Srinagar: The Post Graduate students of Cluster University of Kashmir on Thursday demanded postponement of 3rd semester examinations. Holding a protest demonstration in Srinagar, scores of students of the varsity raising slogans said that the university administration has issued the semester examinations date sheet while “we have completed only 20 percent of syllabus yet”. The […]
Srinagar: A youth died when his head collapsed with the wall while he was swimming in the irrigation department constructed water tank in Pulwama on Wednesday afternoon. Identified as Saddam Ahmad, 19, son of Abdul Qayoom Wani, the deceased is a resident of Pakherpora in Budgam district. The eyewitnesses told The Kashmir Press that Wednesday […]
Srinagar: Road accident has injured eleven passengers on Thursday in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. The injured include two ladies. Reports said that a passenger vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into into a gorge injuring the passengers. Quoting officials the reports said a vehicle, bearing registration number JK-03D-2348, was on the way […]
Srinagar: Scores of employees of Kashmir’s tertiary care hospital Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) on Thursday held a protest demonstration in the hospital premises demanding release of their colleague Syed Shakeel Ahmad, who was detained by the Indian federal investigating agency NIA on August 30. Syed Shakeel is son of United Jihad Council supreme […]
Srinagar: A carpenter slipped to death in northern Kashmir’s Sopore while he was constructing the roof of a building in Shahabad area in Baramulla district last evening. Identified as Muhammad Ashraf Bhat (40), a resident of Dangerpora, reports said that the deceased was taken to sub-district hospital Sopore where doctors referred him to Srinagar hospital […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday detained a man who has been evading arrest for a year in a drugs smuggling case in Samba district. A police officials said that a police party raided Bari Brahamana and arrested Muhammad Hussain. He said that the arrested man was involved in a case of narcotics […]
New Delhi: Much hope is being rested at the day long and crucial first 2 Plus 2 Indo-US Dialogue to be held here on Thursday. US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. “Elevating and strengthening our strategic partnership! EAM Sushma Swaraj welcomed US Secretary of State Mr Pompeo ahead of […]
United Nations:Efforts are under way to bring a “flickering signal of hope” to war-weary civilians in Yemen with UN-organised consultations between the Government and the Houthi opposition in Geneva set to begin, the UN’s Special Envoy Martin Griffiths, has said. “The time has come to begin a new process, to relaunch a process which will […]
New Delhi: A five-judge Constitutional bench of the Supreme Court of India on Thursday, in four separate but concurring judgments, legalised same-sex relations between consenting adults. The apex court was hearing a clutch of petitions challenging criminalisation of homosexuality. The five-judge bench was headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and comprised Justices Fali […]
Srinagar: The Saakshar Bharat Mission (SBM) contractual employees on Thursday began a 48 hours hunger strike in Srinagar demanding regularisation of their services. SBM is a centrally sponsored scheme. Several protesting employees from various districts of Kashmir valley assembled in Partap Park and raised slogans against the government. The employees accused the state government of […]
