Mirwaiz welcomes Modi’s Kashmir remark

mirwaChairman Hurriyat (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today welcomed the statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which he said that love, not bullets will resolve Kashmir issue. “Welcome @narendramodi also believes “Goli & gaali will not help resolve Kashmir” if insaniyat & insaaf replace them resolution can become a reality,” tweeted Mirwaiz. Earlier, PM Modi […]

Amarnath Yatra attack: Bus driver awarded by J&K Govt

The Jammu and Kashmir government today conferred bravery award to the driver of the bus carrying Amarnath yatris which was attacked on July 10 in south Kashmir’s Anantanag district. Sheikh Saleem Gafoor from Valsad in Gujarat, as per police showed bravery after he drove the bus even after militants were raining bullets on the vehicle. […]

Curfew-like restrictions in parts of Srinagar

Curfew-like restrictions continued for the second day today in downtown Srinagar, where people were forced to remain indoor due to heavy deployment of government force to prevent any “law and order problem”. All roads leading to Lal Chowk were closed with barbed wire and hundreds of government forces preventing people from entering the city centre. […]

Curfew-like restrictions in parts of Srinagar

Curfew-like restrictions continued for the second day today in downtown Srinagar, where people were forced to remain indoor due to heavy deployment of government force to prevent any “law and order problem”. All roads leading to Lal Chowk were closed with barbed wire and hundreds of government forces preventing people from entering the city centre. […]

Kashmir problem can only be solved by embracing Kashmiris: PM Modi

rime Minister Narendra Modi today said that Kashmir problem can only be solved by embracing Kashmiris. Prime Minister was addressing the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort on 71st Independence Day. “Na goli se, na gaali se, Kashmir ki samasya suljhegi gale lagaane se,” he said Abuses and bullets won’t solve the Kashmir issue, […]

Mobile phone service suspended in Kashmir

Mobile phone services including mobile internet services were suspended in the valley ahead of the Independence day celebrations. According to the sources, mobile services including Data 2g 3g and 4g were blocked in entire Kashmir valley. Reports said that the services will remain blocked from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm in the afternoon. Guest

BJP activist arrested ahead of Tiranga Yatra

Police today arrested around 250 Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) activists ahead of Independence day celebrations. BJP youth wing national vice president Ajaz Hussain along with Ashish Sareen was taken to Ram Munshibagh Police Station from Hotel Shehanshah. Reports said that more than 250 youth activists taken to different police stations. They were in Kashmir to […]

Minister reviews performance of Horticulture department

  The Minister for Horticulture, Basharat Bukhari Monday asked the horticulture department to take up area specific plantation of fruit in this border district on mission mode for a visible impact on the ground.He was chairing a review meeting of Horticulture Department here at district administrative complex.Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary presented a resume […]

Govt to explore institutional financing through NABARD for key projects: Dr Drabu

Minister of Finance, Labour & Employment, Dr Haseeb A Drabu Monday asked the officials to devise a comprehensive plan for allocation of adequate resources for projects that have been taken up under NABARD funding. The Minister said there will be institutional financing under NABARD for various projects taken up by the State Government in the […]

Govt working-out GST incentive structure to benefit local industry, customers: Finance Minister

Minister for Finance, Labour & Employment, Dr Haseeb A Drabu, Monday said the State Government is formulating a comprehensive incentive structure under Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime which will benefit local industries and local customers while tackling the scourge of corruption. The Finance Minister was chairing a meeting at his office chambers here to […]