NEW DELHI — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed Parra, currently lodged in Srinagar jail on charges of funding militant groups, enjoys access to television and outside food, all special privileges denied to other prisoners, sources said. The reality of Parra’s detention is completely different from what has been presented in a recent report released […]
SRINAGAR — Senior PDP leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, a close aide of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, was an asset for Pakistan-based militant groups and his 13 years’ journey from 2007 as a journalist and politician was a “saga of subterfuge, deceit and double dealing”, alleges a police chargesheet against him. Parra is […]
SRINAGAR — The Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Sunday took a strong exception to the letter written by Deputy Commissioner Srinagar in which he has demeaned DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan and attempted to belittle all the good work he has been doing vis-à-vis the Covid-19 pandemic. Condemning the letter, DAK spokesperson, Dr Riyaz […]
BIJBEHARA — A 37-year-old mentally unsound woman allegedly committed suicide at her home in Bijbehara area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday morning. A police official told that the woman (name withheld), a resident of Sethar locality of Bijbehara allegedly hanged herself at her home. She was rushed to SDH Bijbehara by her family […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Students’ Association has launched a toll-free helpline to address students’ grievances. The toll-free number will be available 24×7 and will address the problems of the students of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh regions. Students of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh facing problems relating to their college campuses anywhere in […]
KULGAM — Two days after he fell off a slab in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, a 5-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries at SK Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) on Saturday. An official told that theboy identified as Musa Shahnawaz, son of Shahwnawaz Ahmad Rather, was injured after he fell off the slab of his […]
SRINAGAR — Deputy Commissioner Srinagar on Saturday shot a letter to the Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education Department seeking action against a statement attributed to “Self styled DAK President” Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan published by some newspapers and portals regarding COVID-19 vaccination. DC Srinagar Ajaz Asad in a letter to Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education […]
SAIMA KHAN SHOPIAN — Gazi Muzamil, President of Jammu and Kashmir Students Movement (JKSM) said that the government of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory should allow the community classes for students to ease their sufferings during the Covid-19 pandemic. The students have confined themselves to four walls and have become dull due to online mode […]
‘2 AK 56 riffles, 10 pistols, 9 grenades among recoveries’ KULGAM — Security Forces Saturday recovered huge cache of arms and ammunition from a vehicle on national highway near Qazigund area of in Kulgam district and arrested two persons. A senior Police officer told that a joint team of security forces arrested two person during […]
SRINAGAR — A 23-year-old journalist was booked by the Jammu and Kashmir police for a WhatsApp status on a boat tragedy in which 21 children were killed in 2006. Sajid Raina, from north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, has worked with various media outlets. On May 30, he had uploaded a WhatsApp status on the 15th anniversary […]