URI — The residents of Ijara, Shamswari and Peernia villages of Boniyar area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district Monday staged a protest demonstration against PHE Department and blocked a link road connecting Srinagar-Muzaffarabad highway at Peerniyan against the acute drinking water shortage. The protesters including men, and children assembled at the highway and resorted to […]
BANDIPORA — A BDC member has gone underground and is evading arrest after police booked him on charges of abduction in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a BDC member for Naninara Sumbal Block of Sonawari Abdul Hameed Kaloo was allegedly harassing a married woman who also hails from […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said he would request the Centre to defer by a year the Union Territory’s participation in the all-India quota in this year’s NEET exam. A delegation of NEET Post-Graduate MD/MS aspirants called on the Lieutenant at Raj Bhavan here. The delegation led by Dr […]
SRINAGAR — About 75,000 first-year students of various undergraduate courses in Jammu and Kashmir, besides 2,000 school students belonging to various scheduled tribe communities, will be given tablets, Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar said Sunday. The Union Minister made this announcement while concluding his five-day visit to Kashmir on Sunday. He was […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday accused the Centre of bias, saying preventing people from offering prayers at mosques and shrines in Kashmir shows the Government of India’s “disrespect” for the sentiments of the majority community. Mehbooba was reacting to the continuous closure of a few mosques and shrines in Srinagar city, including […]
SRINAGAR — The United Nations has again raised the issue of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed Ur Rehman Para pointing out that he was arrested after “his engagement with members of the UN Security Council”. In the annual report presented to the UN Human Rights Council, it has been noted that “on 16 March […]
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 […]