Club tournament starts at RSGC

Club tournament starts at RSGC

SRINAGAR : The calendar of annual Club tournaments commenced here at Royal Springs Golf Course (RSGC), Srinagar. The tournament is being played on match play format and is open for the members of RSGC and their dependents. The tournament will be played over 5 days on a knock-out basis. In total 26 matches will be […]

Ministry of Minority Affairs invites applications for pre, post matric scholarships

SRINAGAR : Ministry of Minority Affairs has invited online applications from the students of minority communities and those having any kind of disabilities for availing the pre and post-matric scholarships. The implementation of the scholarship scheme will be done through the Common National Scholarship Web portal of the Government of India and can be accessed […]

Mirwaiz warms of mass agitation if ‘any tinkering with 35-A allowed’

Mirwaiz warms of mass agitation if ‘any tinkering with 35-A allowed’

Srinagar,   Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday asked his cadres and activists be ready for all out mass agitation if Article 35-A will be touched. Hurriyat members said that the motive behind this move is to change the demographic character of J&K by turning its original citizens into a minority through settling outsiders […]

Five teachers suspended for unauthorized absence in Kangan

Five teachers suspended for unauthorized absence in Kangan

Kangan: Five teachers of a government middle school in Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district were suspended on Tuesday for their unauthorized absence from their school. Officials said during a surprise visit carried out by Chief Education Officer Ganderbal (CEO) five teachers of government Boys middle school Behki Margoona in Kangan area were found […]

PTI seeks MQM-P support for government formation

PTI seeks MQM-P support for government formation

Karachi,  As part of its efforts to form a government at the Centre, a delegation of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by Imran Khan’s pointman Jahangir Tareen, called on leaders of former nemesis Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) here to seek their support. Though MQM-P won just six National Assembly seats — four in Karachi and two […]

87 local youths joined militancy in J&K in 2018

87 local youths joined militancy in J&K in 2018

NEW DELHI: As many as 87 local youths have joined militancy in Jammu and Kashmir so far this year, Union Minister Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said today. He said after imposition of Governor’s rule in the state on June 20, 12 youths were reported to have disappeared and later joined militancy. “Eighty-seven youths have joined militancy […]

Jammu and Kashmir to get new governor soon : Report

Jammu and Kashmir to get new governor soon : Report

Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra is not getting any further extension as New Delhi has decided to appoint new Governor for the state, said a report. Quoting sources, NDTV reported that the government of India has decided not to continue with Vohra. Jammu and Kashmir has been under Governor’s Rule since June 20, after […]

Imran Khan’s PTI considering inviting Modi for his oath ceremony

Imran Khan’s PTI considering inviting Modi for his oath ceremony

Lahore: Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf is considering inviting the leaders of the SAARC countries including Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his oath taking ceremony as the premier next month, a party official said today. The PTI, led by 65-year-old Khan, has emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly after the July 25 […]

Mehbooba hopes PM’s congratulatory message to Imran will lead to thaw in ties between nations

Mehbooba hopes PM’s congratulatory message to Imran will lead to thaw in ties between nations

Srinagar, — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has expressed the hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s congratulatory message to Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on his victory in the recently held elections will lead to a sustainable thaw between the two neighbours. Taking to micro blogging site twitter, the president […]