KU organizes National level Seminar
Srinagar: A one-day National Seminar on ‘Increasing participation of Women in Science and Technology’ was organised by the Centre for Women’s Studies and Research at the University of Kashmir, in collaboration with the National Commission for Women, New Delhi. The seminar witnessed participation from academics, scientists, scholars, administrators and students from different fields from various […]
LAHDC demands industry status to tourism sector in Leh
Jammu: A delegation led by the Chief Executive Councillor of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), JamyangTseringNamgyal, Thursday called upon Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik here and demanded industry status to the tourism sector in the region, officials said. The delegation, comprising members of the All Ladakh Hotel and Guest House Association […]
450 kg poppy seized from truck, driver arrested
Banihal/Jammu: A truck driver was arrested and 450 kg poppy seeds were seized from his vehicle on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district, officials said Thursday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team intercepted a truck on its way to Punjab from Kashmir in Banihal area on Wednesday night, they said. During checking, 18 […]
Man arrested with charas in Bandipora
Srinagar: Police Thursday arrested a man following recovery of 300 grams of charas from him in Bandipora district of north Kashmir. “One person was arrested at a checkpoint at Papchan following an action targeting those involved in drug peddling in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district,” a police spokesman said. He said 300 grams of charas, packed […]
PDP castigates Omar Abdullah over his anti-PDP remarks
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday flayed NC Vice President Omar Abdullah over his recent anti-PDP remarks, saying that it is NC which is responsible for the entire insurmountable predicament surrounding Jammu and Kashmir since 1947. Addressing party functionaries, workers and supporters from Srinagar’s Amira Kadal constituency, party general secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura said […]
Strengthen democracy by casting ballots: NC tells party workers
Jammu: National Conference (NC) State Secretary and former minister Ajay Kumar Sadhotra Wednesday called for strengthening democracy by ensuring massive participation in elections, saying this is a way forward to end political instability enforced in Jammu and Kashmir by the wrong and self-centric polices of the BJP and PDP. “Democracy is core of National Conference […]
EC offers choices to Kashmiri migrants to cast votes in LS polls
Jammu: In a bid to encourage migrant Kashmiri voters to exercise their franchise in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission has opened up various avenues like the digital platform, setting up special polling stations and allowing postal ballots. A scheme was earlier devised to help the Kashmiri migrant population living in various parts […]
Only Congress can defeat communal forces: G A Mir
Srinagar: The Congress is the only unifying force in the country, capable of defeating the “communal and fascist forces” who want to “divide” the people for the sake of power, chief of the party’s J-K unit G A Mir said Wednesday. Addressing a function organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), Mir […]
DRDO achievement pride for nation, let us not play politics on it: Ram Madhav
Jammu: With the Opposition accusing Prime Minister Modi of trying to get electoral mileage by announcing amid the poll process the successful testing of India’s anti-satellite missile ability, the BJP Wednesday cautioned political parties against playing “politics on the issue”. Terming DRDO scientists achievement as a “pride” of the nation, BJP national general secretary Ram […]
Regional parties behaving like ‘concubines’ of BJP, Congress: Er Rasheed
Handwara: The former Langate lawmaker and Awami Itehaad Party’s (AIP) candidate for Baramulla constituency for Lok Sabha polls, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Wednesday said that the three regional parties in Kashmir are behaving like ‘concubines’ of BJP and Congress. As per a statement issued here AIP president challenged his rival candidates from NC, PDP […]