Power crises trigger protests in Sopore
Sopore: Residents of Chankhan area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday morning staged a protest aginst the Power Development Department (PDD) for failing to provide electricity to their area from last one week. The residents including men, women and children blocked Sopore-Baramulla highway at Chankhan area and raised slogans against the PDD […]
J&K Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill-2018 put in public domain
Govt asks stakeholders to provide suggestions
SRINAGAR: The Government has put the draft Jammu and Kashmir Rights of Persons with Disabilities draft Bill 2018 in public domain to solicit views and suggestions of the stakeholders. According to Secretary Social Welfare, Dr Farooq Ahmad Lone, the draft bill is available on the official website of Social Welfare Department (SWD) at www.jksocialwelfare.nic.in. He […]
Hizb pays tribute to Dr Sabzar, his associate
Srinagar: Militant outfit Hizbul Mujhadeen Wednesday paid rich tribute to scholar turned militant Dr Sabzar Ahmed Sofi and his associate Asif Sherguri-who were killed in a gunfight at WanabalNowgam in the outskirts of Srinagar. As per a statement, Syed Salahuddin, the Hizb Chief while addressing Command Council meeting said that sacrifices of Dr Sabzar Ahmed […]
Innocent lives are snatched by the barrel of gun: Geelani
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on Tuesday was not allowed to move out of his residence, when he was scheduled to march towards Lal Chowk to express solidarity and lead a protest march against Kulgam ‘carnage’. A spokesman in a statement issued here said that a large contingent of police was deployed […]
AFSPA behind all ills confronting Kashmir: Soz
Says Delhi will pay a heavy price for continuing with the act
Srinagar: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Prof Saif uddin Soz on Tuesday called Kulgam civilian killings as ‘heart rending’. He said that despite condemnation from India’s civil society Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA) has remained in the ‘statue-book’. “I express my deepest condemnation of the attack by forces on the innocent people […]
Malik threatens agitation if killings don’t stop
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik along with many others was detained on Tuesday by police when he was leading a protest march against what they termed as ‘ongoing oppression in Kashmir’, a spokesman said. JKLF spokesman as per a statement issued here said those arrested including Yasmin Raja, Javed […]
Revoking orders tantamount to confessing guilt: Er Rasheed
Srinagar: Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Tuesday said that the withdrawal of an order regarding introduction of religious books in colleges, schools and universities was a confession of guilt and has exposed the proxies of Sang Parivar and their nefarious designs. In a statement issued here, Er […]
JRL calls for Kulgam march today, shutdown on Oct 27
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik on Tuesday issued a fresh protest programme against the Kulgam killings and appealed people to observe complete shutdown on October 27. JRL in a statement issued here said that “on October 24 (Wednesday) people, especially those living in south […]
Relieve doctors deputed to GMCs: DAK
Srinagar: To ease the burden on rural hospitals, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday demanded major reshuffle and immediate transfer of all the 480 doctors who have been deputed to government medical colleges from directorate health services Jammu and Kashmir divisions for years now. These 480 doctors who have occupied medical officers posts of rural […]
NC leaders try to march towards Raj bhawan, detained
Srinagar: Several National Conference leaders were Tuesday taken into preventive custody as they tried to march towards Raj bhawan in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir to protest against the civilian deaths in a blast at an encounter site in Kulgam on Sunday.Led by party general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar, National Conference leaders and […]