IT sector faces ‘closure’ due to communication clampdown
Srinagar: The suspension of internet services has left the employees at Kashmir Valley’s IT hubs high and dry. Sources said that if the ban on communication persists, IT hubs may face permanent lockdown. Over 1,000 employees who work in one of the IT hubs in Rangreth complex here in the outskirts of Srinagar city are […]
27 charges, 3 FIRs, his quotes earned Farooq Abdullah a PSA
Srinagar: The dossier filed by the administration against National Conference President Farooq Abdullah runs into 21 pages and lists 27 charges, 16 police reports, three FIRs and 13 statements in favour of the abrogated Article 35A. It also contains Farooq Abdullah’s quotes three years ago when he asked Hurriyat to unite with his party for […]
PDD employees start 3 day strike against ‘privatization’
Srinagar: Employees of the Power Development Department Tuesday started a three day long strike against the unbundling of the Department. The three days strike will culminate on September 26. Notably, Power Employees Coordination Committee members are up in arms against the Government. They are opposing the unbundling of the Department. “The tenders for unbundling have […]
PANIC: The exodus begins as tourists, pilgrims flee
Srinagar: Tourists and Amarnath Yatra pilgrims started to leave the Kashmir Valley on Saturday in the wake of J&K authorities issuing an advisory, asking them to cut short their stay citing security threats. An official at Srinagar Airport said Indian Air Force (IAF) flights have been pressed into service “as per requirement”. Jammu and Kashmir […]
Guv negated move to change JK’s special status: Omar
Says his party demands statement to be issued in Parliament
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday said Jammu and Kashmir Governor S P Malik has assured his party that no moves are planned on repealing articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution, or the state’s trifurcation. However, the former J&K chief minister said he wants an assurance on these issues […]
Four militants, non-local labourer killed in two separate encounters
Army man also succumbed to injuries
Srinagar: Four militants, including a commander of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), were killed in two separate encounters with security forces in Baramulla and Shopian districts of in the last 36 hours, police said on Saturday. While two militants were killed in Sopore township of Baramulla district of north Kashmir, two others were killed in Shopian district of […]
As govt asks Yatris, tourists to pack up from Kashmir, trade body flags tourism ‘promotion’
Says such moves will ensure a breakdown of economy
Srinagar: Amid uncertainty in Kashmir over Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry Saturday expressed concern over what it called the “unleashing of what could possibly only be referred as ‘Operation Bedlam’ on the helpless citizens of Kashmir”. At a presser in Srinagar, the trade body said that the “deliberate […]
Instill sense of confidence among people: NC to Govt
Appeals to people not to fall for rumours, maintain harmony
JAMMU: Expressing concern over “unprecedented situation” of wherein the government restricted two important pilgrimages of Amarnath Yatra in the Valley and Machail Mata in Kishtwar, National Conference on Saturday called for initiation of “effective and immediate measures to instill confidence among the people”. In a statement issued on Saturday, the party called for defusing the […]