Tezpur: Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday asserted that her party, if voted to power in Assam, will bring a law to ‘nullify’ the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the state. Gandhi, during a public meeting in Tezpur, launched the ‘Five Guarantees’ campaign, and said her party, if given a chance to form government […]
Shopian: In a district with about three lakh population, none of the seven Tehsils have functional social welfare offices, even though the authorities are paying rents for the buildings of these offices. Despite official recommendations for creation of at least four such Tehsil-level social welfare offices, posts and infrastructure, the government never took pains that […]
Gulmarg: The famous ‘sledge ride’ in Gulmarg is about to disappear but the authorities are completely indifferent to this issue that affects the livelihood of many who provide the rides to tourists in winter. There was a time when the sledge rides were very popular on the snow-bound hills of Gulmarg, but since the tourism […]
Baramulla: Several villages in border town Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district were cut off from the Baramulla-Uri highway after landslides hit the road near Choolan village. Several villages including Zamboorpatan, Ghati, Choolan and other are cut off completely. Locals said that there is a lone road which connects the area with Tehsil headquarters Uri […]
Srinagar: Chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is likely to be released from 20-month-long house detention this week, official sources said Tuesday. Official sources told news agency KNO that Mirwaiz, who will complete 20 months under house detention at his Nigeen residence in Srinagar, is likely to walk free this week and more likely, […]
Shopian: Seven members of a family were hospitalised after they drank tea mixed with some poisonous substance at their home in Nagbal in Zawoora belt of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. According to locals, the family members fell unconsciousness after they had tea on Monday evening. The neighbours and relatives took them immediately to district hospital […]
Jammu: Congress activists on Tuesday set ablaze an effigy of senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad here and accused him of conspiring against the party at the behest of the BJP to weaken it for personal gains. The Congress activists, mostly youth, demanded his ouster from the party. The first-of-its-kind protest against the former Jammu […]
New Delhi: Amazon Prime Video has issued a statement apologising for ‘objectionable’ scenes in web series Tandav on Tuesday evening. The statement came days after the Allahabad High Court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Aparna Purohit, the India content chief of Amazon Prime Video, who has been booked in 10 FIRs across the country […]
Srinagar: Mother of Kashmir Harvard Educational Institute Chairman, Tariq Ahmad Baktoo, left for heavenly abode on Tuesday evening. She passed away after brief illness, a family member said. The funeral was held in the evening and she was later laid to rest. People from different walks of life have expressed solidarity with the bereaved family […]
Calls for reforms to ease waste disposal, improve environment around the site SRINAGAR: Commissioner SMC, Athar Aamir Khan today visited Municipal Landfill Site at Achan where he thoroughly reviewed the dumping at the present existing landfill cell and various other initiatives that are currently in place. He was accompanied by Joint Commissioner Works Ishtiyaq Ahmed […]