Hurriyat (G) organizes candle light protests
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) leaders and activists on Thursday organized a candle light protests at Budgam and Magam respectively, as per the given JRL week long program on the eve of upcoming World Human Rights day (10 December). The directions for the protests as per a statement issued here were given by the amalgam chairman, […]
Slapping PSA on youth sheer injustice: Sehrai
Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai on Thursday condemned the slapping of PSA on Altaf Ahmed Mir, Irshad Magray, Umar Nazir Bhat of Zaloora Sopore and Ishfaq Ahmed Malla, Waqas Ahmed Malla, Mohd Ashraf Dar of Sopore. In a statement issued here, Sehrai said, “It is a sheer injustice and illustrates brazen display of invocating […]
CUK’s SLS organizes orientation programme
Srinagar: In pursuance of the initiative of placement of Law students in corporate sector, an orientation programme was organized at Nowgam-I, Central University of Kashmir (CUK) as a joint venture of School of Legal Studies, CUK, Department of Law, University of Kashmir and Principal District and Session Judge, Srinagar here on Wednesday. Speaking on the […]
Offer to donate organ to a friend outwitted by authorization panel
Hospital panel says no to Manjot’s offer to donate kidney
Srinagar: While the Sikh girl’s father had already expressed his reservations regarding the decision of his daughter Manjot to donate a kidney to her friend, the Authorization Committee for organ transplants in Kashmir has Tuesday rejected the case of the girl offering to donate her kidney to her terminally ill Muslim friend. Director, Sher-e-Kashmir Institute […]
Indo-Pak armies trade fire in Uri, army man injured
Uri: An army man was injured in a ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri Sector of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. Official sources said that Pakistani troops attacked army posts at Kamalkote in Uri Wednesday morning. The incident left one army man injured who was hospitilized, they added. “The soldiers […]
Work on Bijbehara-Shopian road goes on at snail’s pace
Shopian: Years elapsed since the work over the 25-kilometer-long Bijbehara-Shopian road was started. The authorities have utterly failed to complete the work on two lane highway while as the locals allege that the work is going on at snail’s pace, thereby leaving commuters to face harships. In Feb 2016, central government approved the widening of […]
Congress-BJP played villains to democracy in JK: Rana
Jammu: National Conference Provincial President, Devender Singh Rana on Wednesday lashed out at the Congress and the BJP for playing villains to democracy in Jammu and Kashmir, nurtured and sustained by Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah over the years. Leading party leaders and workers in paying homage to the Baba-e-Quom on his 113th birth anniversary at […]
Monga pays tributes to Sheikh Abdullah on his anniversary
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President and MLC G N Monga Wednesday paid tributes to National Conference (NC) founder Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah on his 113th birth anniversary. In a statement issued here, Monga recalled the significant contributions of late Sheikh Abdullah made to develop the state. “There could be ideological differences […]
Kichloo pays tribute to Sher-e-Kashmir on his birth anniversary
Kishtwar: Senior National Conference (NC) leader and former minister Sajjad Ahmed Kichloo on Wednesday paid tributes to Sher-e-Kashmir Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, saying his ‘secular and progressive outlook will continue to be a source of inspiration for generations’. Speaking at a function held here this morning to pay homage to Baba-e-Quom, Kichloo in a statement issued […]
Action initiated against officials after dilapidated picture of school goes viral
Jammu: Authorities in Rajouri district initiated action against three officials after some pictures of a school building without a roof, which served as a polling station for the 7th phase of Panchayat elections in a remote village, went viral on social media, officials said Wednesday. The polling station, which was set up at a government […]
