SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister Jammu and Kashmir and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the Centre’s decision to repeal three farm laws is a welcome step and expressed hope that the Union government “course corrects” and “reverses the illegal changes” made in Jammu and Kashmir since August 2019. Taking to micro blogging site […]
BANDIPORA — A lady lawyer was hospitalized after being assaulted by an opposition party client in the courtroom here in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Police swung into action and arrested the man responsible for the assault. The incident occurred in the courtroom of Judicial Magistrate Bandipora on Saturday. Eyewitnesses told news agency Kashmir News Trust […]
NEW DELHI — Following the Government of India’s announcement regarding the rollback of controversial farm laws on Friday, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi said that Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi repealed the farm laws after ‘seeing defeat’ in the elections. In a series of tweets, she said that Modi didn’t care either about the ‘martyrdom […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir administration called for constituting Covid inspection teams (CITs) at divisional and district levels for random inspection of people at public places and health institutions. It also stressed on vaccination, increased targeted testing, intensive contact tracing and strict containment measures, which will remain the government’s key strategy against a probable […]
SRINAGAR — In the backdrop of the back-to-back debates being telecast on television channels discussing the situation in Kashmir, a Srinagar-based Kashmiri Pandit body has requested the Government of India (GoI) to put a halt to all kinds of Kashmir centric TV debates. “May I request all news channel’s in India don’t make resident Kashmiri […]
Dulhan si saji dharti khula woh aasman Bulata hai hamein phir woh chahat ka jahan Aa ab laut chalein… (‘Aa Ab Laut Chalein’ 1999) The irony of this composition is not lost on music director Nadeem Saifi, who even after 25 years, yearns for his motherland. An ache that’s in resonance with his heartbeats. Music […]
DHAKA — Hasan Ali bowled tremendously during Pakistan’s first T20 international of their three-match series against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Friday, which the Men In Green won by four wickets. It seems that even the technical team at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium were impressed. So much so that they ended up making an error while […]
SRINAGAR — Night temperatures throughout the Kashmir Valley dropped below the freezing point on Saturday while at minus 12.0 degrees Celsius, Drass town of Ladakh remained the coldest. An official of the Meteorological Department (MeT) said, “Due to clear night sky, minimum temperatures throughout the Valley dropped below the freezing point today. “Srinagar had minus […]
JAMMU — Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to be on two days visit to Jammu and Kashmir starting from November 23. This will be the first visit of the Finance Minister after the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019 that resulted into bifurcation of erstwhile state into […]
SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference has called upon the authorities to return the body of Amir Ahmad Magray, a resident of Gool- the third civilian killed in Hyderpora ‘staged gunfight’ without delay. In a statement issued here, APHC asked the authorities to desist from the ‘criminal’ practice of ceasing bodies and denying their families […]