New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the J&K government as to why it has not filed a reply on a plea by the wife of a Malaysia-based NRI businessman, Mubeen Ahmad Shah, challenging his detention following abrogation of provisions of Article 370. A bench headed by Justice N V Ramana observed that the […]
Srinagar: Women protestors, including National Conference President Farooq Abdullah’s sister and daughter, who were arrested on Tuesday after they took out a protest march, were released on bail by a court here on Wednesday evening, officials said. Abdullah’s sister Suraiya, his daughter Safiya and 11 other women furnished a personal bond of Rs 10,000 and […]
Srinagar: Panic has gripped farmers in central Kashmir’s Budgam district after rumours spread about taxes on apple boxes sold to National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED), under the government’s Market Intervention Scheme (MIS). As a result many farmers have stopped sales of their produce under the scheme. Several farmers, who spoke to […]
PIL calls for striking down PSA, release of detainees
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Wednesday directed state government to provide legal aid to detainees booked under Public Safety Act. The direction came as a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by senior advocate Syed Tassadque Hussain sought striking down of Public Safety Act, 1978, while describing it an “illegal act” as “amendments made to […]
Shutdown delays works on Ganderbal campus
Srinagar: The Higher Education Department has been unable to shift its first engineering college to permanent campus, two years after the institute was established. Officials maintain the process was halted due to lockdown in Kashmir, which began with the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5. The college is one of two institutes in J&K […]
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday ruled out any possibility of diplomatic engagement with India after New Delhi revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a press conference here, Qureshi said Pakistan was not against meetings with India but time was not proper for it. Tension between India and Pakistan […]
Aligarh (UP): Kashmiri students in AMU on Wednesday said they will boycott the annual Sir Syed Day celebrations, including a traditional dinner on Thursday, to express their anguish over the situation in the valley following the revocation of the state’s special status. There are about 1,300 Kashmiri students studying in the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) […]
Chandrapur: Senior BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Tuesday said political leaders under house arrest in Kashmir will be released if they cooperate with the administration for maintaining peace. Speaking to reporters in the east Maharashtra city before addressing a campaign rally for the party candidate, Hussain pointed out that (post-paid) mobile services have already become […]
SRINAGAR: The Registrar, Cooperative Societies, J&K, Wednesday issued an order for winding up of Jammu and Kashmir Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation (JAKFED) Limited. “In exercise of power vested under sub-section (1) of section 47 of the Jammu and Kashmir Cooperative Societies Act, 1989, sanction is hereby accorded to the winding up of Jammu and […]
Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia to protest over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC) that killed three civilians. The Foreign Office said that Director-General (South Asia and SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Ahluwalia and condemned the ceasefire violations by the Indian troops in Nezapir […]