COVID-19: Govt evacuates 2,88,699 stranded JK residents; 2,00,129 via Lakhanpur, 88,570 through special trains

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 2,88,699 stranded JK residents; 2,00,129 via Lakhanpur, 88,570 through special trains

JAMMU, AUGUST 06: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 2,88,699 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur  and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]

Chidambaram demands release of Mehbooba, others

Chidambaram demands release of Mehbooba, others

Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram Thursday demanded release of PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and others and appealed people to raise collective voice in this regard. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, Chidambaram tweeted, “We must all raise our collective voice and demand that Ms Mehbooba Mufti be released forthwith and all those […]

Geelani not tested Covid-19 positive, keeping well: Family

Geelani not tested Covid-19 positive, keeping well: Family

The family of senior pro-freedom leader Syed Ali Geelani on Thursday refuted rumors that ailing Geelani is infected with Covid-19. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Naseem Geelani, younger son of ailing leader said that I’m shocked over why some miscreants spread lies regarding my father? “It is unfortunate that some miscreants are spreading unfounded […]

Hakeem Yaseen seeks consensus on restoration of statehood demand.

Hakeem Yaseen seeks consensus on restoration of statehood demand.

Chairman People’s Democratic Front ( PDF) Hakeem Yaseen has enjoined upon all mainstream political parties and civil society groups to evolve a common consensus about the growing demand for restoration of statehood to jammu and kashmir. He said main focus should be on restoration of constitutional gaurantees on exclusive rights of its permanent residents on […]

Minor’s body fished out from Jhelum in Uri

Minor’s body fished out from Jhelum in Uri

A 10-yr old minor who was drowned yesterday during bath in Jhelum in north Kashmir’s Uri was fished out on Thursday. According to SDPO Uri Junaid Wali, a minor namely Moomin Javed son of Javed Chalkoo was drowned while taking a bath in Jhelum River in Uri on Wednesday afternoon. He said soon after the […]

BAD CONDITION

BAD CONDITION

Even after re-imposition lockdown on Eid ul Adha, there are no signs that the curve of pandemic is going to flatten in Kashmir valley. Strange but true, authorities have typically moved one step forward two step backward to control coronavirus spread especially in Srinagar city. Administration allowed people to mingle freely and go to picnic […]

Altaf Bukhari condemns killing of Sarpanch

Altaf Bukhari condemns killing of Sarpanch

Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday strongly condemned the killing of Sajad Ahmad Khanday, Sarpanch of Vessu-Qazigund in south Kashmir. In a statement issued here, Bukhari observed that violence in any of its manifestations is not going to yield anything for the people except for death and destruction. “Today’s cowardly attack on a grassroot level representative has added […]

Manoj Sinha: Close to Modi-Shah, This IIT-BHU Alumnus Was Once the Probable Face for UP CM Post

Manoj Sinha: Close to Modi-Shah, This IIT-BHU Alumnus Was Once the Probable Face for UP CM Post

The three-time Member of Parliament from Ghazipur and a former Union Minister Manoj Sinha, who has been now appointed as the lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir, has also been a front runner for the post of Uttar Pradesh chief minister after the Bharatiya Janata Party won the state assembly elections in 2017. The IIT-BHU […]

‘If this was Kohli everyone would be talking’: Nasser Hussain says Babar Azam not being in Fab 5 a ‘real shame’

‘If this was Kohli everyone would be talking’: Nasser Hussain says Babar Azam not being in Fab 5 a ‘real shame’

Nasser Hussain said England’s bowlers were rubbish in the later half of the rain-curtailed Day 1 of the 1st Test in Manchester, but that Babar Azam’s innings was the real gem of the day. Speaking on the Pakistan batsman’s unbeaten 69, Hussain said it is unfortunate that not enough people will celebrate the knock as a consequence of […]