After suspension of students revoked, Kashmiri students stay put at AMU
Aligarh: Kashmiri students at the Aligarh Muslim University have deferred their decision to surrender their degrees and leave the campus ‘en masse’ Wednesday following revocation of the suspension order of the two students by the varsity. The suspension order was revoked Tuesday night after a three-member enquiry panel set up by the varsity exonerated Waseem […]
Pak government’s move to sell state owned luxury vehicles proves a dampener
Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan government Wednesday failed to enthuse buyers for 49 luxury automobiles, including 19 bullet proof cars, as just one vehicle was sold at a much-publicised auction, according to a media report. As Prime Minister Imran Khan grappled with a major debt crisis, his government, which has approached the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for […]
Act against ‘mischievous elements’ in AMU, JNU: BJP
Jammu: BJP leader Ravinder Raina Wednesday sought action against “mischievous elements” who are trying to defame the Aligarh Muslim University and the Jawaharlal Nehru University besides bringing a bad name to Jammu and Kashmir. Raina, who is the president of BJP’s J&K unit, however, did not identify the “mischievous elements”. “There are some mischievous elements […]
Strategic railway line to Leh to be declared national project
New Delhi: Railways has proposed that its strategically significant Bilaspur-Manali-Leh line along the Indo-China border, which will be the world’s highest railway track, be declared a national project, officials said Wednesday. It has also suggested that the construction on a 51 kilometre stretch between Upshi in Himachal Pradesh and Phe in Leh begin immediately. “The […]
JKNPP stages protest to press for dissolution of Assembly’
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) staged a protest here Wednesday to press for dissolution of the state assembly, saying its prolonged suspension was “blatant violation” of law. The JKNPP said the suspension of Assembly “was supposed to be a transitory period and its prolongation was blatant violation of law besides prevalent […]
Mine blast leaves a youth injured
Jammu: A youth was critically injured on Wednesday when he accidentally stepped over a landmine along the line of control (LoC) in Poonch, police said. Mohammad Ramzan (22), a resident of Deri Dabse village, suffered critical splinter injuries in the lower part of his body due to initiation of a mine near the anti-infiltration obstacle […]
Curtains fall on Urban Local Bodies polls
Valley records 4.2 pc turnout in fourth phase
Valley records 4.2 pc turnout in fourth phase
Zero turnout in Srinagar’s Soura ward
Srinagar: Three candidates, an electorate of 11,265 but not a single vote cast through the day. That was the ‘zero sum’ story of Srinagar Municipal Corporation’s Soura ward in the fourth and final phase of elections to Jammu and Kashmir’s urban local bodies Tuesday. Although low voter turnout in Srinagar and many other parts of […]
Article 35A, 370 were a non-issue in ULB polls: Guv Malik
Says NC, PDP shouldn't have boycotted the elections
Srinagar: The NC and the PDP should not have boycotted the civic polls, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said Tuesday, asserting that articles 35A and 370 of the Constitution were non-issues in this election. The National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had announced not to contest the polls over the […]
