Internet restrictions figure in letter written by 48 rights groups to WHO

Srinagar: As many as 48 rights groups from different parts of the world, including US-based Human Rights Watch(HRW), has written to the World Health Organisation to press the Government of India to restore internet access in Kashmir. In the letter to WHO, the rights groups have stated that India’s authorities have restricted internet access to […]

PM chairs high level meet

Will go ahead with infra development along LAC: India

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting to discuss the ongoing stand-off with China, sources said. Those attending include the three service chiefs, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat. A separate meeting was held earlier with the foreign secretary. Sources said prior to the […]

Covid-19 pandemic: 90 year old man from Kulgam dies, toll reaches 24

3 Dubai returnees, 8 family members among 91 fresh cases reported

Srinagar: A 90-year-old man from Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Tuesday became another victim of novel coronavirus, taking the overall death toll due to the disease to 24 in Jammu and Kashmir. A resident of Khaloora Kulgam, the 90 year old was referred to SKIMS Soura from GMC Anantnag yesterday and breathed his last […]

Rumors about advisory council formation are false: BJP

Srinagar: Putting all speculations to rest, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Tuesday said there is no question of formation of any advisory council or similar arrangement in Jammu & Kashmir. “There is no question of formation of any advisory council. It is all baseless propaganda and fake news,” BJP’s general secretary for J&K, Ashok […]

Seniority dispute of KAS officers: Panel submits report to end decades-long row

Jammu: A high-level official panel has submitted its report to the administration for mitigating the seniority dispute of a large number of Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) officers as there have been allegations of favouritism, illegal promotions and backdoor appointments, official sources said on Tuesday. The administration had on March 2 constituted a committee to examine […]

Chinks in the armour: NC leader Aga Mehdi removes party designation from Twitter bio

Srinagar: Cracks started to appear within the National Conference (NC) as its chief spokesperson Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi distanced himself from the party’s stand of maintaining silence over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir after August 5 and removed his party designation from his Twitter handle on Tuesday. Mehdi, a former cabinet minister and an […]

Omar denies dissection in NC

New Delhi/Srinagar: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Tuesday denied there were political reasons for his current visit to Delhi and dismissed as “time pass for bored minds” speculation that the party was divided on key issues. The former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister took to Twitter to refute suggestions that his visit was linked to […]

Migrants’ miseries: Centre, states committed several lapses: SC

New Delhi: Taking cognizance of the miseries of migrant workers, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said there have been inadequacies and certain lapses by the Centre and the states, and asked them to provide transport, food and shelter immediately free of cost. Referring to various media reports showing the unfortunate and miserable conditions of migrant […]