Karan Singh calls for ‘comprehensive restructuring’ of INC

Srinagar: Veteran Congress leader Dr Karan Singh Tuesday said that “resurrection and regeneration on the Indian National Congress is important not only for the grand old party itself but in the broader national interest”. In a statement, Singh said that Congress “alone can provide a national level opposition to the BJP juggernaut without which we […]

New Delhi will not agree on third party mediation on Kashmir: Sajjad Lone

Srinagar: Peoples Conference (PC) Chairman, Sajjad Lone Thursday said that solution to all issued lied in a dialogue process and hard measures “can only contain a problem and not resolve it”. Lone, who was speaking at a function to welcome NC leaders into the party fold, said that history was witness that no issue could […]

Drug abuse major challenge, needs concrete measures: Advisor Sharma

Attends 2nd Regional Conference on Drug Menace

SRINAGAR: Advisor to Governor KK Sharma has termed the drug menace as main challenge confronting the nation for which concrete measures are needed as a multi-pronged strategy for the remedial measures. The Advisor was speaking at the 2nd Regional Conference on Drug Menace–Challenges and Strategies held at Chandigarh where he was representing Jammu and Kashmir. […]

Few hours of downpour exposed claims of flood preparedness in Kashmir: Tarigami

‘Veshu Nallah in Kulgam needs immediate flood-control measures to mitigate flood threat’

Srinagar: CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami said that a few hours of downpour on Thursday had “exposed the hollow claims of flood preparedness in Kashmir”. “A spell of heavy showers in the morning caused water-logging in many places in the Valley and capital Srinagar city as well,” he said. Several localities in the city […]

Friday sermons in Kashmir will now highlight women rights, issues, MMU decides

Srinagar: A recently constituted panel by Mutahida Majlisi-e-Ulema Thursday held a meeting at Mirwaiz Manzil under the chairmanship of MMU patron Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to create awareness about women’s rights and issues across Kashmir. In a statement a spokesperson of the MMU said members from various NGO’s including women NGOs, who are part of the […]

DDC for effective measures to prevent harassment of women in public transport

‘Serious, time-bound steps to put in place an effective response mechanism’

SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary Thursday convened a meeting to discuss the issue of harassment of women in public transport. The meeting discussed the measures that need to be taken to prevent it — like creating awareness about what constitutes harassment and taking prompt and strict action against instances thereof. Members of […]

DDC Takes firsthand assessment of water-logging in city

SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary Thursday visited various areas across the Srinagar city to assess the water-logging situation and inspect dewatering efforts following heavy morning rainfall in Srinagar. Speaking on the occasion he said response mechanism to deal with the situation was fully activated soon after the rainfall had started adding that […]

Advisor Khan visits IUST: Asks students to develop skills for entrepreneurship

SRINAGAR: Advisor to Governor Farooq Ahmad Khan Thursday visited Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) Awantipora and said that the university should play a critical role in nurturing budding entrepreneurs. Interacting with faculty and students there, Khan expressed satisfaction over the various start-ups initiated at the university. He said the Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC) […]

Truck carrying 200 bags of rice meant for black marketing seized

Srinagar: Two persons along with a truck load of bags of government supply rice meant for black marketing was seized in Kulgam district of south Kashmir. A senior Police Officer said that acting on a specific information, a police party from police station Dhamhaal Hanjipora established a naka near J&K Bank Dhamhaal Hanjipora on yesterday […]