To foil AIP’s protest, Er Rasheed put under house detention
Srinagar: Condemning house arrest and ‘ill-treatment’ given to its president Engineering Abdul Rasheed Sheikh, Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) on Saturday said that “by such cheap measures, New Delhi cannot hide its failures and mislead the world community over its atrocities on people of Jammu and Kashmir.” AIP Spokesman, Sheeban Ashie in a statement issued here […]
Delhi’s attitude towards inmates crossed every limit of heartlessness: Geelani
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on Saturday condoled the demise of maternal uncle of Dr. G. Mohammad Bhat, who is incarcerated in Tihar jail for past nine years. Geelani as per a statement issued here said that “families of prisoners particularly those who are being kept thousands miles away from their home […]
Malik grieved over demise of Altaf Shah, mother of Shabir Zargar
Srinagar: Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik on Saturday expressed his heartfelt grief and sorrow over the demise of Muhammad Altaf Shah of Goni Khan, now at Gopalpora and mother of senior resistance leader Shabir Ahmad Zargar. According to a statement issued here, Malik along with a delegation comprising of Noor […]
FFC order a cruel Joke, says JCPS
‘Admission fee our backbone, if Govt removes it, will close down schools’
Srinagar: Joint Committee of Private Schools (JCPS) on Saturday termed the recent government order as ‘another act of destabilizing private education sector’ especially the budget schools. The Committee as per a statement issued here expressed its shock at the government decision that instead of rewarding the private schools for their contribution in providing the quality […]
Drabgam encounter leaves two militants dead
Thousands participate in last rites
Pulwama: Two local militants who were affiliated with Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) were killed in an encounter that raged between forces and militants in Drabgam village on Thursday evening. The slain militants were identified as Shahid Baba, son of late Mushtaq Ahmed Baba of Baba MohallaDrabgam and Anayat Ahmad Ziger, son of Mohammad Abdullah Ziger of AstanMohallaArihalPulwama, […]
After brief opening, highway closed for vehicular traffic for 2nd day
No fresh traffic will be allowed today: Traffic authorities
Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only all weather surface link between Kashmir and rest of the country, was closed for vehicular traffic for the second consecutive day Friday due to fresh snowfall and landslides, officials said. Due to fresh snowfall and landslides in Jawahar tunnel-Banihal-Ramban section and a landslide in Ramban stretch, the highway […]
Ahead of PM’s JK visit, security put on maximum alert
Srinagar: Security has been beefed up across Kashmir ahead of Prime Minister NarendraModi’s visit on February 3, officials said here on Friday. Police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in strength around the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre, the venue for Modi’s engagements in the valley, a senior police official said. He said the entire area […]
Trade Union leader Qayoom Wani to join PDP
Srinagar: Senior trade union leader and President Jammu and Kashmir Teachers Forum (JKTF) Abdul QayoomWani on Friday sought voluntary retirement from government services and resigned from the basic membership of all the forums he was heading or was a member. The move came amid rumors that Wani is all set to join the Peoples Democratic […]
Why a phone call was taken so serious
We are witnessing yet another low in the India-Pakistan relationship especially after a phone call details between MirwaizUmerFarooq and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah MahmoodQureshi were made public. The phone call took place earlier this week. India reacted to the phone call quite aggressively and wasted no time to summon the Pakistan envoy SohailMahmood in New […]
