Edu deptt putting our career at stake, allege contractual lecturers, teachers
Shopian: The contractual lecturers and teachers here have expressed resentment against the education department, accusing the department of playing with their career by extending their contracts for only one or two months. Lecturers, teachers who were appointed in government institutions on contractual basis for academic session 2018 in February 2018 told ‘Kashmir Vision’ that the […]
Release Kashmiri scribe, drop charges against him: CPJ tells JK governor
New Delhi: The Committee to Protect Journalists has appealed to Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik to release journalist Aasif Sultan, arrested last year for alleged links with militant groups, and drop the charges against him. No charge sheet has been filed against Sultan, who works for a weekly newspaper and was arrested under […]
Militants offer gun salute to their associate in Shopian
Shopian: Panic created Chillipora village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday when over 20 armed militants emerged at the grave yard of recently killed Al-Badar militant Shakeel Ahmed Dar and offered gun salute to him, reports saiD. Shakeel along with top militant commander Zeenat-ul-Islam was killed in a gun battle at Khatpora area of […]
Tarigami welcomes governor’s outreach to separatists
Jammu: Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami on Wednesday welcomed the outreach of Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik to separatists and called for a time-bound inquiry into the three major incidents of civilian deaths in the past six months. “Governor Malik’s offer of reaching out to the separatist leaders is a welcome step, […]
If not ‘Operation-All-Out’ than what else can be used for daily CASO’s: JRL to Guv
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Wednesday termed the recent assertions of Governor Satya Pal Malik that ‘there was nothing like Operation All-Out’, as far from reality and truth. The JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik in a joint statement issued here said that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh […]
BSF bids adieu to officer killed on IB
Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF)Wednesday bid adieu to Assistant Commandant Vinay Prasad who was killed in sniper firing by Pakistan Rangers along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. A solemn wreath laying ceremony for the slain officer was held at the BSF frontier headquarters here, a BSF spokesman […]
Move step further, prove your words: Er Rasheed to Guv
Srinagar: Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and former Langate legislator, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Wednesday rang Governor Satya Pal Malik and urged him to move a step further and facilitate certain genuine CBMs to prove his words. AIP president as per a statement issued here also welcomed Governor Malik’s offer to Hurriyat that it […]
Every oppressor has definite, tragic end if fought with unity: Geelani
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on Wednesday said that every oppressor has a definite and tragic end if fought with unity, sincerity and dedication. In a telephonic address to the mourners of slain Zeenat-ul-Islam at Shopian today, Geelani as per a statement issued here said, “Our oppressor has crossed every limit and […]
JNU row: Career of Kashmiri students outside state being ruined, says Sehrai
Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai on Wednesday denounced the sedition charges and filing of charge sheet against the seven Kashmiri JNU students by the Delhi Police and demanded immediate withdrawal of all charges. Sehrai in a statement issued here said the ‘harassment’ of Kashmiri students at the behest of communal forces is unacceptable and […]
Two killed, three others injured in separate incidents in Jammu
JAMMU: Two persons were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents in Samba and Ramban districts of Jammu division, police said Wednesday. A-three vehicle crash killed the driver of an oil tanker and injured three others near Railway bridge Nanak Chack in Samba Tuesday night, they said. The identity of the deceased driver […]
