SRINAGAR — In a proud moment for Kashmir, Raja Manzoor Tariq, a student of B.Sc. Nutrition and Dietetics from GNA University, Phagwara, has brought laurels to the valley by securing a position in the Top 100 startups at a prestigious national-level entrepreneurship competition. The event, SBI Youth Ideathon, was organized by the State Bank of […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday termed the rejection of the adjournment motion on the Waqf Amendment Act “profoundly disappointing” and accused the National Conference government of yielding to the BJP’s “anti-Muslim” agenda. “It’s profoundly disappointing that the speaker J&K Assembly has rejected the motion on the Waqf Bill. Despite […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly speaker for rejecting the adjournment motion on the Waqf issue. “It is ridiculous and condemnable that Tamil Nadu which only has 6% Muslim population, passes a strong anti-Wakf resolution in its assembly, while the Muslim majority J&K assembly speaker […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday booked two infamous drug peddlers under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PIT-NDPS Act) in Srinagar. The notorious drug peddlers namely Adil Hamid and Zahoor Ahmad Khan have been booked under the PIT-NDPS Act after obtaining the formal detention orders […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday met Union Minister Kiren Rijiju at Asia’s largest Tulip Garden here, a meeting which drew flak from opposition parties which dubbed it as “Waqf law bonhomie”. National Conference president Farooq Abdullah was also present during the meeting. The opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and […]
SRINAGAR — Security was beefed up across Kashmir on Monday ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s arrival later in the day, officials said here. Shah, who is currently in Jammu, is on a two-day visit to the Union Territory to review security measures. He is scheduled to visit the house of deceased police officer […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday attended an I-League football match between Real Kashmir Football Club (RKFC) and Churchill Brothers FC Goa at the TRC Ground here. He was accompanied by his Advisor Nasir Aslam Wani, Commissioner Secretary Youth Services and Sports, Secretary J-K Sports Council and other senior officials. […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir unit of Congress on Sunday sought a timeline from the Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the restoration of statehood to the Union Territory. The party also asked Shah, who will reach Jammu and Kashmir this evening on a three-day visit, to explain the alleged “utter failure” of his ministry […]
JAMMU — PDP’s leader of the House in the J&K Assembly Waheed Ur Rehman Para has written a letter to Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather, questioning allowing three private members’ resolutions on restoration of statehood in the concluding phase of the budget session that is scheduled to commence on Monday after a 12-day recess. He also […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Security forces on Sunday during a joint search operation have recovered war-like stores in forest area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police and 47RR of Army have successfully recovered a substantial cache of war-like stores during Search and Destroy Operation (SADO) in the Kandi Forest belt of Kupwara district. The recovered items […]