Govt to launch website to boost sale of Kashmiri handicrafts

Amid frequent internet shutdowns and snapping of social media by the authorities, the government is planning to sell the famous Kashmir’s handicraft products online by developing its own marketplace website on the pattern of Flipkart and Amazon. “A unique and modern site will be developed by the government to sell online our handicraft products which […]

 Er Rashid condemns police excesses in Anantnag town  

AIP Chief and MLA Langate Er Rashid Sunday condemned the use of force and continuous atrocities on masses and traders in Anantnag town, Er. Rashid, as per the statement has brought the matter to the notice of Chief Secretary seeking “stern action against those who are misusing their authority to curb the rights of masses.” […]

Govt fails to provide irrigation facilities to farmers: Mian Altaf

Senior National Conference leader and MLA Kangan Mian Altaf Ahmed has flayed the Irrigation department for ‘failing’ to provide irrigation facilities to the farmers in several villages of Kangan constituency. In a statement, Mian Altaf said that the irrigation and flood control (I&FC) department has failed to restore the main Baba water canal here that […]

Mercury soars to a record 43.3 degree Celsius in Jammu

Jammu city yesterday recorded this season’s highest temperature at 43.3 degrees Celsius, the Met department announced on Sunday. “The maximum temperature was 43.3 degrees Celsius in Jammu on Saturday. This is the highest recorded here so far this season. The minimum temperature on Sunday was 25.2 degrees Celsius,” a Met official said. “Temperatures in Jammu […]

Editorial: Unemployment: What next ?

With nearly six lakh educated youth striving to get employment, the state’s response should have been much better than what it has shown over the years. Even the figures shown in the last economic survey reveal that unemployment rate in Jammu and Kashmir is higher than the average national unemployment rate. Interestingly, Jammu and Kashmir […]

Er Rasheed condemns NIA raids

Condemning the NIA raids on pro-resistance leaders and few prominent businessmen, AIP supremo and MLA Langate, Er Rasheed, on Saturday, said that all such moves are aimed at making Kashmiris surrender their rights. However, Centre needs to learn that Kashmiris want to resolve the Kashmir dispute and would never compromise their sentiments and aspirations. While […]

CM pays tributes to 2 army jawans

    Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has paid rich tributes to the two jawans of the army who were killed when a convoy in which they travelling  was attacked at Lower Munda, Qazigund today. The Chief Minister has extended her heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families of slain soldiers. She has also conveyed her sympathies […]

NIA raids won’t deter us: JRL

The joint resistance leadership (JRL) Saturday while strongly condemning the raids by NIA said such raids won’t deter them from ‘pursuing the mission for freedom’.  Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik, Saturday in a joint statement said that “Indian government is frustrated to the extent that they frame and arrest the […]

NIA raids houses of businessmen, resistance leaders across India

 The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Saturday raided more than 25 locations in Kashmir, Haryana and the New Delhi over the case of alleged funding received by resistance groups from Pakistan to  fuel the unrest in Kashmir. After registering an FIR earlier this week, various NIA teams, which had been camping in the Valley for few […]