SRINAGAR: National Conference youth leader Junaid Azim Matoo, who was sent to Meerut by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah after 67 Kashmir students were expelled from Swami Vivekananda Subharti University for cheering Pakistan against India in a cricket match, Friday said that barring couple of students the university is ready to readmit all the students. He […]
Srinagar: Three carpenters, two of them brothers, died apparently of asphyxiation in a shed at an under construction house near Srinagar Airport Friday, police said. Fayaz Ahmad Najar, his brother Nisaar, and Jamsheed Ahmad Dar, all residents of Chadoora, were found dead in a shed of an under construction house at Friends Enclave, Humhama, a […]
BY IAN SIMPLE A small, battered diamond found in the gravel strewn along a shallow riverbed in Brazil has provided evidence of a vast “wet zone” deep inside the Earth that could hold as much water as all the world’s oceans put together. The water is not sloshing around inside the planet, but is held […]
Jammu: About 3.5 lakh first time voters are going to exercise their right to franchise in Jammu and Kashmir in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. “3.5 lakh first time voters will be exercising their franchise in the Lok Sabha polls in the state of Jammu and Kashmir,” Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer Umang Narula […]
Srinagar: National Conference and the Islamia School have moved a no confidence motion against Congress- led Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Kargil over its alleged failure on developmental front. Talking to KNS, Kachoo Ahmad Ali Khan, the National Conference councilor in LAHDC Kargil, said: “Alhaj Asgar Ali Karbalai the chief executive councilor has failed […]
SRINAGAR: Terming the hardships faced by the people due to heavy snowfall as “failure of government at all levels,” Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said “the government preferred to remain in deep slumber to make people suffer despite weather advisory issued by the met department.” In a statement, the Hurriyat (M) chairman […]
LAHORE: Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Friday sought to bat away controversy over comments he made about women’s cricket, saying he had been quoted out of context. The big-hitting 34-year-old came under fire this week after TV interview footage circulated of him commenting on women’s cooking skills in response to a question about women’s cricket. […]
SRINAGAR: The Tehreek-i-Hurriyat (TeH) , a constituent of the Syed Ali Geelani-led Hurriyat Conference, Friday said it was mulling legal action against the Times of India for a “factually incorrect and mischievous” report about Geelani’s son succeeding him as the chairman of the outfit. “Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Geelani has neither nominated his son nor […]
BY KENAN MALIK When is an invasion not an invasion? When is sovereignty not sovereignty? When is an unelected regime more legitimate than an elected government? The answer, it seems, is when we are discussing Ukraine. The crisis in Ukraine has swiftly turned into a global stand-off. It has also become the focus for a […]
Srinagar: Army Friday expressed satisfaction over the preparedness and synergy between the forces which resulted in the killing of 21 militants and arrest of 13 others in Kashmir valley since the beginning of this year. “Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra arrived in Srinagar today and was briefed by Srinagar-based Chinar Corps Commander Lt […]