SRINAGAR — With Jammu and Kashmir (JK) pooling its MBBS and PG seats in All India Quota (AIQ), Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said the move will jeopardize the career of JK aspirants. Opposing the move, DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan said pooling will mar the future prospects of aspiring candidates. The Medical […]
SRINAGAR — India’s recent rejection of the UN Human Rights chief’s remarks that “restrictive measures in Kashmir can result in human rights breaches and generate greater tensions and discontent” has prompted a response from the UN Human Rights Office. India’s use of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, as well as “frequent” temporary communication blackouts in […]
SRINAGAR — Three local militants were killed in September this year in Kashmir Valley in twin encounters in North Kashmir’s Bandipora and South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Among the scores of CASOs that were launched against militants in different parts of Kashmir Valley, only two turned into encounters, resulting into the killing of three local militants. […]
On 14 December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly designated 1st October the International Day of Older Persons. In 1991, the General Assembly (by resolution 46/91) adopted the United Nations Principles for Older Persons. Over the next three decades, the number of older persons worldwide is projected to more than double, reaching more than 1.5 […]
SRINAGAR — A three-member “fact-finding committee” will be formed by the Press Council of India to investigate allegations of Kashmiri journalists being harassed and intimidated, the Wire reported. This came after People’s Democratic Party president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti wrote a letter to the council, asking it to send an […]
1. Mr. Gandeep Kumar, Tehsildar R.S. Pura, Jammu is transferred and posted as Tehsildar Warwan, District Kishtwar vice Mr. Akshay Rajan. 2. Mr. Akshay Rajan, Jr. JKAS, Tehsildar Warwan, is transferred and posted as Tehsildar Marheen, District Kathua vice Mr. Gulshan Kumar. 3. Mr. Gulshan Kumar, Tehsildar, Marheen, is transferred and posted as Tehsildar Chiralla, […]
SRINAGAR — Former chief minister of J&K and the PDP chief was Thursday barred from visiting Tral area of South Kashmir as police locked the main gate of her Gupkar residence this morning. A PDP leader said that Mehbooba was scheduled to visit the Seer area of Tral payeen but district administration did not allow […]
TRAL — A family in Seer Jageer area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district Tuesday alleged that they were assaulted by the army on Monday evening. The family alleged that their daughter Ishrat Jan was dragged while her clothes were torn before she fell unconscious and was later taken to hospital. Ishrat while talking […]
SRINAGAR — Army on Tuesday said that seven militants were killed in last one week, five of them at Line of Control. Addressing a presser here, Major General Virendra Vats, GOC, 19 Infantry Division, said that a nineteen-year-old militant was also apprehended in keeping with the “ethos and value system of Indian army that we […]
SRINAGAR — The employees at Directorate of Information and Public Relations on Tuesday went on a strike and staged a protest in Srinagar after the Director Information Jammu and Kashmir ordered a ‘salary halt’ for unknown reasons. While talking to news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) , Vice President employees union, Bilal Ahmad said that […]