SRINAGAR: Journalists working in Kashmir Thursday held a sit in protest against the communication blockade which enters 60th day, and demanded access to internet and communications. The journalists from various media associations including members of the Kashmir Press Club (KPC), Kashmir Working Journalists Association (KWJA), Kashmir Journalists Association (KJA), Kashmir Press Photographers Association (KPPA), Kashmir […]
Srinagar: Srinagar: A Srinagar family has accused the doctors at JLNM Hospital of medical negligence leading after a woman delivered a dead baby at Lal Ded Hospital last week. The 35-year-old Nuzhat Akhtar of Hawal area in Srinagar had a stillbirth at LD Hospital on September 26 hours after she was referred to the maternity […]
Srinagar: Kashmir Valley showed some signs of normalcy on Thursday, with traffic jams in summer capital Srinagar and some shops opening in the city in the morning hours. However, the government’s efforts to reopen schools, which have now been closed for two months following abrogation of Article 370, failed again as students stayed away from […]
Srinagar Oct 3: Majority of schools in Kashmir continued to remain deserted on Thursday as students remained away from institutions snubbing the government’s directive to start class work. The divisional administration in Kashmir had on Monday ordered opening of all schools including higher secondary schools in the valley on October 3. Although the staff has […]
Jammu: Political leaders under house arrest in Kashmir will be released in a phased manner after proper analysis of every individual, the J&K administration said on Thursday. Replying to a question on the future course of action regarding the detention of Kashmiri leaders after leaders in Jammu were released, the governor’s advisor Farooq Khan said, […]
Jammu: Pakistan army continued ceasefire violation by resorting to heavy mortar shelling and heavy firing targeting civilian areas along the Indo-Pak border in Rajouri, Poonch and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. Pakistan army resorted to heavy weaponry firing and mortar shelling targeting dozens of villages and forward posts along the […]
SRINAGAR: Chairperson, J&K State Commission for Protection of Women and Child Rights (JKSCPW&CR) Vasundhara Pathak Masoodi has written separate letters to Chief Justice of J&K High Court and Director General of Prisons inviting their attention towards setting-up of crèches in both the wings of J&K High Court at capital cities, District Courts and in different […]
Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in his meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed a range of issues including growing strategic bilateral ties, developments in Kashmir and global issues of concern, the State Department said Wednesday. Jaishankar and Pompeo met at the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department on Monday. A […]
Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received a surprise phone call from her Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan hours ahead of her visit to India, according to officials. Khan has been dialling up Muslim leaders around the world to drum up support for Islamabad on the Kashmir issue. Hasina’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told PTI that […]
New Delhi: Several JNU students resorted to sloganeering during a talk by Union minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday, which was countered by ABVP activists. Singh was invited to the varsity for a talk to deliver a lecture on ‘Abrogation of Article 370: Peace, Stability and Development in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh’. A section of students […]