Follow-Up SRINAGAR: Authorities may not take any action against politician Dr Sameer Kaul for illegally constructing a residential house in non-permissible area close to the Dal Lake here because of the flaws in system and political considerations. Dr Kaul, national spokesperson of opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is constructing the house near Sharab Kul, which […]
Srinagar: A complete shutdown was observed Wednesday in Hajin town of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district to protest alleged excesses by government forces, even as the curfew clamped after the killing of a teenager on Friday last, was lifted after four days. All shops, offices, business establishments, and banks remained closed while public transport was off […]
SRINAGAR: Asking New Delhi to fulfill its obligations under international law by giving people of Kashmir the right to self-determination, Kashmir High Bar Association (HCBA) Wednesday said that Crimea achieved freedom from Ukraine under the same right which New Delhi was denying to Kashmir. In a statement, the HCBA general secretary said that the lawyers’ […]
SRINAGAR: A delegation of Hurriyat Conference Jammu Kashmir (HCJK) led by its senior leader Mushtaq ul Islam Wednesday visited Naidkhai in Bandipora and expressed sympathy with the family members of Farhat Ahmad Dar, who was killed in forces’ firing last Friday. Apart from Islam, the delegation included Muhammad Yusuf Naqash, Muhammad Yasin Ataai, Aijaz Ahmad, […]
Srinagar: Unruly scenes were witnessed Wednesday during a meeting organized by an NGO to discuss the suspension of Kashmiri students by an Uttar Pradesh university on charges of celebrating Pakistan’s win over India in the recently held Asia Cup. Rabia Baji, chairperson All India Centre for Urban and Rural Development (AICURD), which had facilitated the […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Saif-ud-Din Soz on Wednesday constituted a 19-member campaign committee for Jammu province in the run up to the Parliamentary elections. The committee includes former Minister of State for Health, Shabir Khan, who was booked by police in Srinagar last month on a complaint by a lady doctor alleging that […]
SRINAGAR: Jama’at chief, Mohammad Abdullah Wani, Wednesday condoled the demise of Maulana Zubair-ul-Hassan, Ameer of Tableeghi Jama’at, who passed away on Tuesday in New Delhi. According to a statement issued by Jama’at spokesperson, Wani in his condolence message said that Hassan’s death has robbed Muslim Ummah of “a self-less scholar and a great spiritual leader.” […]
SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA), an umbrella of traders bodies in the Valley, has demanded reevaluation for the compensation to be provided to the Flyover affected shopkeepers on Jehanghir Chowk- Rambagh Road. Chairman, KEA, Mohammad Yasin Khan, in a statement, said it is unfortunate that the authorities insist on paying the same compensation decided […]
Srinagar: The 16th Lok Sabha elections would be held in six Parliamentary constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir on five poll days, namely April 10, 17, 24, 30 and May 17. Polling will be held at 9,633 polling stations spread across 7,346 polling station locations. Out of the state’s total of 69,33,118 electors as on February […]
SRINAGAR: Shopkeepers from Solina Bazaar here, whose shops will get affected by the Jehanghir Chowk – Rambagh Flyover, on which the construction has already began, have called on Rural Development Minister, Ali Mohammad Sagar and Additional General Secretary, National Conference, Mustafa Kamal to discuss their problems, Traders Association Solina Bazaar said Wednesday in a statement. […]