KASHMIR

Kashmiri pandits write to Imran Khan, appeal him to allow Sharda pilgrimage to Muzaffarabad

Kashmiri pandits write to Imran Khan, appeal him to allow Sharda pilgrimage to Muzaffarabad

Srinagar: The Save Sharda Committee of Kashmiri Pandits has appealed the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan to allow them to undertake Sharada pilgrimage to Muzaffarabad in Pakistan Administered Kashmir. In an open letter to the incumbent Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, the committee hoped that PM Imran would help in the facilitation of opening […]

Government sets up JKIDFC, infuses Rs 8000 crores for infrastructure projects

Government sets up JKIDFC, infuses Rs 8000 crores for infrastructure projects

Srinagar:  The government has set up a J&K Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (JKIDFC) through which it will spend up to Rs 8000 Crore on completing unfinished/languishing infrastructure projects which are there all over the State. The government said many of the projects started years ago are still incomplete due to which people are facing  great inconvenience. […]

Mother dies, son among three injured in road accident

Mother dies, son among three injured in road accident

Srinagar: A lady died and three others sustained injuries after they met with an accident in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday.   Reports said that a Vehicle on lost his control over the vehicle and hit a woman identified as Rubeena and her 10-year-old child Muhammad Sarwar, near Hanjiwera Pattan, resulting into the death […]

Youth stabbed during marriage function

Youth stabbed during marriage function

Srinagar:A youth was injured on Wednesday evening after he was stabbed by another youth during a marriage function in Benhama area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.   Official sources said that youth identified as Adil Ahmed Malik, 22, son of Javaid Ahmed Malik, a resident of Benhama Ganderbal was stabbed with a sharp-edged weapon on […]

Teachers on ‘indefinite strike’ in Srinagar observe ‘Teachers Day’ as black day

Teachers on ‘indefinite strike’ in Srinagar observe ‘Teachers Day’ as black day

Srinagar: The protesting Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT’s) teachers on Wednesday observed the “Teachers Day” as Black day. The teachers who are on an indefinite hunger strike in Srinagar, are demanding the implementation of seventh pay commission and delinking of their salaries from Centrally sponsored scheme. September 5 is celebrated as Teachers Day across mainland Indian states, and […]

Separate constitution for Jammu and Kashmir was an aberration: Doval

Separate constitution for Jammu and Kashmir was an aberration: Doval

New Delhi: Having a separate constitution for Jammu and Kashmir was probably an “aberration”, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has said and stressed that sovereignty can never be compromised. The remarks of Doval come at a time when the Supreme Court of India is hearing pleas challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35-A of the […]

Uri missing girl gang raped and killed

Uri missing girl gang raped and killed

Srinagar: Police have solved the murder of a 9 year old missing girl in North Kashmir’s Baramula district. Police said: “On August 24, 2018, Police station Boniyar, Uri received a written complaint from Mushtaq Ahmad Ganai, a resident of Lari, in Trikanjan (Uri) about missing of her nine-year-old daughter on the previous day (August 23). He […]

Life comes to grinding halt in Pulwama to protest civilian killing

Life comes to grinding halt in Pulwama to protest civilian killing

  Srinagar: Life on Tuesday crippled due to general strike in south Kashmir district of Pulwama, where a youth was killed when  forces opened fire on demonstrators during  Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on Monday. Life elsewhere in the south Kashmir was normal. The authorities have already suspended mobile internet service of all Cellular companies […]

Train service suspended in south Kashmir for security reasons

Train service suspended in south Kashmir for security reasons

Srinagar: Train service was suspended on Tuesday for security reasons in south Kashmir, where a youth was killed when security forces opened fire to disperse demonstrators trying to disrupt the Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Pulwama. However, all trains will chug in north Kashmir as per schedule, a senior railway official said. We have […]