‘I was projected as role model for youth, something that I never set out to do,’ says actress Zaira Wasim before leaving Bollywood Dangal

‘I was projected as role model for youth, something that I never set out to do,’ says actress Zaira Wasim before leaving Bollywood Dangal

Srinagar: Actress Zaira Wasim, who shot to fame in Amir Khan starer film Dangal, has left her acting career and Bollywood. In an emotionally charged letter, the 18 year old actress wrote that she never intended to me role model for youth, which she was projected to be so. She also wrote that her position […]

Enjoying political, bureaucratic patronage, hoteliers at Yanner Pahalgam carry on with their businesses illegally 

Enjoying political, bureaucratic patronage, hoteliers at Yanner Pahalgam carry on with their businesses illegally 

  Pahalgam: Scores of illegally constructed hotels, huts and guest houses are operating under the nose of the authorities in Yanner area of famous tourist spot, Pahalgam in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Dozens of these commercial establishments constructed illegally by the politically well connected people on the banks of Lidder River during last several years […]

A Kashmiri view of Indian and Pakistani “Liberal”

A Kashmiri view of Indian and Pakistani “Liberal”

  From the point of view of Indian “liberals”, Pakistan is a ‘failed state’ that is only waiting to be annexed as a province by expansionist China. The same impression is touted as an article of faith if one follows what Pakistani liberals write, especially in their angry tweets. It seems Pakistani liberals are desperate […]

Government removes JK bank chairman Parvez Ahmad from his post

Government removes JK bank chairman Parvez Ahmad from his post

Srinagar: Government has removed Jammu Kashmir Bank Chairman Parvez Ahmad Nengroo from his post and appointed a Jammu man, RK Chibber as an interim chairman of the bank. “The Jammu and Kashmir government has taken the following decision in exercise of the powers under article 69 (III) of Articles of Association of the JK bank […]

Locals allege army stormed houses in Tarigam village, thrashed inmates and vandalized properties

Locals allege army stormed houses in Tarigam village, thrashed inmates and vandalized properties

Srinagar: Locals from Tarigam village in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district alleged that during the pre-dawn hours, army broke into their houses, thrashed people and vandalized their properties. However, army has strongly contested these allegations terming them as “baseless and concocted lies” According to the locals, the soldiers from arm’s 1RR broke into their house and […]

Chai Jai owner called out for disgraceful and obnoxious remarks

Chai Jai owner called out for disgraceful and obnoxious remarks

Srinagar: Chai Jai owner, Roohi Nazki, was called out for her disgraceful and obnoxious remarks against a woman on micro-blogging site, Twitter. The incident started after Nazki posted a picture of Kehwa cup with a tag line, “And then comes the Kehwa! Have a happy Eid, people!” In response, a twitter user, Sadia Kawoosa posted, […]

101 militants including 76 locals killed in 150 days

101 militants including 76 locals killed in 150 days

Srinagar: Indicating a sharp spike in violence in Kashmir, around 101 militants were killed in Kashmir in last 150 days. The dead militants mostly comprise of the local Kashmiris whose number touched the 76 mark. “With killing of 05 terrorist & 101 for last five months, an average of 20 each month so far,” the […]

Shopian Gunfight: Firing stopped, house blasted, no body retrieved yet

Shopian Gunfight: Firing stopped, house blasted, no body retrieved yet

Srinagar: The exchange of fire between the militants and government forces have stopped in South Kashmir’s Pinjoora area of Shopian, locals said. Locals said the government forces which include police, army and CRPF have blasted the house where they suspected that militants were hiding following which the gunfire stopped. “One house has been razed to […]

Pellet horror returns in Kashmir, 90 injured in Shopian, Kulgam

Pellet horror returns in Kashmir, 90 injured in Shopian, Kulgam

Srinagar: At least ninety persons sustained fire arm injuries, sixty of them from pellets, after they clashed with the government forces in South Kashmir’s Kulgam and Shopian districts One of the injured includes, Yawar Ahmad, who received bullet in his abdomen at Kulgam and is reported to be in critical condition. In Kulgam clashes erupted […]

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