SRINAGAR — Two politicians and a journalist from Ladakh have moved an impleadment application to the Supreme Court in a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre’s decision to revoke the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, Bar and Bench reported on Tuesday. An impleadment application is filed seeking permission to be made […]
SRINAGAR — Soon after a grenade attack at Hari Singh High Street near Srinagar’s Lal Chowk Tuesday, which left 10 civilians injured, Jammu & Kashmir Police arrested a journalist near the area. J&K Police said the journalist — identified as Aadil Farooq Bhat, who works with the local CNS News Agency — had two hand […]
SRINAGAR — National Institution for Transforming India, NITI Aayog, New Delhi has ranked 3 District Hospitals of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir as top performers for the year 2018-19 on the basis of already identified indicators. The best practices of top performing District Hospitals on said indicators were evaluated for healthcare institutions of […]
NEW DELHI — Only two persons from outside Jammu and Kashmir have bought two property in the Union Territory after the dilution of Article 370 in August 2019, according to a written reply from Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. “As per the information provided by the […]
SRINAGAR — Ten civilians were injured after suspected militants hurled a grenade towards security forces in Hari Singh High street near Amira Kadal area of Kashmir capital Srinagar on Tuesday afternoon. A senior police officer told that militants lobbed a grenade on a vehicle of security forces in Hari Singh High Street, however it missed […]
SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference has expressed concern and regret that Kashmiri political leadership, activists and others continue to be jailed across various jails of India. APHC in a statement said that leaders, activists and others including Advocate Shahid-ul-Islam, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Ayaz Akbar, Pir Saifullah, Raja Merajuddin Kalwal, Farooq Ahmed […]
SRINAGAR — Stating that J&K was “under the direct assault from New Delhi”, All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said and the Government of India should restore full statehood to J&K and conduct the elections in a free and fair manner. Rahul, who arrived in Kashmir on a two-day sojourn, also […]
SRINAGAR — Senior congress leader and former J&K chief minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday appealed to Rahul Gandhi to get the bill for Jammu and Kashmir’s Statehood passed in the next three days in the parliament. Azad while addressing the gathering during the function at Srinagar’s party headquarters here, said that they don’t want […]
GANDERBAL — The Congress leader and Member of Parliament (MP), Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday morning visited the Kheer Bhawani temple in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district to pay obeisance. Officials told that Rahul Gandhi paid obeisance at the Mata Kheer Bhawani temple situated in the middle of a spring in Tullamulla village here. They said that […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday described the NIA raids against Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in Jammu and Kashmir as a “self-goal” for the Centre, saying instead of fighting an ideology with a better idea, the government was crushing contrarian thought with an iron fist. “NIA raids on Jamaat is emblematic of GOI (Government of […]