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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has demanded the body of Amir Ahmad Magrey one of the four men killed in alleged Hyderpora gunfight. Taking to her Twitter handle, the former BJP ally hit out at the ruling central government, “Aamir Magrey also killed in Hyderpora encounter is yet to be given a decent burial […]
SRINAGAR — A complete shutdown is being observed in Kashmir on Friday to protest the killing of civilians during an alleged encounter in Hydepora area of Kashmir capital Srinagar Reports said that in various parts of Kashmir shops and business establishments remained closed while public transport was seen thin on the roads. The separatist leadership […]
SRINAGAR — CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Friday urged the government to return body of Amir Ahmad Magray, a resident of Gool in Ramban, the third civilian killed in Hyderpora, ‘without any further delay’. “It has been proven beyond any doubt that Magray is a civilian. His father Abdul Latief Magray is a state […]