NEW DELHI — The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Friday demanded that the FIR lodged by the Uttar Pradesh Police against a news portal and some journalists for circulating a video clip of an elderly Muslim man on social media be withdrawn immediately. It said “this wanton use of the law” to criminalise reporting […]
ZUBAIR UL ISLAM SRINAGAR — Education is a fundamental and universal human right. Societies should make every effort to sustain it, by any means necessary. States, which are recognized under international law as duty bearers for fulfilling the right to education, bear the responsibility to facilitate and provide education, as well as respect and protect […]
KULGAM — Police arrested a milkman for allegedly selling liquor to drunkards in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Local sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a milkman instead of milk was selling liquor bottles to drunkards in Damhal Hanjipora area of Kulgam. Shortly after receiving information, a police party from DH Pora raided the […]
Enquiry initiated, legal action to be taken against involved persons: DC Bandipora SRINAGAR — A family allegedly attacked a medical team on Thursday in Zuban locality of Chuntimulla village in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district after they tried to persuade them to get vaccinated against COVID-19. An official told that the medical team while conducting a […]
SRINAGAR — Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir Thursday expressed serious concern over the reluctance of the majority of people in Srinagar to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The MMU has stressed upon people to shun vaccine hesitancy and get administered for the shots to save themselves, their fellows and society from the deadly virus. MMU, […]
BANDIPORA — Famous Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar on Thursday donated 1 crore for the construction of school building at Neeru village in Tulail along the Line of Control in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Sources told that the superstar donated 1 crore for the construction of school building after he visited Neeru village today afternoon. They […]
SRINAGAR — Scores of youth, who had applied for posts advertised by SK Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) last year, on Thursday staged a protest against the management for withdrawing 66 posts a few days ago. The aggrieved aspirants assembled at Srinagar’s press enclave and chanted slogans in favour of their demands. Zubair Ahmad, a […]
SRINAGAR — Two youth on Thursday allegedly committed suicide in Batamaloo and Nowgam areas of Srinagar respectively, by hanging themselves at their respective homes. Official sources told that a 27-year old youth and 24-year-old youth hanged themselves at their homes in the wee hours today. They identified them as Taha Mohi-ud-din (27) of Batamaloo and […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has written another letter to the top UN officials highlighting the Kashmir issue, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday. Qureshi addressed the letter to the President of the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations Secretary General, it said. The minister, who has been regularly writing […]
MUMBAI — The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed two state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokespersons in the three-member committee formed to run the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). The nomination of Brigadier Anil Gupta and advocate Sunil Sethi comes after the J&K High Court asked the Indian board to oversee […]
