Srinagar: An unabated cold wave continues in the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday, with Ladakh plunging into a deep freeze and Kargil recording minus 14.9 degrees Celsius. The minimum temperature was minus 2.8 in Srinagar, while it was minus 8.4 and minus 4.0 in Pahalgam and Gulmarg, respectively. Kargil was the coldest town at minus 14.9 […]
Srinagar: Former Minister Syed Basharat Bukhari and Peer Mohammad Hussain former Vice Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Wakf Board on Wednesday formally joined National Conference (NC) in presence of party president Dr Farooq Abdullah, vice president Omar Abdullah and other top leaders of the party. Party president Dr Farooq Abdullah and vice president Omar Abdullah welcomed […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister on Saturday termed the Pulwama civilian killings as a massacre. “7 dead. There is no explanation for this excessive use of force, none what so ever. This is a massacre & that’s the only way to describe it,” said Omar on Twitter. He said that the only way […]
Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister has accused the Governor’s administration of having failed in securing civilian lives, saying that, “no probe enough to bring back the lives of innocent civilians”. Taking to micro blogging social networking site twitter Mehbooba wrote, “No probe enough to bring back […]
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership on Saturday called for three day shutdown for three days and march to Badamibagh cantonment on Monday against the civilian killings in Pulwama. “From today onwards for three days mourning and complete protest strike will be observed all across,” said the Mirwaiz on Twitter. “PulwamaMassacre,Bullets and pellets rain! As Govt of […]
Srinagar: The killings of seven civilians by government forces in Pulwama has led to protests in northern Kahsmir Sopore in Baramulla district on Saturday. Reports said students of Degree College Sopore hit streets protesting the “massacre” and pelted stones on government forces. The forces, reports said, fire tear smoke shells to disperse the protesting students. […]
Pulwama: The three militants slain in a gunfight with government forces at Kharpora village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district include a former army man who deserted the army ranks and joined militancy. Identified as Zahoor Ahmad, the slain deserted Army and joined militant ranks in early 2017. Another two slain militants have been identified as […]
Srinagar : One of the two civilians killed in government forces action against protesters at Sirnoo area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district was MBA pass out from a university in Indonesia. The slain Abid Hussain Lone had also married in Indonesia and had three months old baby. Abid considered as an intelligent fellow had returned […]
JAMMU : The State Administrative Council (SAC) under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik has approved establishment of first ever Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) to promote regulated and planned growth of real estate sector in the state. ‘Jammu and Kashmir Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill-2018’ approved by SAC provides for establishment of […]
JAMMU: J&K has become first state in the country to have a law explicitly banning sexual exploitation of women by those in positions of authority, having a fiduciary relationship or a public servant. The State Administrative Council (SAC) under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved the ‘Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2018 and […]