NEW DELHI — Nearly 500 female students from Jammu and Kashmir and a similar number from Northeastern states were awarded the scholarship ‘Pragati’ by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for the year 2020-21. A technical education scholarship, ‘Pragati’ is awarded to female students pursuing courses such as engineering and management among others, […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday pitched for her party’s self-rule formula for the resolution of the Kashmir issue, saying it addresses both internal and external dimensions of the problem. Chairing a meeting of youth PDP leadership from all districts of the Valley, Mehbooba also underlined the need to initiate […]
NEW DELHI — With just a few days left before the monsoon session of the Parliament ends, Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien on Sunday shared a three-minute video in which several Opposition leaders were seen pushing for a discussion on key issues, including Pegasus spyware row and new farm laws. The TMC leader also urged […]
NEW DELHI — The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested five people for allegedly posting defamatory content against judges and judiciary. The arrest came days after the Chief Justice of India pulled up probe agencies, saying they “do not respond” when judges complain about threats. “The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested two more accused […]
LAHORE — Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies on Saturday arrested over 50 people, including the main suspects, allegedly involved in an attack on a Hindu temple in a remote town of the country’s Punjab province, a day after the Supreme Court admonished the authorities for their failure to protect the shrine. They also booked 150 people […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) with assistance of Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF raided around 40 locations on Sunday across Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a case registered by them against banned organization Jamaat-e-Islami. Reliable sources told that all but fourty locations were raided by the probing agency NIA with assistance of […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Saturday welcomed the UN’s reiteration that its position on Kashmir remained unchanged and it continued to see the valley as disputed territory, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Office (FO). The statement came days after UN Secretary General Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric clarified during a news briefing in New York that the […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference received a shot in the arm to its expansion programme as five politicians, including two former PDP MPs, from various parts of Jammu and Kashmir joined the party on Saturday. Former MLC and ex-PDP leader Murtaza Khan, former PDP MPs Nazir Ahmad Laway and Mir Mohammad Fayaz, DDC chairman Baramulla Safina […]
July 10 was just another dull newsroom day at a leading English daily in Srinagar, copy editors formatting government handouts for the next day’s edition as they have been doing since New Delhi dismantled Jammu and Kashmir’s residual autonomy on August 5, 2019. In the evening, the newspaper received a J&K administration handout announcing that it […]
SRINAGAR — A militant was slain and another arrested in an anti-militancy operation in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Saturday morning. Reports said, joint team of government forces had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) in Manchowa area of Budgam district in Central Kashmir following the inputs about presence of militants in the area. As the searches were […]