Haq Khan inspects development works in Ramban, Udhampur
Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Abdul Haq Khan today conducted extensive tour of Ramban and Udhampur districts and reviewed the pace of ongoing development works. At Ramban, the Minister was accompanied by MLA Ramban, Neelam Kumar Langeh, District Development Commissioner (DDC), Ramban Mohammad Aijaz, SSP Ramban Mohan Lal, ACD, DPO, Executive Engineer and […]
BJP’s political immaturity pushes JK to uncertainty: Congress
Lashing out on the BJP government at Centre for its failure to tackle the situation in J&K state, former R&B Minister and General Secretary of the Pradesh Congress Committee said Abdul Majid Wani Sunday said that the political immaturity shown by the BJP leadership at center, during last three years has brought the J&K state […]
Admit cards to be treated as curfew passes for JKCSJ exam
According to Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, the admit cards of the candidates appearing for J&K Civil Service (Judicial) Competitive Examination-2017 and identity cards of invigilators shall be treated as curfew passes in case of restrictions. Meanwhile, the examination centre set up in the Gandhi Memorial College, Shamaswari, Srinagar for the said examination has been shifted to […]
Dialogue only after stone-pelting ends in Kashmir: Amit Shah
BJP president Amit Shah has ruled out dialogue on the Kashmir issue until stone-pelting ends, but insisted that the government will talk to everyone once violence ends. Asked if the government will speak to the Hurriyat (separatists) too as was done by the previous NDA government, he told a news agency, “Once violence ends […]
NIA summons separatist leaders
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has summoned two Kashmiri separatist leaders to its headquarters in Delhi tomorrow in connection with a case related to the funding of militant and “subversive” in Kashmir region. Farooq Ahmad Dar alias ‘Bitta Karate’ and Javed Ahmed Baba alias ‘Gazi’ of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat have been asked to bring certain bank and […]
Impose Governor’s rule in sate: Farooq
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah today called for the imposition of Governor’s rule in the state, stressing that it was the only way to control communal tension in the country. “We have never been promoters of Governor’s rule; we have always opposed it. But there is no other way,” Abdullah, the newly […]
Sabzar Bhat encounter extra-judicial killing: Sartaj Aziz
Pakistan’s Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, has condemned the killing of 12 Kashmiri youths by Indian forces since Friday and said three of them had been slain “extra-judicially”. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Sartaj Aziz expressed grave concern at the constant ceasefire violations by Indian forces […]
Cell phone services suspended
The pre-paid and post-paid phones have been suspended in South Kashmir following the killing of Hizb commander Sabzar Bhat and his aide Faizan Muzaffar in a gunfight with government forces yesterday. The mobile internet and outgoing call facility on prepaid phones were suspended across Kashmir valley yesterday, just hours after the killing of two […]
