Srinagar: Rejecting claims of government forces that militants were planning an attack on hindu pilgrims, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen field operational commander Riyaz Naikoo said that Amarnath pilgrims were the guests of Kashmiris and they are free to do their religious duties. He said the reports, wherein forces were claiming that Amarnath Yatris would be target of militants, […]
Srinagar: Sania, 22, a female from the uptown Srinagar, indulged in substance abuse after being subjected to sex abuse in her childhood. Sania said she chose drugs to overcome her depression that she had endured since she was six year old child. She had been diagnosed with bi-polar and trauma by a psychiatrist at […]
Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said private hospitals in Kashmir valley are being run by government doctors. “Doctors take salary from public hospitals and surprisingly work in private hospitals,” said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan in a communique. “It is ironical that full-time government doctors are allowed to run private hospitals depriving […]
Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir People’s League on Tuesday said that the pious mission and sacrifices of people will not go waste. It also strongly condemned the detention of its party chairman Mukhtar Ahmad Waza. In a statement, it said that waza was arrested from his residence and placed him under detention on Monday by the authorities when […]
Srinagar: Governor N N Vohra reviewed the functioning of government’s grievance cell on Tuesday to ensure prompt redressal of grievances received from the public. He directed that an immediate notice should be issued to inform the public that they should continue to register their complaints and grievances on-line at the State Government’s web portal, “JKgrievance.in”. […]
Srinagar: A driver died after a tractor turned turtle at Sodal Shahlal road in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Javid Ahmad Khan of Lillam Tarathpora. Another person onboard the tractor, identified as Abdul Aziz Chopan. was seriously injured in the accident. He was shifted to a […]
Srinagar: A two-year-old boy died on Tuesday due to drowning in a water tank inside the compound of his house in Kaloosa village of Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir. The deceased was identified as Kamil Yousuf Ganai, a resident of Kaloosa village of Bandipora district, said an official. A police official said that the […]
Srinagar: A jammu and Kashmir bank guard on Tuesday foiled the rifle snatching bid in Pinjora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district, sources said. Sources said that suspected militants allegedly tried to snatch the rifle of a security guard at a bank. However, the guard, managed to foil the bid. The security forces have launched […]
Srinagar: Journalists from different media houses on Tuesday staged silent protest rally to denounce the killing of Shujaat Bukhari, senior journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Rising Kashmir. Journalists assembled at Press Enclave here and staged silent protest. They were holding placards which read: “journalism is not a crime, We will protest Shujaat’s killing even if we […]
Delhi: Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu has made a strong pitch for introducing Emergency – imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1975 – in the education curriculum. “Emergency is part of history, you cannot suppress history,” Naidu said on Monday, while addressing a function which was organised for the release of the Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Gujarati […]
