7 months after Khrew lecturer’s killing, probe meets dead-end
Seven months after the state government initiated a probe into the alleged murder of a lecturer by armed force personnel, the inquiry has not moved beyond police writing to the Army to give the names of the personnel who were responsible for the killing. Government had admitted to the wrong doing by the Army in […]
Situation turning explosive: Geelani
Syed Ali Geelani, on Thursday, strongly condemned the use of force against students and said that situation in educational institutions was turning explosive. Blaming police for manhandling students in Magam, Sopore, Pulwama, Handwara, Duru and Islamabad, Geelani said that he is keeping a close vigil over the developments. Terming the police action as barbaric, […]
Student, Government faceoff continues
Chaos prevailed across various parts of Kashmir as student protests continued on Thursday against the arrest of their colleagues by the Police over the past weeks. Students from various Government Degree Colleges (GDC) and Government Higher Secondary Schools (HSS) staged protests and clashed with police after the latter tried to thwart the protests by former. […]
CM expresses grief
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has expressed grief over the death of woman and injuries to her husband in Nowshehra sector of Rajouri district today due to cross LoC firing. The Chief Minister has directed the Rajouri district administration to provide all assistance and help to the injured in the incident.
Woman, teenager die during Indo-Pak LoC flare-up
A woman and a teenager died in cross border firing between Indian and Pakistani troops on Thursday. On Wednesday night a woman was killed in Pakistan firing. Indian Defence officials while confirmed the death of the woman identified her as Akhtar Bibi wife of Muhammad Haneef. Meanwhile, schools close to LoC in Rajouri have been […]
Schools upgraded but no specialist teachers deputed
Despite the passage of more than two years, the J&K’s school education department is yet to appoint subject specific teachers for the upgraded Government Middle schools, leaving the educational institutions teacher deficient. The teachers were supposed to be recruited under centrally sponsored scheme- Rashtriya Madhiyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) for the Middle Schools which were […]
Will BJP succeed to do away Mahraja’s practice of shifting Darbar?
Srinagar: Barely two days after the shifting of Darbar Move offices from Jammu to Srinagar on May 8, BJP — the ally of ruling PDP in Jammu and Kashmir—upped its ante over the demand of not shifting the civil secretariat from Jammu, citing “huge burden on the State exchequer as main reason.” Even though […]
Dead body recovered in Sonamarag
An unidentified body of a man was recovered from Thajwas area of tourist resort of Sonamarg in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Thursday, police sources said. They said that the body of a middle-aged man wearing a shirt was recovered after locals informed the police. The body has been kept at Primary Health Center Sonamarg […]
AOA sans road map to address Kashmir issue: Congress
While critiquing PDP for playing with emotions of people, Congress on Thursday said that the party is befooling people of Kashmir over initiating dialogue process with all the stakeholders including the separatists. Ridiculing the statement made by PDP leader Muhammad Sartaj Madni where he had said that “dialogue without Hurriyat is meaningless,” Congress said that […]