On the eve of World Press Freedom Day, Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) in an extra-ordinary meeting paid rich tributes to the members of the Srinagar Press Corps who were killed while discharging their professional duties in last more than 25 years. The media body said those brave people would always be remembered as the real […]
Chief Secretary, B.B.Vyas, Tuesday chaired a meeting of all Heads of Departments (HoDs) of Kashmir Division at Banquet Hall here. Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan, Director SKIMS, Prof. A. G. Ahangar, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr. Farooq Ahmad Lone, Directors of different Departments, Chief Engineers of various Engineering Wings, besides representatives of National Highway Concessionaire […]
Instead of raking up the triple talaq issue, the government should focus more on education and other basic facilities to India’s “under-privileged” communities, including Muslims, a woman leader of the Jamaat-e-Islamic Hind (JeIH) said on Tuesday. JeIH Secretary Atiya Siddiqua said a negative image of Muslims was being portrayed to show Muslim men as dominant […]
The top army commanders of Pakistan and India today talked over the hotline, a day after a Pakistani Special Forces team allegedly sneaked across the Line of Control and beheaded two Indian security personnel. The hotline contact between the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of Pakistan and India was established at 11.30 AM, a […]
Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Adviser to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Tuesday described the Jammu and Kashmir dispute as “a burning issue requiring urgent international attention”. Sartaj Aziz, the Advisor on Foreign Affairs to Nawaz Sharif, also said India’s bid “to portray the indigenous uprising in Kashmir as terrorism has been rejected” globally. The Foreign Office […]
The decision of Election Commission of India (ECI) to cancel the Anantnag by-polls, which were scheduled to be held on May 25, has drawn a sharp reaction with both the NC and Congress slamming the government for the deterioration in the security scenario and influencing the ECI to call off elections to foil the defeat […]
Strongly denouncing the use of ‘brute force’ against students, Hurriyat Conference (G) on Tuesday demanded immediate release of all detained students. Lashing at police for their callous approach, a spokesperson of the amalgam said that they are playing with fire and if not stopped it will engulf the whole state. “Don’t play with their future”, […]
Pakistan Tuesday welcomed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s suggestion of having a multilateral dialogue to resolve the Kashmir issue. Ahead of his India visit, Erdogan, during a TV interview, had said, “We should not allow more casualties to occur (in Kashmir). By having a multilateral dialogue, (in which) we can be involved, we can seek […]
Chinese state run news outlet Global Times reported on Sunday that the China Pakistan Economic Corridor will pave a way for resolution of Kashmir dispute. “Given the massive investment that China has made in countries along the One Belt, One Road, China now has a vested interest in helping resolve regional conflicts including the dispute […]
Contrary to the claims being made that Kashmiri separatist’s leaders are being provided security cover by the various security agencies, the Union Home Ministry in New Delhi Tuesday declared that no security cover is being provided to the separatists by the Central government. Ministry of Home affairs, while replying to an RTI filed by a […]