Alternative highway

Alternative highway

State government has been fighting very hard with the Central authorities for providing an alternate highway to Kashmir and Ladakh regions apart from Srinagar-Jammu highway. In this direction all the previous governments have tried their best to get the Mughal road as all weather roads by virtue of creating a tunnel at Pir-ki-Gali. But all […]

Many aspirants leave exam centres at KU after finding no options between Statistics, Mathematics papers

Many aspirants leave exam centres at KU after finding no options between Statistics, Mathematics papers

Srinagar : Many of the aspirants left the examination centres at Kashmir University after finding no options between Statistics and Mathematics on Tuesday. Sources while disclosing to Kashmir News Service (KNS) said that many of the students who had to appear in the entrance test on Tuesday left the centres without writing their papers. They […]

Geelani Hails Release Of Prisoners By India, Pak

Geelani Hails Release Of Prisoners By India, Pak

SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference – G chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani Wednesday hailed the goodwill gesture by India and Pakistan to release prisoners from their respective jails and called for use of such measures as permanent feature of relations between the two countries. Thirteen Pakistani nationals, including four fishermen, were repatriated to Pakistan on Tuesday through the […]

Vandalism is no way helping little rape victim, Omar to students

Vandalism is no way helping little rape victim, Omar to students

Agencies Srinagar : Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said indulging in acts of vandalism and damaging property is no way helping the cause of justice for the little girl, who was sexually assaulted in Sumbal in north Kashmir district of Bandipora on May 8. The Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Dr Shahid Choudhary reacting […]

US imposes Visa restrictions on three senior Pakistani officials following deportation row

US imposes Visa restrictions on three senior Pakistani officials following deportation row

Agencies Islamabad: The US has imposed visa sanctions on three senior Pakistani interior ministry officials following a row between the two countries over deportation of dozens of Pakistanis in America for their visa overstay and other allegations. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday informed the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs about that […]

High Court takes suo-motu cognisance, asks Jammu and Kashmir Police to file report in Bandipora incident

High Court takes suo-motu cognisance, asks Jammu and Kashmir Police to file report in Bandipora incident

Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir High Court Wednesday took suo motu cognizance of the Bandipora rape case of a three-year-old girl and directed Inspector General of Police (Kashmir zone) to file a status report by Friday. A division bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Tashi Rabstan, taking notice of reports about the rape […]

Shutdown in Budgam parts against Bandipora minor’s rape

Shutdown in Budgam parts against Bandipora minor’s rape

Srinagar: A shutdown is being observed in Budgam and Magam towns in Budgam district of central Kashmir against the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in Sumbal area of Bandipora district in north Kashmir. Reports said that all the business establishments and educational institutions remained close while traffic is also off the roads in both […]

PSAJK condemns AICTE direction asking J&K students not to take admissions in PaK

PSAJK condemns AICTE direction asking J&K students not to take admissions in PaK

Srinagar :  The Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir ( PSAJK) has condemned the AICTE directive asking students from Jammu and Kashmir not to take admission in educational institutions in Pakistan Administered Kashmir ( PaK). The Association said that such directions negate the basic principle of SAARC cooperation, where both India and Pakistan are signatories. […]

Bandipora rape: Most educational institutions shut down in Kashmir

Bandipora rape: Most educational institutions shut down in Kashmir

Agencies Srinagar : Amid calls of hanging of rapist as students continue to clash with the police, the authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday shut down most educational institutions in the valley. Fearing further spurts in violence as the protests took centre-stage after two consecutive rape incidents were reported in Bandipora and Ganderbal districts, […]