NEW DELHI — Several student groups on Monday held demonstrations at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) here in support of former JNU student Afreen Fatima, whose house was razed by Uttar Pradesh authorities. The Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) had on Sunday demolished the house of Javed Ahmad, the alleged mastermind […]
SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday claimed that Nupur Sharma’s controversial remark against Prophet Mohammad was the BJP’s strategy to divert people’s attention from the plight of Kashmiri Pandits, incite Muslims and provoke a backlash against them. Several states witnessed violent protests on Friday against the controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad by two […]
BEIJING — China on Monday waded into the furore over the controversial remarks by two now-suspended BJP functionaries against Prophet Mohammad, expressing the hope that the incident can be properly managed. China, which faces serious allegations of a mass crackdown on Uygur Muslims in the volatile Xinjiang province, said it “believes that different civilisations, different […]
SRINAGAR — A 32-year-old woman was found dead allegedly under suspicious circumstances at her in-laws’ house in Kakroosa area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports reaching GNS said that the woman was found dead at her in-laws’ house this morning. Soon after news about the death of the woman (name withheld) broke, the […]
SRINAGAR — Hajj Committee of India (HCoI) has invited applications from students studying in its Residential Coaching Institute who are supposed to appear in civil services exams for year 2022-23 for which graduation/final year appeared candidate, has been kept as the essential qualification for filling up the form. The age limit will be as per […]
SRINAGAR — The transactions and other procedures have got affected in all branches of Jammu and Kashmir bank in view of new people- friendly software installation leaving the people to lurch at large. The news agency Kashmir News Observer has learnt that the system at all J&K bank branches have crashed hours ago. Locals said […]
JAMMU — Kashmiri Pandit employees on Monday staged another protest demonstration here, reiterating the demand for their relocation outside the Valley till peace is restored there. Hundreds of employees, both men and women, assembled under the banner of ‘All Migrant Employee Association Kashmir’ outside the Press Club carrying placards, some of which read, “Don’t rehabilitate […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee senior leader Taj Mohiudin and State General Secretary Surinder Singh Channi along with other party workers on Monday staged a sit-in protest at party head office in Srinagar over the summoning of party president Smt. Sonia Gandhi and leader Rahul Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). They […]
NEW DELHI — Indian Youth Congress (IYC) Joint Secretary Manpreet Singh Mani along with office bearers and workers were detained by police in New Delhi on Monday (13-May-2022). They were detained ahead of the proposed march by the Congress leaders over the summoning of party president Smt. Sonia Gandhi and leader Rahul Gandhi by the […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained mainly clear to partly cloudy in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast the same for Monday. “Mainly clear to partly cloudy weather is likely to continue in J&K during the next 24 hours”, MeT department official said. Srinagar recorded 15.8 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 8.8 […]