NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Monday remanded Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez, who was arrested last year in an alleged terror funding case, to NIA custody till February 25 along with two other accused persons in the case. Special NIA Judge Parveen Singh, also allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) the custody […]
SRINAGAR — Ahead of reopening of schools in Kashmir division, the authorities on Monday said that the private schools of Jammu and Kashmir shall charge annual fee only on a pro-rata basis that too after re-opening of schools. Top officials informed, “The private schools in Jammu and Kashmir can only charge the annual fee on […]
KUPWARA — Where did the missing 7-year-old Talib Hussain Khan, a resident of Awoora village of the frontier Kupwara district go? This is what the worried family and common people of Awoora are asking these days as the minor went missing on February 15 and so far all efforts to trace him have failed. As […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Monday said to have arrested a Jash-e-Mohammad militant alongwith a pistol in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “Today on 21.02.2022 upon a specific input regarding the movement of militant in Rajwar area, police along with 21 RR, and 92 Bn CRPF established a joint Naka at sultanpora Bridge at […]
JAMMU — Congress has lashed out at the BJP for the betrayal with daily wagers and condemned lathicharge on peaceful protestors seeking justice. In a hard hitting statement, J&K Congress Chief Spokesperson Ravinder Sharma said that the BJP betrayed the daily wagers, need based and casual workers and failed to deliver justice to them. The […]
SRINAGAR — Concerned over the rising incidence of drug abuse among the youth in the District, the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad Monday chaired a meeting here at Meeting Hall of DC Office Complex convened to review the drug abuse scenario and measures to be taken to curb the menace. Senior Superintendent of Police, […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah today exhorted the cadre across Jammu and Kashmir to remain steadfast in their resolve of serving the people and strengthening bonds of inclusiveness—the political philosophy of the party that has withstood the test of times. “Emergence of National Conference as a big political force is an eyesore […]
SRINAGAR — On International Mother Tongue Day, CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami stressed on the need to preserve and promote Kashmiri language and literature. 21 February is celebrated as the International Mother Language Day every year to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to promote multilingualism. The purpose of celebrating this day […]
NEW DELHI — Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Biological E on Monday received final approval from Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for its COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax, for the age group 12 to 18 years. It is India’s first indigenously developed Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) protein sub-unit vaccine against COVID-19. The country’s central drug authority has already […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Monday lashed out at the Govt for not releasing pending payments of Contractors, who have completed their works long before. In a statement JKPCC General Secretary Surinder Singh Channi has expressed surprise over the long delay in releasing payment to Contractors while having completed their […]
