Srinagar: Normal life remained disrupted for the 87th straight day in Kashmir on Wednesday with all shops and business establishments closed while public traffic remained off the roads to protest against the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir State into two Union Territories (UT’s). The shutdown has intensified since Tuesday, when […]
Srinagar: Amid a complete shutdown in the Valley, more than 45,000 students appeared in the first paper of class 12 annual examinations on Wednesday, officials said. Joint Secretary, Examinations, J&K Board of School Education (JKBOSE), Syed Abdul Rouf, told Kashmir Reader that that 45, 318 students from Kashmir valley excluding Keran, Machil and Tangdar areas […]
Srinagar: A class 10 student from Srinagar was unable to write the first paper of his annual exams on Tuesday after his school allegedly withheld his admit card for not clearing his dues. Abrar Zafar, a student enrolled at Shaheen Public School, Hawal, was denied the admit card by the school for failing to pay […]
‘Stand by India in fight against terror’
Srinagar: Capping a visit that attracted controversy and opposition ire, EU parliamentarians visiting Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday termed Article 370 an internal issue of India and said they stand by the country in its “fight against terrorism”. The 23 members of European Parliament, who flew into a restive Kashmir Valley pockmarked by shutdowns and […]
New Delhi: Demanding answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress on Wednesday termed the EU MPs visit to Kashmir the “biggest diplomatic blunder” in India’s history and said the government had deliberately internationalised the issue. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the BJP government continues to humiliate India on a global scale by allowing […]
New Delhi: CPI general secretary D Raja on Wednesday asked the RSS and the BJP to explain how a delegation of European Union MPs were granted access to Kashmir when parliamentarians of the country were not allowed in the state. Raja was addressing a press conference after releasing a booklet on Kashmir at the party […]
Srinagar: Retired IPS officer K Vijay Kumar on Wednesday bid goodbye to Jammu and Kashmir after completion of his tenure as advisor to the governor, a day before the state is split into two Union territories. Kumar, a 1975-batch IPS officer, said there was speculation about his resignation. In his tweets, he said “Speculations rife […]
SRINAGAR: A delegation of European Union parliamentarians which arrived on a day-long visit in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday met some panchayat members, few businessmen, youth activists and a few politicians in Srinagar briefly amid a complete shutdown in the valley. The EU office in India has distanced itself from the visit of the parliamentarians […]
London: A senior UK politician claimed on Tuesday that the Indian government withdrew with little explanation its invitation to him to be part of an EU delegation currently on a visit to Kashmir after he demanded to speak with local people without a police escort. A delegation of 23 MPs from the European Union reached […]
Anantnag: Five labourers hailing from West Bengal were killed while another was injured when unknown gunmen opened fire at them in Katrasoo area of Kulgam district on Tuesday evening, police said. The slain were identified as Nayeemudin Sheikh, Mursaleen Sheikh, Qamarudin, Mohammad Rafiq and Rafiq-ul-Sheikh. The injured labourer has been identified as Zahoor-ud-Din. He was […]