Amid presence of UN offices in Srinagar, Muzaffarabad, Art 370 can’t be abrogated: Muzaffar Shah

Srinagar: Senior Vice president of Awami National conference (ANC), Muzaffar Shah Saturday said that Articles 370 and 35A can’t be abrogated till United Nations (UN) offices stayed in Srinagar and Muzaffarabad. Reacting to Union Home Minister’s statement over Article 370 Shah said asked Amit Shah to “lock the offices of UN in Srinagar Muzaffarabad before […]

PDP asks workers to aware people about party’s ‘pro-peace agenda’

Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Vice President Abdul Rahman Veeri on Saturday asked the party supporters to aware people on ground about the PDP’s core policies and agenda. He made the remarks while presiding over a one day workers’ convention of Bijbehera assembly segment at Dak Bungalow Khanabal . The convention deliberated in detail the […]

Making JK world class tourism attraction NC’s top priority: Farooq Shah

Srinagar: Underscoring the need of reviving Tourism industry in Kashmir collectively, National Conference leader Farooq Ahmad Shah Saturday said that Jammu and Kashmir was one of the best natural attractions in the world and was known for its varied class of Tourism facilities. Addressing an international Conference on Tourism organised by SKAL International in 48th […]

Congress expels workers in Srinagar for ‘anti-party’ activities

Srinagar: The District Congress Committee (DCC) Srinagar has expelled party workers from the basic membership of the party for “anti party activities”. In a statement issued Saturday, the District Congress Committee Srinagar confirmed the expulsion of Dr Sayeed Ahmad, Saira Sameer and Zahid Bashir from the basic members of the party saying that the workers […]

Elections for Kashmir Press Club on Jul 15

Election Commission holds meet

Srinagar: The eight-member election commission of the Kashmir Press Club (KPC), headed by Chief Returning Officer Manzoor Anjum, a senior editor, met on Saturday to discuss the issues related to upcoming elections. According to a statement issued here, it has been decided that the dates for the nominations have been extended up to July 6 […]

Families evacuated from Jhelum demand rehabilitation

Srinagar: Demanding rehabilitation, scores of families who were evacuated in the year 2012 from the embankment of river Jhelum here in Srinagar Saturday staged a protest against the government. The families assembled at Press colony here and chanted slogans in favour of demands. The families assembled under the banner of ‘Jhelum River House Rehabilitation Union […]

Governor visits SECMOL Alternative School

Inaugurates residential building

LEH: Governor Satya Pal Malik Saturday visited the Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (SECMOL) Alternative School campus and inaugurated the solar powered residential building for boys here. He was accompanied by Sh. Gyal P Wangyal , Dy Chairman, LAHDC, Leh; Avny Lavasa, Deputy Commissioner, Leh; Sargun Shukla, SSP Leh; and Sonam Wangchuk, Founder […]

Experts lay stress on need for impartiality during mediation

Role of mediator is critical: Justice Bindal

SRINAGAR: On the concluding day of the three-day training programme, the experts from the legal fraternity Saturday threw light on the process of mediation and stressed upon the need for impartiality during the process of mediation. The three-day basic induction training programme on mediation, for Judges and Lawyers held at J&K State Judicial Academy Mominabad […]

Delaying Assembly Polls in J&K amounts to subversion of democracy: Monga

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President and former MLC, G N Monga has said that by deferring Assembly polls in the state “again-and-again”, BJP government was “denying the people of J&K their democratic rights”. In a statement issued on Friday, Monga said that having an elected government was the democratic […]