Survivors, relatives recount encounter ‘horror’
Several persons, grievously injured with bullets were shifted to Srinagar’s SMHS and SKIMS, after protests erupted during an encounter that raged in Dialgam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district, for specialized treatment, where all are said to be stable. Scenes in and around emergency operation theatre at SKIMS and SMHS were emotional, with relatives […]
NC questions holding LA session on GST
National Conference leader, Devender Singh Rana on Tuesday questioned the PDP-BJP dispensation for convening special session of the Legislative Assembly on GST when it has already decided to introduce it in Jammu and Kashmir. “Even before deliberations in the legislature over the contentious issue of the GST in its yet another special session between […]
J&K misses pan-India GST deadline as traders hit streets
Jammu and Kashmir state missed the July 1 deadline to implement the goods and services tax (GST) after protests by Opposition and traders here against the central law. The traders hit the streets even as the shops and business establishments remained shut, while traffic was off the roads as the business community protested the extension […]
J&K misses pan-India GST deadline as traders hit streets
Jammu and Kashmir state missed the July 1 deadline to implement the goods and services tax (GST) after protests by Opposition and traders here against the central law. The traders hit the streets even as the shops and business establishments remained shut, while traffic was off the roads as the business community protested the extension […]
J&K misses pan-India GST deadline as traders hit streets
Jammu and Kashmir state missed the July 1 deadline to implement the goods and services tax (GST) after protests by Opposition and traders here against the central law. The traders hit the streets even as the shops and business establishments remained shut, while traffic was off the roads as the business community protested the extension […]
Injuries indicate no SOP was followed by troops, say Docs
On Saturday, when an encounter was going on in district Anantnag’s Dialgam area, protests broke out in the village. Forces, however, tried to disperse the protestors with the use of live ammunition, firing bullets and injuring many. What has been observed is that the bullets fired were not aimed below waist; rather the majority of […]
Omar questions security policy, stokes controversy
Former Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Saturday stoked a controversy, saying that the surgical strikes had nothing to do with 2016 Uri terror attack, in which 18 soldiers were martyred. Omar claimed that the surgical strike was carried out last year because a minister was asked “an insulting question”. While making the sensational claims on […]
No change in Kashmir policy after Salahuddin sanction: US
The US State Department has said that the designation of Hizbul Mujahideen leader and United Jihad Council (UJC) chief Syed Salahuddin as a global terrorist does not reflect a change in the US policy on Kashmir, a media report said today. “Our policy on Kashmir has not changed,” said a State Department spokesperson when […]
CM grieved over civilians killings
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has expressed grief over the death of two civilians at Anantnag during an anti-militancy operation today. Terming the deaths as tragic and unfortunate the Chief Minister appealed the people to keep away from the points of conflagration so that precious human lives are not lost. Conveying her sympathies to the bereaved […]
A college with two rooms, half a dozen students
Set up some five years ago by J&K government in old city, Government Degree College Bagh-i-Dilawar Khan has failed to attract students for their admissions in the College. As per the official figures, the college was sanctioned at the cost of Rs 11.45 crore in the year 2011 out of state plan. However, the college […]
