KEG holds maiden meet with Director Information
Members of Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) led by its president, Fayaz Ahmad Kaloo had a maiden interaction with Director Information and Public Relations, Dr Arun Kumar Manhas to discuss various issues pertaining to the media fraternity. During an hour long meeting, the members raised various issues including timely accreditation of the journalists, launching of journalist […]
India, Pak must transform legacies into opportunities: Naeem Akhtar
Welcoming the verdict of International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Kulbhushan Jhadav, Minister of Public Works and State Government Spokesman, Naeem Akhtar, today said India and Pakistan must shun their historical legacies of animosity and confrontation, and work towards peace and prosperity of the region. “Our region has witnessed enough of hangings, bloodbath and animosity […]
Mehbooba-Jaitley meet: CM asks for timely release of developmental funds
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, Thursday asked Union Finance Minister to ensure the speedy disposal of funds for spurring of developmental works here which have taken a hit due to the unrest that was unleashed last year after the death of HM militant commander, Burhan Muzafar Wani. During the meeting between Jaitley and Mehbooba […]
CM jumps protocol, meets visitors who had no prior appointment
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti Thursday ensured that she met all the people who had come to seek redressal of their grievances at her private office located at Church lane in Srinagar. Reports said that as soon as the Chief Minister finished her day’s schedule of meeting people she along-with her security team and officials was […]
Govt to introduce own GST bill: Drabu
Finance Minister, Haseeb A Drabu, said today that the state government will introduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill in next 30 days for which a special session of Legislative Assembly will be called to make the law. Talking to reporters on the side lines of 14-th GST council meet at SKICC in Srinagar, […]
Govt flaunts GST meet a sign of normalcy, Opposition not impressed
The meeting of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) council in Srinagar was flaunted by state government as a sign of normalcy, but Opposition Congress said today that the people can’t be fooled with gimmicks. The GST meet was held even as protests continued across Kashmir as stone-pelting youth clashed with the government forces. […]
Geelani sniffs trouble in RSS plan for J-K
The veteran separatist leader, Syed Ali Geelani, on Thursday warned that the right-wing Hindu group, RSS, was working to turn Jammu and Kashmir into a Hindu majority state. Geelani expressed his serious concern over the reports of proposed public meeting being organized in Srinagar by the RSS and said that after the Jammu province, […]
Four wounded in a grenade explosion in the city
A grenade suspected to be thrown by militants at a police station in the old part of the city wounded three cops and a bystander when it exploded on the road in the Safa Kadal area. The apparent target of the attack was the local police station. Police sources said that a cop, Sameer Ahmad, […]
PDP offers a helping hand to Jammu Muslims
Its back might be against the wall in the Kashmir valley where it faces daily protests, but that doesn’t seem to deter the party leaders from offering moral support to the Muslims of the Jammu region. Its senior leader and a member of the State Pahari AdvisoryBoard, Tazeem Dar, accused the party’s ally, the BJP, […]
Police feels local youth can only defeat separatism
The head of the Jammu and Kashmir police department, S.P. Vaid, on Thursday said that the joining of local Kashmiri youth in the police department would help the police defeat militant separatism in Kashmir. He said a recruitment drive has been started in the state to provide the youth an opportunity to join the police […]