Kargil observes shutdown, demands opening of Kargil-Skardu road
Kargil: A complete shutdown was on Friday observed across Kargil to press for the demands including opening of Kargil-Skardu road, termination of Zojjila Tunnel Project, Air Service and others. The shutdown call was given by Anjuman Jamiyat Ullma Isna Ashriya Kargil Ladakh (AJUIAK). Kargil wore a deserted look today in response to the shutdown call […]
PDP leader joins National Conference
Srinagar: Irshad Rasool Kar, former PDP district president of Baramulla Friday joined the National Conference in presence of party president Farooq Abdullah at his residence here. NC vice president Omar Abdullah and other senior leaders were also present to welcome Kar into the party. Kar, son of Congress stalwart late Ghulam Rasool Kar, had unsuccessfully […]
Anniversaries of Maqbool Bhat, Afzal Guru
Geelani reiterates demand of return of mortal remains
Srinagar: Reiterating demand for the return of the mortal remains of Mohammad Maqbool Bhat and Mohammad Afzal Guru who were buried in the Tihar Jail premises, Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani on Friday paid tributes to the duo on their anniversaries. Geelani in a statement here said that although it is purely […]
Maqbool ‘symbol of freedom’, Guru hanged to satisfy collective conscience of Indians: Malik
Srinagar: Paying tributes to Muhammad Maqbool Bhat and Muhammad Afzal Guru on their anniversaries, Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), Muhammad Yasin Malik on Friday called Maqbool Butt as ‘the corner stone of resistance against ‘illegal occupation and symbol of freedom and liberty’. Butt’s struggle and sacrifices represent every oppressed and subjugated human. “Muhammad […]
Guru was hanged to ‘appease communal fascist forces’: Sehrai
Srinagar: Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman, Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai on Friday said Muhammad Afzal Guru was hanged to ‘appease the communal fascist forces.’ Sehrai in a statement issued here termed Guru’s execution as “travesty of justice and Humanity”, stating that Guru had no lawyer to represent him when the trial court convicted him without any direct evidence and […]
LeT pays to tribute to slain commander Irfan
Srinagar: Militant outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba Friday paid rich tribute to Irfan Ahmed alias Abu Hurrara who was killed in a brief gunfight at Chakoora village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. In a statement to a local news gathering agency, the Laskar-e-Taiba Chief Mahmood Shah said that those youth who lay their lives are the hallmark of […]
Weatherman’s prediction fails to wake up Admin from deep slumber
By Wasim Majnoon Mir
Kupwara: The snowfall prediction by the weatherman seems to have failed to authorities from deep slumber as many roads including vital links continued to remain un-cleared from the several inches of snow that started from Wednesday afternoon across the Valley. Most of the roads are still not cleared while as the electricity in many areas […]
Achabal, Dachnipora residents aghast over ‘Admin discrimination’
Anantnag: Inhabitants of Achabal and Dachnipora areas of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district here have expressed resentment against the government for ordering approval to three colleges in Anantnag district within the radius of four kilometres and ignoring other large areas. Talking to ‘Kashmir Vision’, the residents alleged political and bureaucratic discrimination as according to them Mattan […]
PDP district Prez Bla resigns from party
Baramulla: Peoples Democratic Party’s Baramulla district president, Irshad Rasool Kar on Thursday resigned from the basic membership of the party. Kar was Incharge President of Bandipora district for PDP in Bandipora as well. The dissidence in the party continued since the party parted ways from the government after its ally BJP took away its support. […]
Weather vagaries: 300 Umrah pilgrims stranded at IGI Airport Delhi
Srinagar: With cancellation of flights due to snowfall, hundreds of Kashmiri pilgrims who returned from Umrah from Saudi Arab are stranded at the IGI Airport in New Delhi. Mohammad Amin Wani, one of the stranded Umrah pilgrim said over phone that they arrived by Air India Flight No. 992 at IGI Airport Thursday morning at […]