THIRUVANANTHAPURAM — Over a dozen leaders and workers of the BJP in Lakshadweep resigned from the party Friday in protest over the filing of sedition charges against islander and filmmaker Aisha Sultana. The Kavaratti police had filed a case of sedition against Sultana based on a complaint from C Abdul Khader Haji, the chief of […]
SRINAGAR — The army is facing stiff opposition to its decision to charge property tax from residents living in the vicinity of its 15 Corps headquarters in Srinagar and its objection to the construction of Kashmir’s maiden All India Institute of Medical Sciences in adjoining Pulwama district. The AIIMS campus is coming up close to […]
KULGAM — A daily wager employee of Power Development Department (PDD), who was electrocuted on Saturday afternoon in Chawalgam area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam, succumbed to his injuries at SMHS Srinagar on Sunday, an official said. An official told that a PDD daily wager Sartaj Ahmad Sheikh, son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Sheikh of Hanand, Chawalgam […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Saturday asked its leaders to follow the party’s stance on the issue of abrogation of Article 370 as articulated in the August 6, 2019 resolution of the CWC, after its leader Digvijay Singh’s remarks sparked a row. “The decision of revoking Article 370 and reducing the statehood of J&K […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to defer the traditional biannual ‘darbar move’ to Srinagar and has instead implemented the e-office project of digitalising the UT’s civil secretariat. “Every year the capital of the Jammu and Kashmir is shifted to Jammu during winter and to Srinagar during the summer. All the files […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Dr Rizwan Rumi, executive member South Asian Center for Peace Democracy and Development has strongly condemned the attack in Sopore in which four people lost their lives. Dr Rizwan while quoting to Kashmir Independent Media Service – KIMS said, “Violence in Kashmir is not an answer, killings must stop”. He further said […]
SRINAGAR — Er. Sahil Bashir Bhat Vice President and Official Spokesperson of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) termed the attack in Sopore as an inhuman act. Er. Sahil Bashir Bhat said, “Violence is not a solution but a gigantic impediment that spreads hatred. In any of its manifestations, violent extremism is unacceptable in a civilized society, […]
SRINAGAR — Two men were killed and an 18-yr-old girl was seriously injured on Saturday afternoon in separate road mishaps in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. A police official told News Agency Kashmir Dot Com that in two separate road accidents in Budgam district two men were killed and a girl was seriously injured. He said […]
Attack widely condemned SOPORE — Two civilians and as many cops were killed and three others were injured in an attack in Sopore town in North Kashmir on Saturday. Reports said that suspected militants fired upon a joint party of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police near Main Chowk Sopore, resulting in injuries […]
KABUL — The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Thursday called the raging war in Afghanistan as “genocide of Muslims”. The remarks were made by OIC Secretary-General Yousef Al-Othaimeen during a meeting with Afghan Hajj Minister before the gathering of religious scholars in Saudi Arabia, reported Anadolu News Agency. Al-Othaimeen dubbed the war in Afghanistan […]