The meeting of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) council in Srinagar was flaunted by state government as a sign of normalcy, but Opposition Congress said today that the people can’t be fooled with gimmicks. The GST meet was held even as protests continued across Kashmir as stone-pelting youth clashed with the government forces. […]
The veteran separatist leader, Syed Ali Geelani, on Thursday warned that the right-wing Hindu group, RSS, was working to turn Jammu and Kashmir into a Hindu majority state. Geelani expressed his serious concern over the reports of proposed public meeting being organized in Srinagar by the RSS and said that after the Jammu province, […]
A grenade suspected to be thrown by militants at a police station in the old part of the city wounded three cops and a bystander when it exploded on the road in the Safa Kadal area. The apparent target of the attack was the local police station. Police sources said that a cop, Sameer Ahmad, […]
Its back might be against the wall in the Kashmir valley where it faces daily protests, but that doesn’t seem to deter the party leaders from offering moral support to the Muslims of the Jammu region. Its senior leader and a member of the State Pahari AdvisoryBoard, Tazeem Dar, accused the party’s ally, the BJP, […]
The head of the Jammu and Kashmir police department, S.P. Vaid, on Thursday said that the joining of local Kashmiri youth in the police department would help the police defeat militant separatism in Kashmir. He said a recruitment drive has been started in the state to provide the youth an opportunity to join the police […]
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The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah, said on Thursday that for normalcy and peace to be restored in the restive region, Kashmir should be placed under governor’s rule and the state assembly put under suspended animation. While talking to the media persons in Srinagar, the leader of National Conference (NC) took […]
The Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) has completed computerization of Tehsil Supply Offices across Jammu division with internet facility to enable online allocation, supply chain management, and grievance redressal mechanism to further streamline the Public Distribution System in the region. The information was given in a meeting chaired by Minister […]
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan, today convened a meeting to review the functioning of educational institutions of the Valley. Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Director School Education, Additional Secretary Higher Education, Deputy Director Planning and Heads of Educational Institutions were present in the meeting. On the occasion, the Div Com stressed on the augmentation of the […]
Getting a push from its recently held counselling seminar, Manchester Education held first overseas education open day on Thursday in Srinagar. The organized event was attended by hundreds of students and parents, who were briefed about the range of courses available in different countries like Iran, Bangladesh, Kyrgyzstan, China, Ireland and the UK. Interested students […]