Srinagar: At least 12 Kashmiri students were injured Friday after clashes broke out in a Rajasthan university before India and Pakistan cricket match in the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh. At around 11:45 am, some local students started hurling abuses at Kashmiri students studying in the Meewar University located at Gangrar, Chittorgarh. “Situation turned hostile […]
SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, Friday expressed anguish over Pakistan’s proposal to grant India the Most Favoured Nation status describing it as “expression of submissive policy on the part of Pakistan.” In a statement issued from New Delhi, Hurriyat (G) chairman said that “this step of Pakistan will be against the sacrifices […]
SRINAGAR: Describing elections in Kashmir as a “sham process” aimed to hoodwink international community, Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq,Friday asked people to boycott the polls, which he said, were aimed only at “consolidating India’s control over Kashmir.” “The only purpose these elections serve is to consolidate India’s control over Kashmir and to hoodwink […]
Srinagar: At a time when Jammu and Kashmir High Court has taken exception to slackness in compliance of its directions, the government has erred in its order to Deputy Commissioners by referring to polythene directions in PIL which is actually aimed to prevent conversion of agriculture land in the state. “It has been reported by […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has asked the state government to produce record to ascertain whether Dr Saleem-ur-Rehman is the only eligible candidate to be confirmed permanently on the post of Deputy Director Health Services Kashmir. “Record of the candidates who have been considered for confirmation and appointment as Assistant Director as well as […]
SRINAGAR: Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday said the new government in New Delhi must extend a hand of friendship to Pakistan and hold dialogue with all stakeholders, including the Hurriyat Conference, to resolve the Kashmir issue. “The new government will have to extend a hand of friendship to Pakistan…There is no alternative…It will […]
SRINAGAR: Continuing with its election boycott campaign, several leaders of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Friday addressed public gatherings across south Kashmir and asked people to stay away from the upcoming elections. In a statement, a JKLF spokesman said that as part of the public awareness program for asking people to keep away from […]
Srinagar: Senior leader of Hurriyat Conference Jammu and Kashmir (KCJK) and Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) chairman, Shabir Ahmad Shah, who was on way to Jammu from Srinagar, was on Friday detained by police at Batote. In a statement, a HCJK spokesperson while strongly condemning the arrest said, “If government believes that by arresting Shah, they […]