Disallowing Shab-e-Qadr, Jumat-ul Vida prayers at Jamia Masjid unacceptable: PAGD

Disallowing Shab-e-Qadr, Jumat-ul Vida prayers at Jamia Masjid unacceptable: PAGD

Srinagar: The directive of the administration to not allow congregational prayers on the holy occasion of Shab-e-Qadr and Jumat-ul-Vida at Jamia Masjid Srinagar is highly deplorable, the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) said on Thursday. The authorities, according to reports, have asked the managing body of the Jamia Masjid not to allow congregational prayers […]

MMU asks Imams, Khateebs to register ‘strong protest’

MMU asks Imams, Khateebs to register ‘strong protest’

Srinagar: Leading members of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir in a joint statement have expressed strong resentment over the administration’s decision of once again disallowing prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar on the blessed occasions of Shab-e-Qadr and Jumat-ul Vida. The statement strongly condemned the authorities for repeatedly closing down Kashmir’s largest […]

Delimitation panel set to submit report on JK next week

Delimitation panel set to submit report on JK next week

New Delhi: A Delimitation Commission, mandated to redraw the assembly constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir, is set to submit its report to the government next week, sources said on Thursday. The panel would also make public its “award” detailing the number of constituencies and their size by bringing out a gazettee notification after the report […]

Need to prepare for ‘short swift wars’: IAF Chief

Need to prepare for ‘short swift wars’: IAF Chief

New Delhi: The current geopolitical situation necessitates the Indian Air Force to prepare for “intense and small duration” operations as well as “short swift wars and long-drawn” standoffs akin to the situation in eastern Ladakh, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said on Thursday. Addressing a seminar, he also called for focusing […]

India too diverse to have one national language or religion: Omar

India too diverse to have one national language or religion: Omar

Srinagar: India is too diverse a country to have one national language and the idea of India is that it gives space to everybody, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said here on Thursday. Talking to reporters, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said it is important to recognise and respect that India is […]

Shah Faesal rejoins govt service, says life has given him another chance

Shah Faesal rejoins govt service, says life has given him another chance

Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal, who had quit the government service in 2019 citing rising intolerance in the country and to float a political party, has rejoined the service, officials said on Thursday. They said Faesal’s resignation had not been accepted. Faesal’s services have been kept at the disposal of the general administration department, […]

Huge ‘power deficit’ in Kashmir, powerless people suffer

Huge ‘power deficit’ in Kashmir, powerless people suffer

In Ramadan, ‘hardly a day’ when electricity there at time of sehri and iftar; Omar Abdullah says of govt’s claims of development: ‘Let them show where it is’ Srinagar: There is no relief in sight for the residents of Kashmir who are suffering long electricity outages for the past several days. The authorities continue to […]

Omar suggests PAGD to contest polls jointly

Omar suggests PAGD to contest polls jointly

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday suggested that People Alliance for Gupkar Alliance (PAGD) should contest assembly elections jointly as an alliance. Asked by reporters if the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) will contest the election as an alliance, the former chief minister said it was for the leaders involved […]

Terminated NHM workers stages protest in Jammu, several detained

Jammu: Several workers engaged under the National Health Mission (NHM) were detained here on Wednesday after they staged a protest against their termination and demanded the continuation of their services, officials said. The police acted against the health workers shortly after they staged a sit-in in front of the statue of Maharaja Hari Singh near […]

Hope SC will reverse all laws applied to J&K after abrogation of Article 370: Mehbooba

Hope SC will reverse all laws applied to J&K after abrogation of Article 370: Mehbooba

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti hoped on Tuesday that the Supreme Court will not only stay the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, but reverse all the laws extended to Jammu and Kashmir after the special status of the erstwhile state was repealed. “A state robbed of its legal and constitutional special status was […]