Governer N.N vohra Sunday approved the ordinance in law that awards death penalty to those involved in rape of women under 12 years of age. Vohra promulgated the Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 and the Jammu and Kashmir Protection of Children from Sexual Violence Ordinance, 2018. “ In view of the surge […]
Srinagar: Rejecting the Government of India’s (GOI) offer to halt security operations in Kashmir during the month of Ramzaan, Grand Mufti (designate) Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam has said that government has called for ceasefire just to save its skin. “India has lost control on the ground,” Mufti said. “Nothing is working in their favor. Neither the so […]
The indefinite pen down strike of Pathwari’s has entered to the fifth day on Wednesday. They have staged protest demonstration across the state to “press for resolution” of their long-pending demands. Under the banner of All J&K Patwar Association, they raised slogans and threatened to intensify the protests in case the government didn’t meet their […]
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), while making an appeal to “freedom loving people” of Kashmir to organize peaceful protests in every nook and corner of the state after Friday prayers in “solidarity to our Palestinian brothers” on18 May 2018. Joint Resistance Leadership including Syed Ali Geelani, Dr. Molvi Mohammad Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik, in […]
A one-day long awareness programme on mental health in Kashmir, organized by Beadaar-an initiative by Ittifaq- is underway at the University of Kashmir in Srinagar. Mental health professionals, experts, professional hands and journalists are expected to speak on the theme ‘Let’s talk mental health’ on Wednesday. The programme is divided into various segments which include […]
The campaign led by social media trolls terming the Kashmir photojournalist, Masrat Zahra, as Mukhbir (informer), has extremely angered the journalist community. The level of anger was such that many journalists took to social media to register their protest, calling the trolls and fake social media pages, leading the malign campaign against the photojournalists, as […]
Ahead of Prime Minister’s visit to valley, the Joint Resistance leadership (JRL) on Tuesday issued a valley wide strike call on his visit and asked the people for “Lal-chowk Chalo” on May 19. The joint Resistance Leadership comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, said that the proposed visit of Indian premier is […]
Chief Minister Jammu and Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, on Tuesday said that the State Government will take up the matter regarding setting up of FTII Regional Centre in J&K with the Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting. Hailing the joint initiative launched by Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune and the Department of Information […]
Secretary J&K Services Selection Board today informed that the written test for the posts of General Teacher, earlier scheduled for May 19, is postponed to May 27, 2018. “Objective type written test for General Teacher posts for advertisement number 06/2017/02, 06/2017/06, 06/2017/07 and 06/2017/10 is here postponed and now shall be conducted on May 27 (Sunday),” the […]
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday congratulated Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) over their win in Karnataka assembly elections. Mehbooba wrote in a tweet “hearty congratulations to @BJP4India for their stellar performance in Karnataka. #KarnatakaVerdict”.
