SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti Sunday blamed government for keeping youth away from democracy so that they follow a path of violence and it becomes easy for them to kill, beat and jail them. “The government is doing this with youth for the last three years. They are not allowing youth to […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir police on Sunday said that PDP’s youth convention was disallowed in view of the Covid-19 and security situation and keeping in view credible inputs of vehicle bound IEDs being used to target civilians and high security installations. In a statement, a police spokesperson said that since the Gupkar Road […]
SRINAGAR — The authorities on Sunday foiled the youth convention of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) here in Srinagar by putting the party president Mehbooba Mufti under house detention and sealing its head office, party spokesperson said. The administration, however, cited Covid-19 as a reason for disallowing the convention. PDP spokesperson Najam-us-Saqib said that all the […]
SRINAGAR — Intense cold conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Sunday as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.0°C. A meteorological department official here told GNS that the minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, was two degrees Celsius below the normal for this time of the year. However today […]
SRINAGAR — The government has denied the permission for youth convention of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) here at the fair view Gupkar residence and has put PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti under house detention in Kashmir Capital Srinagar. Executive Magistrate Ist Class South Srinagar in an official communication has ordered that “In view of the report […]
SRINAGAR — A newly recruited militant of Jaish-i-Muhammad outfit was killed in an encounter at Baragam area of Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday. A top police officer told that a militant of JeM, identifying him as Sameer Ahmad Tantray resident of Bargam Awantipora was killed in a gunfight. He had joined JeM […]
BARAMULLA — National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that GOI’s claim that everything is normal in Jammu and Kashmir is contrary to what is happening on the ground. Addressing a party Convention here at Baramulla Dak Bungalow, he busted the misinformation campaign on NC canvassing for polls. “Nowhere did I seek […]
SRINAGAR — The name of the Government Degree College, Hyderpora was changed during a name changing ceremony presided over by the Principal of the Institution. Several local residents and senior citizens participated in the event along with the staff members of the college. The college has been renamed after the eminent Poet, writer, folklorist, researcher […]
JAMMU — The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta chaired a meeting to review the functioning of the Revenue Department. The Financial Commissioner Revenue, Commissioner/Secretary, Revenue Department, Divisional Commissioners of Kashmir and Jammu along with concerned HoDs participated in the meeting. It was informed that under the Digital India Land Record Modernization Programme (DILRMP), the […]
POONCH — Two women were killed and a minor girl injured when a kaccha house suddenly collapsed in Poonch district on Saturday. Officials told local news agency GNS that at about 14:20 hours, one kachha house of Ashaq Hussain Son of Mohammad Sharief collapsed in village Mangnar, resulting in on the spot death of two […]