SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Thursday said the alleged attack on a Kashmiri shawl seller in Uttarakhand was a result of the BJP “mainstreaming” the fringe elements who “enjoy institutional impunity”. “This 18 year old Kashmiri shawl vendor was assaulted in Uttarakhand with irons rods till his bones crumbled. It’s one of many […]
PULWAMA — A major controversy has erupted in Kashmir’s education sector after Solace International School, Pulwama, moved court against Aakash Coaching Institute, Rajbagh, Srinagar, accusing it of misrepresenting and falsely claiming credit for the Class 10 Kashmir Division topper, who secured 100 percent marks in the recently declared board results. In a significant legal development, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Thursday said that an FIR has been registered and an accused arrested in connection with the assault on an 18-year-old Kashmiri shawl seller in the Vikas Nagar area of Uttarakhand. In a statement, JKSA said the matter was taken up at the highest level […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday spoke with Pushkar Singh Dhami regarding the assault on a young Kashmiri shawl seller in Uttarakhand and urged him to take strict action against the perpetrators. In a statement, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the Uttarakhand Chief Minister assured him that stringent action, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Manpreet Singh, National Secretary of the Indian Youth Congress, has strongly condemned the assault on an 18-year-old Kashmiri shawl seller in Uttarakhand and demanded immediate and strict action against the culprits. In a statement, Singh said the brutal assault on a young Kashmiri shawl seller was a shameful reminder of the growing […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — An 18-year-old Kashmiri boy was brutality assaulted by a group of people in the Vikas Nagar area of Uttarakhand on Wednesday evening while he was selling shawls along with his family. In a statement, the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) said the boy was attacked by a group of fringe elements, […]
SRINAGAR — A high-level avalanche warning has been issued for several vulnerable areas of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, including the Sonamarg tourist resort, officials said on Wednesday. The advisory comes in the wake of a recent avalanche that struck near the New Truck Yard in Sonamarg at around 10.15 pm on Tuesday. While no […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected a plea by jailed Lok Sabha MP from Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla, Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid, challenging the framing of charges against him in a terror funding case. A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Madhu Jain said the appeal by Rashid […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted four weeks to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to respond to a reply filed by separatist leader Yasin Malik to its appeal seeking death penalty for him in a terror funding case, and listed the matter for hearing on April 22. As Malik, who was […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Meteorological Department (MeT) on Wednesday said that Jammu and Kashmir is likely to witness a fresh spell of rain and snowfall from February 1, while the weather is expected to remain mostly dry till then. According to the Meteorological Department, light rain or snowfall is expected at a few places across […]