NGT refuses to review order on maintaining calm at Amarnath cave
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has refused to review its order directing devotees to maintain silence while standing in front of the Amarnath ‘shivling’ in the cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas. The green panel said there was no “patent error” in its last year order and the direction was passed in the interest […]
‘Trigger happy forces’ deployed to kill Kashmiris at will: JKLF
Srinagar: Condemning the civilian killing and injuring scores of persons including two girls in Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Thursday said that ‘trigger happy forces’ are deployed only to kill Kashmiris at will and pro-India politicians of Jammu and Kashmir are deployed to shield these crimes and legalize these killings. “Shopian killings […]
Stay away from encounter sites, CM tells youth
Jammu: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has urged the youth to stay away from the scene of encounter between security forces and militants. Meanwhile, a minor boy was injured after an unexploded shell went off near the encounter site in Chaigund Shopian. Her appeal came after a youth died yesterday in clashes between security forces and […]
Key sectors witnessing slump in growth, says ESR report
Jammu: The latest Economic Survey Report (ESR) tabled by the government in the state legislature has painted a grim picture of the progress in the major sectors of the State’s economy during the past three years. According to the survey, the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) estimates at the constant prices of 2011-12 has witnessed […]
2 killed, 26 injured in Doda accident
Jammu: Two people were killed and 26 others injured on Thursday when a minibus plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu’s Doda district, a police official said. “Two persons died and 26 others were injured when a mini bus on way from Halaran village to Kara Gandoh in Doda district went out of the driver’s […]
Mehbooba following instructions from GOI, says Omar
Srinagar: Former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that Mehbooba Mufti led government in the state is following instructions from Government of India. The former CM also said that the PDP-BJP government doesn’t have a mind of its own or its own leadership. Reacting to the report wherein it was stated that at the […]
Govt determined to promote sports activities, says Minister
Jammu: Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment, Choudhary Lal Singh Thursday said that promotion of sports activities in the State is priority of the government, adding that various reformative initiatives are being taken up in this regard. “It is a firm determination of the government to provide all requisite facilities to the players of the state […]
Smart cities: Don’t mess up the idea
Srinagar: Traffic mess is taking a toll on the people here in the Valley. Commuters, both rural and urban are feeling hapless. The issues plaguing the traffic and the transport system in the state have not been addressed. Why, the reasons can be many, but one section that cannot escape the responsibility of making a […]
Mobile internet services snapped in Kashmir
Srinagar: A day ahead of the Republic Day, authorities today snapped the mobile internet services in Kashmir. The internet services on mobile phones and data cards were suspended this evening as part of the security drill of the Republic Day. Although, it’s a normal practice in Kashmir to suspend the internet services on the Republic […]
British Sikh teenage girl plotted to join ISIS in Syria
London: An 18-year-old British-Sikh girl, who converted to Islam as a teenager, tried to trick her schoolteacher into counter-signing photographs for a passport application to be able to travel to Syria and join the Islamic State terror network, a court has been told. Sandeep Samra claims she wanted to help the terrorist group by working […]
