UNITED NATIONS:Secretary-General Antonio Gutierres hailed its human rights commissioners call for an international investigation into human rights situation in Kashmir saying that it represents the “voice of the UN”. He also backed Human Rights report of Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, media reports said. Sec Gen UN also lashes out at India’s recent comment that he […]
Srinagar: Shoolini University in Solan, Himachal Pradesh, one of the top not-for-profit private universities of the north, today announced 25 scholarships for female students of Kashmir Valley. Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. P.K. Khosla, Vice Chancellor, said in a statement: “Recognizing the importance of imparting education to female students, the university has decided to have […]
TRAL : Bomb disposal squad on Friday diffused a grenade at South Kashmir’s Tral in Pulwama district. Reports said that a rusty grenade was lying in Hayuna area of Tral, where a fierce encounter took place in the month of June, which claimed the lives of three JeM militants. The grenade was diffused by Bomb […]
Srinagar: Director General of Police S P Vaid Friday hailed appointment of former Lt gen Ata Hasnain as Chancellor Central University Kashmir. Vaid took to Twitter and accorded welcome to Hasnain saying he has served in the valley in different capacities. “My heartiest congratulations to Lt General @atahasnain53 for being appointed as the chancellor of […]
Shopian: People in Heff Shirmal area of Shopian district have begun exhumation of body of a civilian who was killed by unknown gunmen some days back in the area. Militants appeared at the Graveyard where Tariq ahmad Mohand is buried and declared him as ‘martyr’ and accused ‘Indian agencies for his execution’ on Friday after congregational […]
Srinagar: The agricultural and wetlands of Kashmir are under serious threat as they are being fast eaten up by the rapid urbanisation and the faulty land-use. The unchecked construction of residential colonies, factories, shopping complexes, brick kilns etc has squeezed the agricultural land in the valley. It has also thrown up the challenge as to […]
Baramulla, July 13: An army soldier died on Friday in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramula district due to cardiac arrest. Reports said that Naik Bahadur Tokri (belt number 14823665 A of 519 ASC Bn) fell unconscious during the morning exercise at Pattan and was rushed to nearby MI room by his colleagues where doctors […]
Srinagar: Disgruntled PDP leader Imran Raza Ansari on Friday accused former CM and Mehbooba Mufti of being “a white collar killer”. In a series of tweets, Assembly member Ansari attacked his former party leader in the backdrop of Mehbooba’s threat to Delhi not to break PDP. “I am one of the dissenters. Are you Mehbooba […]
Islamabad – Four people were killed after an explosion targeting a political rally in the northwestern Pakistan city of Bannu ahead of a July 25 general election. 19 people were wounded in the blast that occurred after the rally hosted by the JUI-F religious political party ended on Friday morning, Aljazeera reported, quoting an anonymous police […]
New Delhi: “Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has exposed her proximity with separatists by warning that if her Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was split it would create more militants in the state.” This was stated by Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, adding Mufti with her statement was “trying to give […]
