No strike today

There will be no shutdown on Wednesday, joint resistance leadership said. In a statement issued here, the leadership withdrew the shutdown call issued for south Kashmir after the deferment of Anantnag bypoll. The leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik had earlier called for shutdown in south Kashmir areas where polling […]

Truck driver arrested for rape, murder of girl

SHABIR AHMAD/ MUSHTAQ-UL-ISLAM PULWAMA: Police has arrested a truck driver on charges of raping and murdering a girl who had been missing since last month. Zahoor Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Chadoora area of Budgam district, was arrested for the murder of 20-year old Muneera Akhter , a resident  of Wangam Niwa village here. The […]

Anantnag: Nomination papers of 13 candidates accepted for scrutiny

ANANTNAG: The scrutiny of nomination papers for the conduct of upcoming Lok Sabha elections for Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency was held in presence of District Election Officer Anantnag Saugat Biswas, who is also the Returning Officer of the Constituency here on Monday. An official spokesperson said in a statement that the election observers, Asangaba Chuba, R.A […]

Illegal Yanner hotels, huts start commercial operations

SHABIR AHMAD Anantnag: Dozens of hotels and huts that have come up illegally in this ecologically fragile Pahalgam resort have started commercial operations without the registration of the tourist department. Nearly a hundred hotels, huts, and guest houses constructed on the banks of Lidder river at ‘Yanner in nexus with the revenue and PDA officials […]

Shahi Imam low-rung soldier of Congress: Geelani

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference(G) chairman Syed Ali Gilani Saturday  said that website Cobra Post’s sting operation disclosure on Babri Masjid  showed that the both Congress and BJP had no difference in their policies towards the Muslims and were acting upon the plan of making India a Hindu national state. Geelani  also attacked the Shahi Imam of […]

Darbar Move offices to close on April 25

JAMMU: The Civil Secretariat and other Darbar Move offices will close here on April 25 and April 26 respectively and would reopen in summer capital Srinagar on May 5. According to a government order issued by General Administration Department (GAD) here Friday, the government offices observing five day week shall close in winter capital Jammu […]

Police launches ‘census’ in Srinagar

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police have started ‘census’ operation in many parts of this capital city and are collecting personal and professional information from the residents that will be stored at a centrally located computerized database. As part of the survey that is underway in many parts of the city, the cops drop at […]

Modi wants to make India a Hindu state: Soz

Shabir Ahmad Anantnag: Comparing BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi with Adolf Hitler, state Congress chief Saif-ud-Din Soz on Wednesday said that if Modi becomes Prime Minister of India “there will be no space for minorities in any part of the country.” “Modi is following the footsteps of Hitler. He is dividing the people along […]

Gazanffer to hold charge of Secy Women Commission

Srinagar: The state government on Wednesday ordered that Gazanffer Ali, (KAS), Secretary, J&K State Information Commission shall hold the charge of the post of Secretary, J&K State Commission for Women, in addition to his own duties, till further orders Separately, the government also transferred and posted Ghulam Rasool Mir, Private Secretary in the Personal Section […]