All education institutions to remain shut today
Srinagar: After Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), asked students to protest at their respective institutions across Kashmir against the braid chopping incidents, authorities decided to shut all the schools and colleges here. According to the divisional administration Kashmir, all the educational institutes shall remain closed on Thursday in view of law and order situation. A spokesperson […]
In wake of braid chopping incidents, JRL postpones TRC rally
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Wednesday decided to postpone for the time being the TRC rally that was scheduled on October 14 in the wake of serious concern and distress caused among people due to the braid chopping incidents. JRL including Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik, in a statement issued […]
Crowd frenzy: Mob sets house of alleged ‘braid chopper’ on fire
Pulwama: After the arrest of two alleged braid choppers by Jammu and Kashmir Police, agitated mob set the house of one of the accused on fire in Monghama village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday. Reports said that police had taken cognizance of a video that had gone viral on social media on […]
Court directs Government to amend SRO-75 of 1992
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the state government to ‘amend’ SRO-75 of 1992 notionally from 1987 and financially from the year 1990. The High Court Bench of Jammu wing comprising Justice M K Hanjura issued direction to the state to implement the ruling in letter and spirit in WP 1608/192 as […]
Lawyers stage protest against braid chopping
Srinagar: Dozens of lawyers on Wednesday staged a protest in Srinagar against the continuous braid-cutting incidents across Kashmir Valley. The lawyers gathered outside the premises of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Complex, carrying banners and placards. They lawyers led by Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association president Mian Abdul Qayoom, also raised slogans against […]
Vohra meets Rajnath Singh, discusses security situation in JK
New Delhi: Governor N N Vohra Wednesday met the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. The meeting comes in the back drop of escalation in the cross Line of Control (LoC), skirmishes between India and Pakistan. During the half an hour long meeting Singh enquired about the prevailing situation along the border with […]
Self help: Techie along with his volunteers leads by example
Srinagar: Majid Attar, 23 years old student is a concerned young man. Majid, who led several groups to the higher reaches of Pahalgam to clean the upper fragile environs of the litter which according to him was posing serious threat to the ecology. Though, Majid is studying Computer Sciences at Degree College Khanabal, he is […]
LeT pays tribute to slain Hajin militants
Srinagar: Lashkar-e-Toiba, a militant outfit on Wednesday paid tributes to the two slain militants who were killed in an encounter that raged between forces and militants in Hajin gunfight. Paying tributes to Abu Ammar Nasrallah and his companion Abu Ali LeT Chief Mahmood Shah in a statement to a local news gathering agency said that […]
PDP leader welcomes move to regularize adhoc employees
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has hailed the government decision on hiking the wages of adhoc and daily rated workers in the state. Terming it a sigh of relief for thousands of families and a measure that could mitigate the sufferings of the daily wagers who earlier “exploited” by the previous regime, PDP District President […]
House, cow shed damaged by fire
Kupwara: A double story residential house was gutted completely in a fire incident at Bakhikhar village of Handwara area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said Wednesday. A double story house of Layakat Ahmad Dar s/o Wali Mohammad Dar and Akash Ahmad Dar was damaged in an incident of fire. The fire also engulfed the […]