SRINAGAR — In wake of senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s resignation from the party on Friday, a number of senior party leaders, including former legislators, of the party in Jammu and Kashmir also quit. These included G.M. Saroori, Haji Abdul Rashid, Muhammad Amin Bhat, Gulzar Ahmad Wani, and Choudhary Muhammad Akram. “The new president […]
Peerzada Zubair KUPWARA — Women’s Equality Day, celebrated every August 26, to commemorate the passage of women’s suffrage in the U.S. and reminds us of the hurdles overcome by the heroic women who faced violence and discrimination to propel the women’s movement forward. Indian Army conducted an event based on the theme “Gender equality today […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir’s chief cleric and Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was disallowed on Friday to leave his residence in Srinagar to attend congregational prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid, a week after J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha suggested “he was a free man”. “I started for the Jamia Masjid around 12:40 p.m. All I […]
SRINAGAR — In order to ease the burden on National Investigation Agency (NIA) courts, Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Saturday ordered constitution of exclusive special courts for NIA cases. In an order, Registrar General, J&K High Court, Sanjeev Gupta stated that to ease out the pressure from the NIA Courts, the Chief Justice has […]
NEW DELHI — Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday resigned from all positions of the Congress party including the primary membership of the party. “The Indian National Congress has lost both the will and the ability under the tutelage of the conterie that runs the […]
SRINAGAR — Corporator Danish Bhat, on Friday resigned as advisor to Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and alleged that SMC has been made hostage by some people for their vested interests. According to news agency Kashmir Dot Com, in a series of tweets Danish, who is the Corporator from Ward 60 Botshah Mohalla said, […]
SHOPIAN — A policeman died of a cardiac arrest, while he was on leave in the Melhura area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district Friday morning. An official told that a police head constable identified as Manzoor Ahmad Mir of Melhura Shopian died of cardiac arrest this morning at his home. He said that he was […]
ANANTNAG — A PDD lineman died after he was electrocuted while repairing a live wire in Ashmuqam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag on Friday. An official told that the lineman received an electric shock when he was repairing a wire in Manzigam area of Ashmuqam. He said that he was immediately shifted to a nearby […]
SRINAGAR — Chairperson of district development council Baramulla Safina Baig was Thursday elected as head of Jammu & Kashmir Haj Committee after her name was proposed and seconded by two other members of the panel who are affiliated with the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). Sources told that Safina Baig was elected as chairman of the […]
SRINAGAR — Partly cloudy sky with light rain in isolated places is likely in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours, said the Meteorological (MeT) Department on Friday. The UT had partly cloudy weather during the last 24 hours. “Partly cloudy with light rain at isolated places is likely during the next 24 hours […]