DSEK asks private coaching centres to strictly adhere to guidelines
SRINAGAR: Director School Education Kashmir, Dr. G. N. Itoo has taken a serious notice of the various complaints received from the parents of deserving students who had been enrolled in Private Coaching Centres under 10% Free quota of the Department. He has once again stated that under the 10% free quota of the Department of […]
Srinagar-Jammu national highway opened to clear stranded vehicles
Srinagar: The Srinagar-Jammu national highway was today opened to clear vehicles stranded on it after the road remained shut for four days due to landslides caused by heavy rains and snowfall, an official said. “The highway has been restored for stranded vehicles only. Vehicles from Jammu would not be allowed to proceed towards Srinagar at […]
JRL calls for shutdown on Feb 17
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Thursday called for a complete shutdown on Feb 17 (Saturday) against the killing of Hurriyat leader, Muhammad Yousuf Nadeem, shifting jail inmates of other jails and Supreme Court (SC) directions on Shopian killings. JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on appealed for a complete […]
11 injured in Anantnag road mishap
Anantnag: At least eleven persons were injured in a road accident at Achabal area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. A Tata Sumo bearing registration No JKO3B 5899 while travelling from Anantnag to Vailoo skidded-off the road near Petrol Pump Achabal resulting in injuries to 11 passengers. Sources said that locals and police reached the spot […]
SMHS escapade: NIA gets transit remand of five persons
Srinagar: The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate , Srinagar today granted a transit remand of two days to NIA for the five accused Shakeel Ahmed Bhat, Tika Khan, Syed Tajamul Islam, Md Shafi Wani and Jan Md Ganai, all residents of Pulwama in case RC No 05/2018/NIA/DLI pertaining to the escape from custody of LeT […]
Mehbooba visits Dargah Ajmer Sharief, prays for peace in J-K
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today visited the shrine of famous Sufi saint Hazrat Khawaja Moin-ud-Din Chishti (RA) and prayed for peace and prosperity in Kashmir. “Returned to Dargah Ajmer Sharif to seek the blessings of Khwaja Hazrat Moinuddin Chishti (RA). Khwaja Saheb’s timeless message to us was, ‘Love towards all, Malice towards none’. Bearing this […]
‘India wasted opportunity for normalisation of ties with Pak’
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has said that India has not only wasted the opportunity for normalisation of ties with Islamabad but also restricted the space for peace through its “hostile” stance, according to a media report. The defence minister made the comments yesterday while announcing a policy statement in the Senate, Dawn […]
17 killed as ex-student goes on shooting spree in US school
Washington: A former student armed with an assault-style rifle went on a shooting spree at a high school in Florida, killing at least 17 people and injuring more than a dozen others, including an Indian-American student, in one of the deadliest mass shootings in the US. The 19 year-old suspect identified as Nikolas Cruz, a […]
Will challenge govt’s ‘illegal’ action in court, says Hafiz Saeed
Lahore: Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed has said he will challenge the government’s “illegal” action in the court of law after Pakistan launched a crackdown on seminaries and health facilities run by him. Under pressure to act against banned groups, Pakistan took control of a seminary and four dispensaries run by Saeed-linked Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniat […]
Srinagar-Jammu highway shut again due to landslides
Jammu: The Srinagar-Jammu national highway was shut for the fourth consecutive day today due to landslides, even as dry weather prevailed in Kashmir where the mercury settled below the freezing point at most places. The 270-km highway was closed again due to landslides at Kela Morh area of Ramban . “The Srinagar-Jammu national highway is […]