By Mandira Nayar : Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri served as foreign minister of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007. A career politician, Kasuri helped draft a bilateral agreement that could have ended the animosity between India and Pakistan. The agreement, which was worked on by president Pervez Musharraf and prime minister Manmohan Singh, was aimed at finding […]
Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday staged a protest in solidarity with the people of Jammu and Kashmir seeking full safeguards against all conspiracies to undermine the state’s constitutional position and political autonomy. Referring to cases against Article 35 A pending in Supreme Court PDP protestors demanded the dismissal of all cases pending […]
SRINAGAR, :- Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai today said it’s high time to take concrete steps to improve the traffic management in the two capital cities of the State. The Advisor said there is a need to take a cue from the best managed metropolitan cities in the country to efficiently manage and […]
SRINAGAR, : A 14-member delegation of All J&K Panchayat Conference, led by its Chairman Sh. Shafiq Mir, met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj Bhavan today. The delegation lauded the Governor’s decision to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act 1989 to restore the direct election of Sarpanches and taking steps for strengthening the grass root level self-governing institutions in […]
SRINAGAR : The J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) today held threadbare discussions with various delegations on the socio- political scenario obtaining in the State in the backdrop of toppling of PDP BJP Govt, besides discussion the present security scenario in the State especially in Valley. The delegations comprising Senior party Leaders and activists from Anantnag, Wachi, […]
SRINAGAR : Describing Kashmir as a premiere tourist destination, Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, today urged the tour and travel industry in the State to join hands in framing an effective strategy to change the negative perception which adversely affects the footfall of visitors the valley. He said Kashmir is as safe as […]
Srinagar : A militant was killed in an ongoing gunfight at Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports said that a joint team of army, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon at Check Sudal village today in the afternoon. A police officer said that the gunfight broke out following the joint team of forces intensified […]
Srinagar : Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said today that the decline in stone-pelting incidents in the Valley when the anti-militancy operations were suspended for Ramzan vindicated her stand that it was a positive initiative which needed to be continued to improve the situation. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha yesterday, […]
Suspected militants hurled a grenade at CRPF men guarding the post office in south Kashmir’s Pulwama township on Wednesday afternoon. A police official said that around 1:20 pm suspected militants hurled a grenade at the CRPF post located outside the post office building in Pulwama. However they said that no loss of life or damage […]
While reports said that clashes and gunfight was going on in main Anantnag town on Wednesday morning authorities have suspended Internet services and train services in south kashmir. Earlier state police chief SP Vaid has tweeted that two militants were trapped in Anantnag town . Reports said that army and security forces launched operation on […]