Gang of burglars busted in Srinagar, five held

Srinagar: Five persons were arrested and stolen property worth lakhs of rupees recovered on Saturday after a gang of burglars was busted here in the summer capital of Srinagar, police said. Srinagar SSP Haseeb Mughal told reporters here that a complaint was received at Safakadal Police Station regarding a burglary at a godown in Baghinand […]

Protecting unity, integrity of J&K our primary goal: NC

Sagar, Nasir, Sakina address party conventions in south Kashmir

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Saturday asserted that protecting the unity, integrity of state was the primary goal of the party besides materializing the idea of a welfare state as enshrined in the party program of ‘Naya Kashmir’. National Conference senior leaders led by General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar said this while addressing […]

Faculty at medical institutions must take up leadership role: Atal Dulloo

Inaugurates maiden revised basic course workshop on medical edu

SRINAGAR: Financial Commissioner, Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo on Saturday urged faculty members at medical institutions to take leadership role for providing better services to the people. Speaking on the inaugural function at maiden “Revised Basic Course Workshop on Medical Education” organized by SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, Dullo said it was important for academics […]

JKDFP condemns Shabir Shah’s continuous detention

‘Agencies have miserably failed to establish anything adverse against Shah’

Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) has condemned the sending of its incarcerated chief Shabir Shah for judicial custody “after ten days of interrogation”. The party said in a statement on Saturday that Shah was being asked “the same questions again and again ever since he was arrested in July 2017”. A JKDFP Spokesperson […]

Mehbooba welcomes Riyaz Ahmad into PDP

Srinagar: Senior political activist Riyaz Ahmad from north Kashmir’s Pattan on Monday joined Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with PDP President Mehbooba Mufti welcoming him into the party fold. Underscoring the need to strengthen the PDP, Riyaz said the “basic reason for his joining the party is that it is the only force in Jammu and […]

Delegation of Panchayat Co-ordination Committee Leh meets Guv

SRINAGAR: A delegation of Panchayat Co-ordination Committee, district Leh, led by Sonam Wangchuk, a renowned innovator and educationist from Ladakh, Gitanjli, Founding CEO, Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh (HIAL) and Sonam Thardos, Chairman of the Committee, met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan on Saturday. The delegation expressed its gratitude to Governor for […]

Geelani condemns arrest of G A Gulzar

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani has condemned the arrest of Hurriyat Chief Spokesman Ghulam Ahmad Gulzar from his residence by police on Saturday. Terming Gulzar’s detention “unlawful and unjustified”, Geelani said in a statement that political space was being “denied by creating a situation of uncertainty and political turbulence in the state”. […]

Indian politics has changed, say speakers

Srinagar: Presiding over the first death anniversary of ‘Rising Kashmir’ founder editor and founder of ‘Kashmir Media Group’ the veteran journalists of international repute Syed Naqvi and Sidharth Vardarajan dropped hints on the changing face of Indian politics vis-à-vis the recent Lok Sabha election results and BJP’s policy towards minorities and Kashmir. Speaking on the […]