Dineshwar Sharma meets Governor
Srinagar, Apr 13: Centre’s special representative on Jammu and Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma called on Governor N.N. Vohra at Raj Bhavan in Jammu last evening. “Governor and Sharma held extended discussions regarding the crucial importance of maintaining peace and normalcy in the state alongside the effective functioning of the administrative apparatus,” said a spokesman. Sharma was […]
Traffic resumes on Srinagar-Leh highway
Kangan, Apr 13: Traffic movement on the strategic 434-km Srinagar-Leh highway resumed on Friday afternoon after remaining closed since Wednesday evening. Officials said landslides hit the Sonamarag-Drass stretch in Zojila area at zero point and other places Wednesday evening, forcing suspension of traffic movement. A senior traffic police officer at Sonamarag said that traffic was […]
31% of PM’s JK package released
New Delhi, Apr 13: Thirty-one percent of the Prime Minister’s Rs 80,000-crore development package for Jammu and Kashmir has been released to the State government and 25 percent of the total amount utilised so far, officials said today. In March, a parliamentary standing committee had said in a report that the progress on implementing the […]
Minor girl kidnapped in Rajouri rescued
Jammu, Apr 13: A minor girl who was allegedly kidnapped by a youth in Rajouri district was rescued from Mumbai, police said today. The girl was rescued on April 11 after the police received a complaint that she was kidnapped by a youth in Sounchal area in Kalakote belt of the district last week, the […]
After death, Asifa pulls India together to seek justice
From Rahul to VK Singh; from Sania Mirza to Dia Mirza, all demand justice; Indian TV’s and local media are on same page, finally
Srinagar, Apr 12: All those people who were eying to play the ‘nationalism’ card and cash in on the pro-right bias to justify their siding with those responsible for the brutal rape-and-murder on eight-year-old Asifa Bano, a Bakerwal girl of Kathua, have a reason to curse their wisdom as entire India from political leaders to […]
Won’t allow obstruction of justice: CM
Srinagar, Apr 12: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said her government will not allow law to be obstructed and justice will be delivered in the rape-and-murder case of an eight-year-old Bakerwal girl in Kathua district. The rape-and-murder of the nomadic Muslim Bakerwal community girl has created a controversy after lawyers in Jammu called for a […]
BJP ministers may be sacked?
Srinagar: Following the outrage on Indian TV channels and social media, sources said, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti may be constrained to sack two of her cabinet colleagues, Chander Prakash Ganga and Lal Singh. Sources said that these two ministers had publicly sided with the accused rapists and murderers in Kathua case. Sources said that one […]
Safina Baig appointed PDP’s women’s wing chief
Srinagar, Apr 12: Safina Baig, the wife of Baramulla Lok Sabha member Muzaffar Hussain Baig, was today appointed as the president of the women’s wing of ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). “Mehbooba Mufti, president J&K People’s Democratic Party (JKPDP) has nominated Safina Baig as president women’s wing of the party,” a spokesman for the ruling […]
Pak accuses India of ‘scuttling’ SAARC summit
Islamabad, Apr 12: Pakistan today accused India of “scuttling” the process to reconvene the SAARC summit in Islamabad and “holding hostage” the development and economic progress of the whole region. India has said that it was difficult to proceed with the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) initiative under current circumstances, citing Pakistan’s “continuing […]
Separatists call for protests after Friday prayers
Srinagar, Apr 12: The separatists today urged all sections of the society to stage protests after Friday prayers tomorrow against the “genocide of Kashmiris”. In a joint statement today, the separatist tri of Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik said that the government forces have been given unbridled powers to […]
