Budgam: All district Budgam registered sumo stand federation have decided to go on indefinite strike from today demanding a 50 % hike in fares amid government’s 50 percent passenger order. Though, Kashmir Transporters Welfare Forum (KTWF) have decided to defer the strike call for today, however, it was unanimously decided by the Budgam sumo stand […]
Srinagar: A 40-year-old woman was killed in alleged shelling by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday, officials said. “One woman identified as Akhter Begum wife of Zahoor Ahmad Chaci of Batgran village was killed due to shelling,” SDPO Uri Junaid Wali said. Several shells have […]
Budgam, May 14: Out rightly rejecting the claims of police and CRPF, Ghulam Hassan Shah, cop uncle of the slain Budgam youth, termed the killing of his nephew as a ‘cold blooded murder’ The Cop uncle was accompanying the deceased when he was shot dead by CRPF. The deceased was driving him to the […]
Srinagar, April 21: The female photojournalist, Masrat Zahra, who was booked for her Facebook posts under Unlawful Activities and Prevention Act (ULPA) was today questioned at Cyber police wing and later allowed to go home. “I met the concerned police officials of the case and answered their questions regarding the investigation, I have not been […]
Irshad ul Haq Pulwama: A complete shutdown is being observed in Pampore town and other parts of Awantipora areas in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district against the killing of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants in an encounter with government forces in Banduna area of the district on Friday. Reports said that all the shops, business establishments and educational […]
New Delhi:The Army’s Court of Inquiry (CoI) on Monday issued orders to initiate disciplinary action against Major Leetul Gogoi after he was seen with a local Kashmiri woman in a Srinagar hotel earlier this year. Major Gogoi, who tried to go to the hotel in Srinagar with a local woman, was found guilty of […]
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 […]
Srinagar: President of Private Schools’ Association of Jammu and Kashmir, G.N War has said that teachers are paid according to their capabilities. He was talking to The Kashmir Press in response to the queries as to why private school teachers are being exploited and not paid good salaries against their hard work. “If you cannot […]
Srinagar: Right after finishing her Master’s degree in sociology in the year 2010 from Kashmir University, Rafia went dashing from pillar to post in search of a job. After months of toil and depositing her academic bio-data at wherever she could cling to an opportunity, she ended up working as a teacher in one among the […]
