Roll out yearlong activity calendar, CM tells Culture Dept
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today asked the Culture Department to roll out a yearlong calendar of activities by organizing competitions and performances with regular periodicity. She also directed devising formats to inculcate love about performing arts among the teenagers. Chairing a review meeting of the Department of Culture here today, the Chief Minister asked […]
Minister pays tributes to Brigadier Rajinder Singh
To pay homage to Brigadier Rajinder Singh on his 118th birth anniversary, a function was organized at Brigadier Rajinder Singh Memorial Park Bagoona, on Wednesday. Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Prakash Ganga, who was the chief guest, paid rich tributes to Brigadier Rajinder Singh. Recalling bravery and supreme sacrifices of Brig. Rajinder Singh, Ganga, […]
Arrangements for annual Kishtwar Urs discussed
District Development Commissioner Kishtwar Ghulam Nabi Balwan today convened a meeting of district officers and members of Auqaf Islamia to discuss the arrangements for annual Urs Mubarak of Shah Farid-ud-Din Baghdadi on June 20, 2017. Threadbare discussions were held on various arrangements to be put in place by the district administration for the Urs. The […]
Editorial: Continuing students protest
It was another day of protests and clashes in Pulwama as students once again came out of their classrooms and started protesting on the streets. The students came out to protest with no reason for them getting so agitated. The protest ended with students hurling stones on the police station and in retaliation the […]
Three injured in two different road accidents in Kargil
Three persons were injured in two different road accidents in Kargil, police said today. A Scorpio Vehicle hit and injured a pedestrian identified as Nasreena Niyaz daughter of Niyaz Ahmad resident of Bimbat, Drass at Bimbat in District Kargil. The injured was shifted to hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, a Maruti vehicle bearing registration number JK01H-7551 […]
20 injured in Kupwara bus accident
At least 20 persons were injured after a passenger bus met with an accident in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday. Acording to the reports, the passenger bus was travelling from Chowkibal to Kralpora Kupwara when it met with an accident at Rawathpora Kupwara. Consequently, twenty passengers were injured in the accident. All the […]
Protest in GMC Srinagar against the thrashing of doctor
Massive protests broke out at Government Medical College Srinagar here on Wednesday against the alleged thrashing of a doctor by a police officer and his escort personnel while he was on duty. The post-graduate students and resident doctors have gone on a strike and are demanding severe action against the erring cop. Students have also […]
Pak foreign Secretary briefs OIC ambassadors on Kashmir
Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua on Tuesday briefed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) ambassadors on the human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir and Pak-India tension. A foreign ministry statement said that Janjua also briefed the Islamabad-based OIC ambassadors on ceasefire violations by India along the Line of Control and the Working Boundary. “The […]
Protests in Frisal Kulgam aganist alleged ‘highhandedness’ of forces
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BSNL exchange non functional in Mattan Anantnag from last fifteen days, officials in slumber
BSNL exchange in Mattan that happens to be one of the oldest exchange of historical district Anantnag is out of order from last fifteen days as a result of which consumers suffer in Mattan and the adjacent areas. According to a senior citizen of Mattan, this exchange got some technical fault ten days ago but […]