Youth beaten by army men, police registers case
Rafiabad: Police on Saturday filed a case against army’s 32 RR for beating a youth in Rafiabad area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports reaching here said scores of people took to streets at Rafiabad and staged a protest demonstration against the beating of the youth by the army men on Saturday. Reports said that […]
Omar has lost total touch with the ground: Sajad Lone
Srinagar: Peoples Conference Chief and former minister Sajad Gani Lone took potshots over NC vice president Omar Abdullah on his coming out with predictions over the results of Baramulla parliamentary seat. “Omar Abdullah thinks he has won Baramulla seat. He has either discovered a sense of humour or lost total touch with the ground. PC […]
ECI invokes powers under Article 324 to prohibit display of any biopic
JAMMU: The Election Commission of India has ordered prohibiting display in electronic media including cinematography of any biopic or publicity material in the nature of biography/hagiography sub-serving the purposes of any political entity or any individual entity connected to it. In a detailed order issued by the ECI on 10th April, 2019 highlights “that any […]
Mughal Gardens thrown open for public
SRINAGAR: The Department of Floriculture on Saturday opened Mughal Gardens of Kashmir valley to the public. Director Floriculture, Dr Abdul Hafiz Shah during a function organised by the Department at Shalimar garden said that they are expecting a good number of tourists both national and local will visit the Mughal gardens. The Director said that […]
Training of all-women polling stations staff held in Srinagar
SRINAGAR: Female polling officials to be deployed at all-women polling stations in the Srinagar district in connection with the Lok Sabha elections were Saturday imparted training at DC Office Srinagar here. The training session included videos demonstrating duties of the polling personnel and hands-on training on use of Electronic Voting Machines or EVMs and Voter […]
Rains lash Valley as MeT predicts more downpours
Srinagar: Intermittent rainfall since Thursday evening continued to lash Valley while as a local Meteorological department here has predicted more rains from April 15 evening. The intermittent rains started on Thursday evening and continued till Saturday, bringing the temperature down. The rainfall has caused inundation of several City areas as the water filled the potholed […]
Kashmiri girl student dies in Bangladesh
Srinagar: A south Kashmir girl breathed her last in Bangladesh where she was pursuing medical studies on Saturday, reports said. They said that Quratul Ain, a Kashmiri girl student pursuing her MBBS died in Bangladesh. She was pursuing her studies in Tahir Ul Nisa Medical College. The student according to reports died due to some […]
Court directs PSC not to conduct Range Officer’s examination
Srinagar: The High Court has stayed the selection process of Range Officer Forest Grade-I examination conducted by the J&K Public Service Commission (JKPSC). Justice Tashi Rabstan directed Public Service Commission not to conduct any examination till further orders. The aspirants had approached the court after it came to fore General Knowledge paper was leaked. The […]
Killing of class 7 student: Family expects no justice, locals demand killers be brought to book
Srinagar: A day after a class 7 student was killed by government forces in Mandigam village in North Kashmir’s Langate area of Kupwara district, locals have sought stern action against the involved personnel and demanded a judicial probe against the teen’s killing. Family of the slain teen, Owais Ahmad Mir, initially refused to talk to […]
Ongoing elections last chance to save Kashmir’s core interests: PDP
‘BJP wants peace of graveyard in Valley’
Srinagar: Terming the ongoing elections extremely crucial for the future course of history, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday said the present time could possibly be the last opportunity to safeguard Jammu and Kashmir’s special position and unique identity. Addressing people in various areas of Central Kashmir’s Chrar-e-Sharief, PDP General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura […]