Don’t become rubber stamps of Pol parties; Er Rasheed to State Admin
Ramban: AwamiItehaad Party (AIP) president and former Langate legislator, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Thursday urged state administration not to become rubber stamps in the hands of political parties. According to a statement issued here, ErRasheed claimed that AIP is the only viable political alternative that can truly and sincerely speak for the political aspirations […]
Kashmir issue can’t be resolved by jailing leaders: JKDFP
Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) on Thursday welcomed the release of Muslim League chief Mushtaqul Islam from imprisonment. The amalgam spokesman as per a statement issued here stressed upon immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners languishing in different jails of the state or outside it. “Kashmir dispute cannot be resolved by […]
Govt orders transfers, postings in administration
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered transfers and postings in the administration. According to a Government Order No 89-GAD of 2019, issued by the General Administration Department (GAD, KusumBadyal, KAS, Special Secretary to the Government, Higher Education Department, is transferred and posted as Additional Registrar, Cooperative, Jammu. TanveerIqbal Malik, KAS, Additional Registrar, […]
Man held with 7 kg poppy
Jammu: A man, suspected to be a drug peddler, was arrested and seven kilograms of poppy was seized from his possession in Poonch district Thursday, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team intercepted the man, identified as Mansoor of south Kashmir, and seized the poppy from him, they said. A case has been […]
Jammu-Delhi Duronto Express passengers robbed at knifepoint
NEW DELHI: Passengers on board the Jammu-Delhi Duronto Express were robbed at knifepoint on Thursday by armed men, officials said. The matter came to light after a passenger filed a complaint through the railways’ complaints portal. In the complaint, Ashwani Kumar claimed that passengers of B3 and B7 coaches of the train 12266 were targeted […]
Science City to come in Kashmir soon
Div Com directs land identification
Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed Deputy Commissioners to identify 100 kanal State lands at suitable places in their respective districts for the establishment of first Science city in Kashmir. The DCs were also directed to furnish the details like road and rail connectivity, water, electricity, health and other major facilities adjacent […]
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, […]
