Srinagar: National Conference (NC) Vice President, Omar Abdullah has said that he was shocked to hear that how officers who have supported early assembly elections were being browbeaten and threatened by using their performance appraisals against them to get them to toe the line. “No honest officer should fear these threats. We must put the […]
Srinagar:: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief and former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Sunday extolled her party workers as “real mujahideen.” Addressing a large gathering in Kupwara district, Mehbooba said even though a PDP worker “may not have a gun or stone in his hands, he is the real mujahid.” “Your contribution to the society […]
Srinagar: Bureaucrat turned politicians Shah Faesal said that his decision to join Indian Administrative Service (IAS) was wrong. “I realised that my decision to join Indian Administrative Service was wrong,” Faesal said on the launch ceremony of his political party J&K People’s Movement at Rajbagh Srinagar. “I thought development will bring peace but nothing will […]
Srinagar: Moments before bureaucrat turned politician Shah Faesal was about to announce launch of his party on Sunday, National Conference (NC) claimed a party ‘has been created/funded to divide’ Kashmiris. Senior NC leader, and advisor to party Vice-President Omar Abdullah, Tanvir Sadiq also said: “J&K’s political history is witness to the fact of many attempts […]
WASHINGTON: The annual US report on human rights cites widespread human rights violations in Kashmir. Quoting from a UN report on human rights in Kashmir, the 2018 US State Department’s country report notes that an estimated up to 145 civilians were killed by security forces between July 2016 and March, with up to 20 other civilians […]
Srinagar: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that for the betterment of country, he is ready to talk to Indian PM Narendra Modi, but will not make compromise or enter into any deal with the corrupt who looted and laundered the public money which was to be used for education, education and other […]
Srinagar: A woman special police officer (SPO) was shot dead by unidentified gunmen at Vehil area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday afternoon. Official sources said that the gunmen fired upon the woman SPO namely Khushboo Jan at around 2:40 pm at her home in Vehil. In the incident, Khushboo suffered serious bullet wounds […]
Ramban: Death toll in the Ramban road accident has jumped to ten after hospital authorities declared five critically injured brought dead. The deceased include three minors of age 2, 9 and 13 years. The sumo skidded off the road and fell into a gorge at Khunda Nallah in Chanderkote area of Ramban district in Jammu and Kashmir […]
Srinagar: Terrorist who filmed himself on a massacre inside a mosque and butchered 49 people who were assembling for congregational Friday prayers in New Zealand, was charged with murder after appearing before court on Saturday. Australian-born 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant stood in the dock wearing handcuffs and a white prison smock, as the judge read a […]
Srinagar: Days after the leadership of the largest socio-religious-political organisation, Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI), were arrested along with other religious and resistance leaders, a second government crackdown, according to reports is imminent in Jammu and Kashmir. New18, quoting government officials, reported that a list of around two hundred militant and Jama’at sympathisers including government officials, mostly teachers, […]
