Coronavirus spread: Social media users spreading hate, misinformation warned in Leh

Leh: District Administration Leh has issued a stern warning to those who are propagating misinformation about the spread of Coronavirus and trying to hurt the sentiments of a particular religious community. District Development Commissioner, Leh, Sachin Kumar issued a formal order asking social media users not to twist facts about the spread of coronavirus and […]

Court quashes PSA detention of Srinagar youth

Srinagar: State High Court Tuesday issued directions to authorities to release a Kashmiri detenue lodged at Agra Jail of Uttar Pradesh. The court of Justice Tashi Rabistan issued this direction after annulling the detention of Srinagar youth under Public Safety Act. Advocate Bashir Ahmed Tak who represented the detained youth said that police had arrested […]

Renaming landmarks expose UT admin’s priorities: Bukhari

Srinagar: Taking strong exception to rechristening names of roads and buildings, President of newly created Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday said that the focus of the Union Territory administration should have been on addressing the issues and sufferings of people. Referring to the decision of Jammu and Kashmir administration, […]

Six shops gutted in Srinagar fire

Srinagar: Property worth lakhs was destroyed after fire engulfed six shops in Alamgari Bazar area of Srinagar city. A police official said that fire was spotted in a shop and within no time it engulfed five other shops. Prima facie, short circuit seems to be the cause of the fire, but police have taken up […]

Garbage dumping at Jhelum banks goes unabated, authorities in slumber

Srinagar: The river Jhelum has been turned into a waste dump with people frequently throwing the garbage into it at various places. As per sources, the shopkeepers and vendors at different places are openly dumping their garbage into the banks of Jhelum, exposing government’s tall claims of stringent policy to keep valley clean. “The authorities […]

Govt attaches properties of financial firm

Firm turned defaulter in 2015

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday attached properties of a financial firm which turned defaulter in 2015. The government today ordered attachment of six properties of the defaulters M/S Vikrant Finance Corporation, Rajouri. “In exercise of powers under Section 3 of J&K Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, and without […]

Masrat Alam produced before TADA Court

Jammu: Senior separatist leader and President Jammu Kashmir Muslim League, Masarat Alam was presented before the TADA court here in Jammu in a case filed against him by Jammu Kashmir Police in 2012. Alam who is in jail since 2010 was released for a short period of time in April 2015 was produced before the […]

KU VC delivers lecture at UGC-HRDC

Srinagar: Vice-Chancellor, University of Kashmir Prof. Talat Ahmad delivered a lecture on “Rise of the Himalayan mountains and Climate Proxies” at UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) of the University of Kashmir during the ongoing 84th General Orientation Course that is being attended by 40 Assistant Professors of various colleges and universities of J&K. Prof. Talat […]

‘Capacity building workshop begins at EMMRC, KU

Srinagar: A five- day workshop on Capacity building of Urdu journalists and students of journalism in the Kashmir Valley started here at University of Kashmir on Tuesday. The workshop has been organized by Educational Multi Media Research Centre (EMMRC), University of Kashmir in collaboration with National Council for Promotion of Urdu language (NCPUL), New Delhi. […]