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 […]

Editorial: Happy independence day from Kashmir

As India and Pakistan turn 70, celebrations are galore from New Delhi to Islamabad. And deservingly so, for the very thought of freedom is worth cherishing. This year-apart from being an annual celebration of independence and remembrance of sacrifices that went into achieving this cherished dream-the eve is also about assessment of how much has […]

Our constitutional position sound basis of mutual trust, cooperation: CM

Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti asserted that the constitutional position enjoyed by the State provides a sound basis of cooperation, mutual trust and tolerance between the people of the State and rest of the country.In her message to the people of the State on the eve of Independence Day, the Chief Minister said this position was […]

Pak PM urges global community to help resolve Kashmir issue

On the eve of 70th Independence day, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday said that peace in South Asia cannot be achieved with resolving the festering conflicts that have marred the region. He urged the international community to play its due role in resolving the Kashmir issue with India.“The people of South Asia […]

BJP trying to engineer regional divide in JK, says Omar

Former Chief Minister and National Conference (NC), Working President Omar Abdullah on Monday assailed the BJP for trying to engineer a regional divide in Jammu and Kashmir over Article 35A of the Constitution.He said that if the ‘so-called’ assurance given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was true why a counter […]

Bullet ‘rips’ apart Shirmal family

Flori (26), mother of three siblings is yet to believe that her husband is no more. Flori, who lost her husband Mohammad Sayeed Bhat (32), of Zainapora Shopian during forces action on Sunday says that her world has collapsed forever. Married only six years back, Flori was living a happy life with his husband who […]