CM orders review of cases against youth for 2015-2017
JAMMU: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti Thursday ordered the review of cases against the youth for the period 2015-2017 (till date) by an already constituted committee and furnishing of its recommendations within 10 days. The committee so tasked with the review shall be the same as was constituted earlier by the Chief Minister to review cases […]
Govt ignoring our plight, say youth booked earlier
Srinagar: Shakir Khan, 24, was booked under a stone pelting case in 2010. Since then, he has been moving from pillar to post to get himself absolved from the charges and continue his education. Despite, announcement of general amnesty to stone pelters by the Omar Abdullah-led NC Congress government in 2011, the police didn’t withdraw […]
Police Kick Boxing Team bags 2 Gold, 1 Silver Medal
Srinagar: A Kick Boxing Police team of Police District Sopore recently participated in the Fourth J&K State Kick Boxing championship 2017 at Sher-i-Kashmir Indoor Sports Complex, Srinagar on 16th to 19th November 2017, in which the team bagged 2 Gold Medals and a Silver Medal. “The team was imparted free coaching at DPL Sopore by […]
JRL threatens fresh series of political programs
Srinagar: Threatening to initiate a fresh series of shutdown calendars, the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Thursday reiterating the shutdown call for November 27. The JRL including Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik said that forcing silence of graveyard by military might and naming it as peace can only be termed […]
From social media to the street: One more family appeals militant son to return, this time at Press Colony
Srinagar: The family of an active militant from Malangpora village of Pulwama district today appealed their son to shun violence and return home. The family of Adil Bilal appeared at the press colony in Lal Chowk and requested their son to quit militancy. “We want him back. On November 7, he went to work and […]
Phase II of U-19 ‘Udaan Football Tournament-2017’ inaugurated
Kathua: Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment, Choudhary Lal Singh today inaugurated second phase of U-19 Udaan Football Tournament-2017 here at the sports stadium of Delhi Public School. The tournament is being organized by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Jammu, under its ‘Samajik Chetna Abhiyaan’ programme. Earlier, in the first phase of the tournament matches were held […]
Social media does a role reversal in Kashmir
Srinagar: Burhan Wani as a militant commander is widely reckoned as pioneer in using social media to glamorize militancy and attract youth towards the path he was himself treading. Experts termed his arrival on the scene as the beginning of “new age” militancy where social media is used as the most potent tool for […]
Sitting through National Anthem: 2 BGBSU students booked
Srinagar: The authorities at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGBSU) have registered a case against the two students who allegedly refused to stand during the National Anthem. The incident took place during a valedictory function of the Silver Rolling Trophy. Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra, Deputy Commissioner Rajouri, SSP Rajouri and Vice-Chancellor of the […]
Govt announces hike in advertisement rates for newspapers
JAMMU: The government has announced a hike in the advertisement rates for the newspapers and other periodicals. The revision of rates has been done after gap of four years as the earlier rate revision was affected in the year 2013 by the government. The Government has, for the first time, also introduced category-wise advertisement rates […]
Increasing black carbon level in air paints a dark picture
Srinagar: The continuous dry spell in Kashmir comes with additional costs of added air pollution as the increased ‘Black Carbon’ particles in air have worsened the matters here. The longest dry spell, which ended during last week after 5 months, had led the scale of Black Carbon pollutants go up manifolds, however, it once again […]