BJP to organise events in memory of Vajpayee
New Delhi, Aug 30: The BJP will organise two major events across the country to mark one month of the passing away of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, party president Amit Shah said today. Party workers will host poetry events at 4,000 places across all legislative assemblies and parliamentary constituencies on September 16, during […]
Reasi admin reunites destitute with family
REASI, AUGUST 30: In heartwarming turn of events, a homeless and mentally unstable man from Bihar was today reunited with his family with the efforts of district administration Reasi. The man, Kishan Mukhiya, who hails from Madhubani, Bihar, had met with an accident in Delhi and got serious physical injuries as a result of which […]
PM Modi arrives in Nepal to attend BIMSTEC Summit
Kathmandu, Aug 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here today to attend the 4th BIMSTEC Summit that will focus on enhancing regional connectivity and boosting trade. Modi said yesterday that his participation in the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit in Kathmandu signals India’s highest priority to its neighbourhood […]
Better to Plan Kashmir’s Future than Lament the Past
Like all the others pieces written by Secretary General World Kashmir Awareness Forum, Dr G N Fai, the one titled “The ostensible accession of Kashmir to India is a fiction: Ambassador Yusuf Buch” too makes a sensational claim which if true would change the entire discourse on Kashmir. Unfortunately, just like all his other claims […]
Administration to act tough against encroachers: Advisor Ganai
Calls on people to report incidents of encroachment of public assets
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 30: Expressing his dismay over the growing trend of encroachments, the Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai today said society needs to extend its support to the Government in putting an immediate halt to the menace. The Advisor (G) expressed these views during the weekly public durbar held here at Governor’s Grievance […]
Engineer suspended for financial mismanagement
REASI, AUGUST 30: Acting on complaint of financial mismanagement, the District Development Commissioner Reasi, Prasanna Ramaswamy G, today placed MK Vikram, I/C Executive Engineer, PWD, Division Mahore under suspension. Meanwhile, the DDC has ordered a departmental enquiry into the matter shall be conducted by Superintendent Engineer, PWD, Udhampur-Reasi circle. “The matter was brought to the […]
Pentagon official cautions India over buying Russian arms
Washington, Aug 30: A top Pentagon official has cautioned India that there are no guarantees for a special waiver from US sanctions if it buys new weapons platforms from Russia. Washington is alarmed at the prospect of India, an increasingly important US military ally and the world’s top defence importer, buying new systems from Russia, […]
From the same womb!
Few days ago, I visited the graves of rebel commander’s Abu Dujana and Abu Qasim who have been seen as the biggest foreign inspirational figures in the renewed armed resistance in Kashmir, a lot was going on in my mind and I recalled the endless discussions with Ruban and Naveed (my brothers) regarding these figures […]
Governor releases 2 publications of Industries & Commerce Deptt
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 30: Governor Satya Pal Malik released two booklets titled “J&K Trade and Export Policy 2018-28” and “Reliving and Reviving Jammu & Kashmir Silk” published by the Department of Industries & Commerce here today. J&K Trade & Export Policy 2018-28 highlights the ingredients of the recently introduced maiden policy on Trade & Export by […]
The crackdown on civil society
With the raids and arrests, activists are being penalised for their unwavering vigilance
BY: Neera Chandhoke It is a truth universally acknowledged that the modern democratic state, armed with technologies of surveillance and control, possesses the kind of power that has never ever been exercised by any other state in history. In a democracy, the individual transits from subject to citizen. Yet there is no one more vulnerable […]
