DM Budgam urges Imams, Muftis for adhering COVID-19 related SOPs

DM Budgam urges Imams, Muftis for adhering COVID-19 related SOPs

BUDGAM, JULY 01: District Magistrate Budgam, Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza today convened a meeting of religious scholars, aimas, muftis of various jamia masajids, dargas located across the district. While addressing the meeting, the DM said that the aim of this meeting is to apprise the participants to adhere to the instructions envisaged under lockdown guidelines and […]

India-China standoff: Communication gap at root of Pangong Tso’s explosive situation

India-China standoff: Communication gap at root of Pangong Tso’s explosive situation

Pangong Tso (lake), the flashpoint between India and China in eastern Ladakh, has reached this pass due to cumulative failure of not comprehending its strategic importance and communication gaps. Today the situation is far worse than the days when things would defuse with Indian and Chinese troops conducting aggressive drills and then backing off. The […]

Dialogue Best Alternate for Resolution of K-Dispute: APHC

Dialogue Best Alternate for Resolution of K-Dispute: APHC

Srinagar, July 01 (KNS): Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz on Wednesday reiterated that dialogue is the best alternative method for resolution of Kashmir dispute and said the amalgam will continue to pursue persistently for peaceful resolution of the conflict. It also expressed concern over the issuance of domicile certificates to outsiders and urged government to […]

Congress: PM afraid to look China in the eye

Congress: PM afraid to look China in the eye

The Congress saw the Prime Minister’s silence on the incursion into Ladakh as “lack of courage” to confront China and argued that Narendra Modi should have responded on Tuesday to the pervasive “confusion and fear” in the country. Declaring that the much-hyped address to the nation was an acute disappointment, the Congress said Modi neither […]

Chinese firms won’t be allowed to participate in highway projects, says Nitin Gadkari

Chinese firms won’t be allowed to participate in highway projects, says Nitin Gadkari

New Delhi: India will not allow Chinese companies to participate in highway projects, including those through joint ventures, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday amid border standoff with China. Gadakri also said the government will ensure that Chinese investors are not entertained in various sectors like Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The senior minister’s […]

DM Budgam holds meeting with Imams, Mufties of Mosques in District.

DM Budgam holds meeting with Imams, Mufties of Mosques in District.

District Magistrate Budgam, Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza (KAS) today convened a meeting of religious scholars, aimas, mufties of various jamia masajids, dargas located across District Budgam. While addressing the meeting the DM said, aim of conducting this meeting is to apprise the participants, to kindly adhere the instructions envisaged under lockdown guidelines and ensure that no […]

Sopore attack: Two Lashkar men fired 30 bullets from a mosque, we didn’t retaliate at all, says IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar

Sopore attack: Two Lashkar men fired 30 bullets from a mosque, we didn’t retaliate at all, says IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar

Inspector General of Police Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar today said that Lashkar-e-Toiba militants who were hiding in a mosque carried out the attack at a CRPF naka party at model town Sopore that led to the death of a CRPF man and a civilian while minor boy was rescued. He said there was no retaliation […]

“CRPF killed him, child kept on his body,” says family of civilian, shot dead in Sopore

“CRPF killed him, child kept on his body,” says family of civilian, shot dead in Sopore

Pic: Kashmir walla The family of a civilian killed in north Kashmir’s Sopore today morning, when militants attacked a deployment of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers, have alleged that he was killed by the government forces personnel and not militants. The civilian, Bashir Ahmad Khan, 65, and a CRPF trooper were killed while three […]