Nehru not pandit as he ate beef, pork: BJP MLA

Nehru not pandit as he ate beef, pork: BJP MLA

Jaipur: Rajasthan BJP MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja has said that the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was not a ‘Pandit’ as he “ate beef and pork”. Often in the news for his contentious statements, the legislator from Ramgarh constituency of Alwar district blamed the Nehru-Gandhi family for all the social evils prevailing in the […]

Protests continue against mosque demolition in China

Protests continue against mosque demolition in China

Beijing: Chinese state media has defended the planned demolition of a mosque in the country’s north west, saying that no religion is bigger than the law even as thousands of ethnic Hui Muslims continued sit-in protests against the plan. Thousands of protesters thwarted attempts by officials in Wuzhong city on Thursday to demolish parts of […]

JKCSCC calls for state-wide shutdown on August 27 to protest onslaught on Article 35-A, 370

JKCSCC calls for state-wide shutdown on August 27 to protest onslaught on Article 35-A, 370

Srinagar : J&K Civil Society Coordination Committee on Saturday called for a state-wide shutdown on August 27 to protest “onslaught” on Article 35A and Article 370. Addressing press conference at a local hotel here, Deputy Grand Mufti, Nisar-ul-Islam and Awami National Conference president Muzafar Shah said that it was a collective responsibility of the people […]

JRL calls for shutdown on Aug 15

JRL calls for shutdown on Aug 15

Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Saturday called for complete shutdown on Aug 15 (Wednesday). In a statement issued to KNS, JRL said that appealed people to observe this day as ‘black day’. (KNS)

Police foil SSA teachers protest march in Srinagar

Srinagar : Police on Thursday foiled a protest march of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) teachers, who were demanding the implementation of 7th pay commission, in Srinagar. Scores of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) teachers assembled at the Sher-e-Kashmir Park in the summer capital of the state and started a protest march towards Lal Chowk. The employees […]

SAC approves revised office timings to be operational from Nov 2018

SAC approves revised office timings to be operational from Nov 2018

SRINAGAR : The State Administrative Council (SAC), which met here yesterday under the chairmanship of Governor, N N Vohra accorded approval to the change in the working hours in Government offices to be operational from 01.11.2018. The decision was based on the recommendations of the Pay Committee on the implementation of 7th Pay Commission and […]

Jammu and kashmir Govt to approach Centre to seek special fiscal relief for completing long pending projects

Jammu and kashmir Govt to approach Centre to seek special fiscal relief for completing long pending projects

SRINAGAR: In a significant move, Governor N N Vohra today asked the State Planning, Development and Monitoring Department to urgently prepare a comprehensive State-wide list of all development projects which have been pending for years for want of the required financial resources resulting in speedily growing cost overruns. He also called for an assessment of […]

Geelani pays tribute to slain Gurez, Rafiabad militants

Geelani pays tribute to slain Gurez, Rafiabad militants

Srinagar : Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani paying tributes to the slain militants who were killed in Gurez and Rafiabad encounters in addition to all the martyrs of the preceding week, reiterated his stand that people of Jammu and Kashmir as a peace loving nation are in dire need of peace and […]