BUDGAM: Director Agriculture Peerzada Mushtaq Ahmad Wednesday inaugurated an Agriculture Business Centre here. Interacting with the farmers on the occasion, Peerzada said that machinery shall be made available to farmers on hire basis, enabling them to curtail the labour component by use of farm mechanization so that agricultural economy gets boost. Giving the details of […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Football Association (JKFA) Wednesday condoled the demise of former footballer Manzoor Ahmad. A condolence meet in this regard was chaired under its senior vice president Prof Bashir A Shah, a statement issued by the JKFA said. Manzoor, the statement said, had represented Water Works Department football team and helped them to […]
DUBAI: Sri Lanka owed it to their bowlers for taking the opening day honours against Pakistan in the second Test in Dubai on Wednesday (January 8). By the close, Sri Lanka had knocked off 57 runs for the loss of Dimuth Karunaratne, the opener, out leg-before to Junaid Khan for 32. A three-pronged pace and […]
Srinagar: Police Wednesday said they had busted a gang of burglars active in Hazaratbal and adjoining areas here for the past two years with the arrest of three persons and recovered stolen goods worth Rs 25 lakh. “Around 15 cases of thefts which occurred during the last two years have been solved. We have got […]
Mushtaq Ahmed Baramulla: Army and Special Operations Group (SOG) of police conducted searches for the second consecutive day Wednesday in Sopore town of this north Kashmir district, a day after a police officer was killed and three cops injured in a brief gun-battle with militants. On Tuesday, Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Kafeel Ahmed (43-SPR) was killed, […]
Srinagar: The state government has ordered its workforce in Jammu to attend the main Republic-Day function in winter capital of the state on January 26, warning them that failure on their part will be construed as dereliction of duty. “All Officers and Officials of the State Government and Public Sector Undertakings stationed at Jammu are […]
M Zulqernain Lahore/Islamabad: One of the alleged Lashker-e-Toiba trainers involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks used to frequently get money transfers into his account, two Pakistani bank executives told an anti-terrorism court on Wednesday. The two bankers of the Muslim Commercial Bank in Pakistan-administered Kashmir(PaK) recorded their statements during the hearing of the Mumbai attacks […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday expressed concern over “growing immorality in Muslim- majority Kashmir”. Addressing a conference on the life of Prophet Mohammad (SAW) at Mirwaiz Manzil here, the Hurriyat (M) chairman accused the state government particularly police of acting as “a mute spectator to the growing social evils in Valley.” […]
SRINAGAR: Expressing concern over the deteriorating health of incarcerated Muslim League chairman, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, Wednesday warned that authorities would be solely responsible if anything untoward happens to Faktoo. “If Dr Qasim is not given proper treatment at this stage he will lose his eyesight for which the state authorities will […]
The Sher-e-Kashmir was released on January 8, 1958, after more than five years of imprisonment. He had been dethroned and arrested on August 9, 1953 for “conspiring with foreign powers.” Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah had started dreaming of an independent state, and made no bones about it. His speech of July 13, 1953 is very significant. […]