Govt committed to provide basic amenities: Minister
Minister for Animal & Sheep Husbandry and Fisheries, Abdul Gani Kohli today said that the Government is committed to provide basic amenities to people at their door steps especially to the people living in hilly and remote areas of the State. He said several initiatives have been taken in this regard to improve, augment and […]
CUK’s capacity dev prog for outsource employees concludes
A capacity development programme organised by the Central University of Kashmir (CUK) in collaboration with Sahayata Security Services for the outsource employees concluded at the administrative cum academic block Nowgam Campus-II here today. The programme started on 10th of July 2017. Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj ud Din Mir, Director Research and Development, Prof. Muhammad Aslam, Registrar, […]
NC stages protests against civilian killings, frequent restrictions
Hundreds of National Conference (NC) workers, led by senior party leader Ali Muhammad Sagar, on Thursday staged a protest march against the civilian killings and price hike in the state. The march began from the Nawa-e-Subh complex housing the party headquarters in Srinagar and the protesters were heading towards the Governor’s House. However, as […]
NIA likely to conduct lie detection test on Hurriyat leaders
Days after the seven separatist leaders were sent to 10 days NIA-custody by a special court for interrogation, the investigating agency is mulling to conduct a lie detection test on arrested Hurriyat leaders to examine their alleged involvement in receiving funds. According to media reports, the polygraph, or lie detector test, will be conducted with […]
Zakir Musa announced as head of new al-Qaida-linked cell
An al-Qaida-affiliated propaganda channel has announced one of Kashmir’s ‘popular’ militant leaders as the head of a newly created cell in the Valley, UK based newspaper The Guardian reported. Importantly, with the announcement of Musa being head of its unit, al-Qaida has announced its operations openly in Kashmir Valley for the first time. Musa, […]
Three militants killed after army claims foiling infiltration bid in Gurez
The Army on Thursday claimed to have foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Gurez sector of north Kashmir in Bandipora and killed three militants. “A group of militants tried to infiltrate from across the border. They were challenged by the troops, following which three militants were killed,” said Srinagar based […]
UJC Chief lashes out at Musa, says he is playing in the hands of ‘Indian agents’
After Zakir Musa was appointed head of an Al-Qaida-affiliated cell in Kashmir, United Jihad Council (UJC), Chairman Syed Sallauhidin lashed out at him saying that he is playing in the hands of ‘Indian agents’. Without naming Zakir Musa, Sallauhidin said that some miscreants are trying to malign the freedom struggle in Kashmir. “Unfortunately, some miscreants, […]
Kulgam village erupts in protest after army beat up family members of Hizb militant
The family members of a militant in Kulgam district on Thursday claimed that they were ruthlessly beaten by the Army during nocturnal raids in their village. As the news spread in the area, Rampura village of Qaimuh erupted in protest against the highhandedness of Army. Besides protests, a shutdown was observed in the area to […]
Passing Statistics Bill for JK is unconstitutional, cries opposition
Opposition political parties in the state said that the passing of the Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill in the Parliament and directly extended it to Jammu and Kashmir is ‘unconstitutional and dishonesty’ on the part of the BJP-led government in New Delhi. “It is violation of constitution as the bill is passed without the concurrence […]
Did Pervez Musharaf ever thought of using Nukes against India?
Pakistan’s firebrand military ruler at one point of time though using the option of nukes against India, a Japanese daily ‘Mainichi Shimbun’ has claimed. The news paper claimed that Gen Pervez Musharraf had mulled the use of nuclear weapons against India amid tensions following the 2001 terror attack on the Indian Parliament, but decided against […]