok Sabha to extend President’s Rule in the state for […]
All basic principles of democracy being ignored, says Mirwaiz
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday stated that “all basic principles of humanity and democracy are being ignored” while prolonging the “illegal detention” of political prisoners by the government. Addressing Friday gathering at the historic Jamia Masjid here, Mirwaiz said that hundreds of political prisoners including youth and resistance leaders were languishing […]
Delaying Assembly Polls in J&K amounts to subversion of democracy: Monga
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President and former MLC, G N Monga has said that by deferring Assembly polls in the state “again-and-again”, BJP government was “denying the people of J&K their democratic rights”. In a statement issued on Friday, Monga said that having an elected government was the democratic […]
Amarnath Yatra-2019: IMD to install Doppler Weather Radar systems
SRINAGAR: Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Union Ministry of Earth Sciences will install Mobile Doppler Weather Radar System at Gumri which will provide 24×7 severe weather surveillance and issue necessary extreme weather alerts for pilgrims of Amarnath Yatra-2019. Another Doppler Weather Radar System will be installed at Uri in District Baramulla which will monitor Western Disturbances […]
Despite throwing their fate with secular India, Kashmiris denied fruits of democracy
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Member of Parliament from Anantnag Hasnain Masoodi has said that the state of J&K had “traditionally been meted out with injustice”. Speaking in the parliament over the debate on the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment Bill) 2019 on Friday, Masoodi said the democratic system and the state’s special […]
BJP depriving JK residents of their democratic right: Tarigami
Srinagar: The Central government’s decision to extend President’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir for six more months has deprived the people of the state of a democratically elected government for the last more than one year, CPI (M) senior leader M Y Tarigami has said. In a statement issued Friday, Tarigami that in the absence […]
