Er Rasheed extends support to Ladakhis over their demands

Srinagar: AwamiItehaad Party (AIP) president and former Langate legislator, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Friday supported the demand made by people of Ladakh region to open Kargil-Iskardo and other traditional routes between two sides of Jammu and Kashmir. ErRasheed as per a statement issued here said that “today’s protest marches in entire Ladakh region should […]

Court freezes account of DFO Tangmarg

Pattan: Court of Special Mobile Electricity Magistrate Pattan Friday froze the official account of Divisional Forest officer Tangmarg for not paying electricity charges up to the tune of Rs seven lakhs. Special Mobile Magistrate Electricity PattanA S Langeh in a case filed by Electricity Department Tangmarg directed freezing of the account. While Passing order Court […]

Two boys wounded in Rohmu village

Pulwama: Two boys were injured, one of them critically after an explosive substance went off in Rohmu village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that two boys Sharafat Bashir and Junaid Bilal, residents of Rohmu suffered injuries after an explosive substance they were toying with went off. They were rushed to Primary Health Centre […]

Govt withdraws re-appointment order of Dr M I Parray

Srinagar: The government of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday ordered a withdrawal of re-appointment Order of Dr M I Parray as director JK Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI). “The Government Order No: 91-IND of 2018 dated 20.03.2018 whereby Dr M.I. Parray has been reappointed as Director, JK Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI), being violative of the JKEDI […]

Police showed little interest to act against drug abuse: Mirwaiz

Asks elderly, youth to form task forces to deal with such menace

Srinagar: Expressing concern at the alarming increase in drug abuse among the youth of the valley, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday asked elderly and youth in their respective areas to form task forces to deal with this pressing issue. “Kashmiri nation has to come together against this menace before it turns […]

‘Vice-Roy of Delhi’ continues his venomous utterances: Geelani

Srinagar: Commenting over the statement of Governor Satya Pal Malik, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on Friday said that ‘hypocrisy and arrogance touches new heights when a person, as administrative representative of oppressive monster, posing as Vice-Roy of Delhi, continues his venomous utterances.’ Geelani as per a statement issued here that it is […]

‘New conspiracies’ being hatched to hurt resistance movement: Malik

Srinagar: Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik asked people to remain steadfast and vigilant as ‘new conspiracies are being hatched to hurt Kashmiri resistance movement’. “As election process and contesting parties have lost attraction and glamour in Kashmir, new collaborators and faces are being projected through media and social media as […]

Citing frequent closure of roads, GATE aspirants demand postponement of exams

Pulwama: In view of the prevailing weather conditions and frequent closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway, the Kashmiri engineering students who are scheduled to appear in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) here have demanded postponement of their examinations. The engineering students of Kashmir division who have to appear in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) […]

Charge sheet produced before court against 4 accused persons

Sopore: Police on Thursday produced a charge sheet against four accused persons under ULA (P) Act who were arrested in June last year. The four accused persons were identified as MohammadAyoubMalla, son of Ghulam Hassan Malla of Malmapampora, Fayaz Ahmad War, son of GhulamMohi-ud-din War of Warpora, Javid Ahmad War, son of Abdul Rehman War […]