Er Rasheed seconds Omar over fractured mandate
Handwara: AwamiItehaad Party (AIP) president and former MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Wednesday seconded Omer Abdullahs appeal to people not to throw a fractured mandate in the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. “The ball is now in the people’s court and they must uproot all those forces who have diluted the […]
Jammu division sarpanch to be sworn-in on Jan 11
Jammu: The newly-elected sarpanch in the recent nine-phased panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir will be administered oath of office here on Friday, an official said. The function will be presided over by Governor Satya Pal Malik. The elected sarpanch of Jammu division shall be administered oath in a function to be organised at Gulshan […]
NC, Cong workers join PDP in Bandipora
Srinagar: Dozens of workers of National Conference (NC) and Congress on Tuesday joined Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in PanarPanchayat segment of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Prominent among them who joined PDP was MohdYousuf Chichi, brother of former SarpanchPanar, MolviYaqoob Chichi along with dozens of his supporters. According to the statement issued here, the workers joined […]
Malik grieved over death of Dagga’s wife
Srinagar: Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik on Wednesday expressed grief over the demise of the wife of Haji Ghulam Mohammad Dagga (ex-president of chambers of commerce and veteran trade union leader). The deceased was also aunt of senior lawyer Advocate Bashir Ahmad Sideeq. On receiving the news of her […]
DAK aghast over exorbitant rates on diagnostic procedures
Urges govt to implement Free Drug, Diagnostic policy
Urges govt to implement Free Drug, Diagnostic policy Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) has expressed serious concern over the exorbitant rates being changed to poor patients in hospitals run by Directorate of Health Services Kashmir. In a statement, the spokesperson of association said that it was surprising that different rates were being charged in different […]
CITU strike call: Workers protest against Govt’s false promises
Srinagar: As a part of the two-day country-wide general strike, hundreds of trade union activists from various unions from across Kashmir reached Pratap Park in Srinagar despite severe cold to protest against the government’s failure to deliver the justice to employees working in all departments. The trade union activists from Anganwadi workers/helpers Union, ASHA workers […]
Budgam girl commits suicide
Budgam: A female student from Central Kashmir’s Budgam district committed suicide after cutting a sorry figure in Class 12th examination. Jammu Kashmir Board of School Education declared the Class 12 results for regular students on Monday evening in which Government School student exhibited excellent performance as compared to previous years. Yesterday, a girl student also […]
Misuse of CBI, NIA should be now stopped for political vendetta: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday to reinstate AlokVerma as CBI director, saying the apex court ruling had restored faith in independent institutions. “Welcome SCs decision to reinstate #AlokVerma as CBI Dir. (It) reinstates belief in independent institutions of our democracy that are its pillars,” Mufti […]
Muslims exhibit communal harmony in Shopian
Helps Sikh family to perform last rites of their member
Shopian: Exhibiting the communal harmony yet again, the Muslim community in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday helped a Sikh family in performing the last rites of a Sikh man here. Sources said that Dildar Singh from Bongam area of Shopian district breathed his last at SKIMS after brief illness. The surrounding Muslim population soon […]
Girls attempts suicide in Sopore, Bandipora
Sopore: A 19-year-old student allegedly tried to commit suicide by jumping into river Jhelum at Chankhan area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Reports said that she was saved there by some fishermen and was rushed to Sub District hospital Sopore where she is under treatment. Meanwhile, police took cognizance of this […]
