PDP expels 8 party leaders for going ‘against will of people’ by engaging in parleys with govt
Srinagar: The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday expelled eight party leaders for going “against the will of the people” by engaging in parleys with the government. “PDP expels leaders for going against the will of the people,” the party said in a press release posted on its official Twitter handle. The leaders who have […]
Internet blockade in Kashmir: Class 10 students make frantic efforts to get their results checked
Srinagar: Results for Class 10 board examinations were announced on Thursday but thousands of students were making frantic efforts to know their result by calling their relatives and friends outside Kashmir in the wake of the internet blockade in the Valley. Hundreds of students visited the office of the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School […]
Students booked on sedition charges over “Free Kashmir” placard at protest in Karnataka
Bengalur: A sedition case has been registered against a group of students in connection with alleged display of a Free Kashmir placard during a protest in a campus of the Mysuru university against the attack on JNU students, police said on Thursday. The case has been registered against Maridevaiah and others under Indian Penal Code […]
Khan directs Qureshi to visit Iran, Saudi, US as part of Pak’s efforts to defuse tensions in Gulf
Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to visit Iran, Saudi Arabia and the US as part of Pakistan’s efforts to defuse the tensions in the Gulf region following the killing of a top Iranian general in a US drone strike. Khan also asked Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa […]
Objective of visit by envoys to Kashmir is to display measures taken to bring back normalcy: MEA
New Delhi: The government on Thursday said the objective of taking envoys of 15 countries to Kashmir was to help them see the efforts to bring back normalcy in the Valley after abrogation of Article 370 and rejected criticism that the visit is like a guided tour. The envoys from 15 nations including from the US […]
Hajj-2020: online computerised Qurrah on 9th Jan
SRINAGAR: According to a statement issued by the Executive Officer Jammu and Kashmir Hajj Committee, the online computerised Qurrah for selection of pilgrims for Hajj-2020 will be conducted on 9th January at 11 am. The statement further reads that the list will be made available through print media on the 10th January. The list will be also […]
Won’t contest polls till JK’s special status restored: NC MP
Srinagar: National Conference MP Mohammad Akbar Lone on Wednesday said his party will not contest any election till the special status and statehood of Jammu and Kashmir is restored. “The National Conference will not take part in any election till the pre-August 5 position of Jammu and Kashmir is restored,” Lone told reporters after a […]
