Islamabad: Saudi Arabia has welcomed positive developments in India-Pakistan relations, saying it would have a beneficial impact on the two neighbouring countries and stability in South Asia. Saudi Arabia also expressed hope that there would be a “peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions so that it contributes to […]
SRINAGAR: JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik on Tuesday paid rich tributes to slain medico Dr Farooq Ahmad Ashai on his death anniversary. Recalling Dr Ashai’s social, political and medical services for the people of Jammu Kashmir, Malik in a statement said Dr Ashai was a “man of great conviction, his services for the people of […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (JK) on Tuesday appealed the people of Kashmir to boycott the upcoming polls in the state. “Taking part in elections (is) tantamount to dishonesty with the blood of martyrs. We will continue to offer sacrifices till the achievement of freedom,” Hurriyat’s senior leader Shabir Ahmad Shah was quoted as saying in a […]
Poonch: Government Degree College, Mendhar (Poonch) Tuesday organized a quiz competition for its students. The completion was organized by the Department of Chemistry under the guidance of its head Professor Shokat Hussain, officials said. As many as 25 students participated in the quiz after their selection on the basis of screening test. The students were […]
Baramulla: A trucker from Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) who was arrested last month on charges of smuggling drugs worth Rs 100 crore into the Valley was on Tuesday sent to judicial remand till March 4 by a local court here. The Principal and Sessions Court, Baramulla sent Mohammad Shafiq Awam, of Muzaffarabad, who was arrested on […]
Beijing: China on Tuesday said its position on Kashmir is “clear cut—the issue is a legacy issue from history,” as it brushed aside India’s concerns about a proposed Economic Corridor through Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK). On Tuesday, China and Pakistan held a meeting to finalise the multi-billion dollar project as President Mamnoon Hussain arrived here on […]
Srinagar: The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India on Tuesday conferred Jammu & Kashmir Tourism Department with the National Tourism Award for 2012-13 for the second year running, according to an official handout. It said the Tourist Department bagged the award in the category ‘Best State–Comprehensive Development of Tourism”, and the award was presented by […]
New Delhi: A year after Mohammad Afzal Guru was secretly hanged and buried in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail, the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday commuted death sentence of three condemned prisoners in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to life imprisonment on the ground of 11 years delay in deciding their mercy plea by the […]
A proclamation was issued on February 19, 1990, exactly a month after the appointment of Jagmohan as the Governor of the state, to dissolve the Legislative Assembly. The then Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah, had resigned in protest over the appointment of Jagmohan who had ousted him in 1984 and installed his brother-in-law, G M […]
BY JAWED NAQVI Strangely enough, a TV channel screened the 1960s Indian movie Leader the other day, which was a day after Arvind Kejriwal filed an unusually bold FIR against India’s most powerful tycoon Mukesh Ambani and his alleged accomplices in the ruling party. The evicted Delhi chief minister claimed high-level collusion to arbitrarily jack up the […]