Three non-local workers die of asphyxiation in Kulgam
Srinagar, Dec 11: Three non-local labourers died due to alleged asphyxiation in Shou village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district last night. Reports said their bodies were shifted to district hospital Kulgam. Their identities are being established. A police official said the trio died due to asphyxiation. “The trio might have used a gas heater and […]
Panchayat polls conclude today
430 candidates in fray for 55 Sarpanch and 138 Panch seats
Jammu, Dec 10: Voting for 9th and Final phase of Panchayat Polls-2018 will be held Tuesday at 452 polling stations in Kashmir division from 8 am to 2 pm. According to the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, 346 polling stations have been categorized as hypersensitive in this phase. He said 430 candidates in the fray for […]
On Int’l HR Day, APDP seeks whereabouts of victims of disappearances
Srinagar, Dec 10: On the International Human Rights Day, Association of the Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) on Monday held a silent sit-in protest here seeking whereabouts of their missing relatives. Led by APDP chairperson Parveena Ahangar, scores of the family members of missing persons amid bone-chilling cold assembled at the Press Enclave here this […]
Ex-MLA Gulmarg all set to desert PDP
Baig joins Mehbooba again, may be made party patron
Srinagar, Dec 10: As PDP president Mehbooba Mufti and seemingly disgruntled Lok Sabha member Muzaffar Hussain Baig jointly chaired a meeting of the party here Monday, party’s MLA from Gulmarg, Mohammad Abass Wani droped ample hints that he is all set to quit the party. “Senior leaders of the party today (Monday) met under the […]
Shutdown hits normal life in Kashmir
Srinagar, Dec 10: Normal life was affected in Kashmir on Monday because of a strike called by the separatists to highlight the alleged human rights violations in the Valley. Most shops, fuel stations and other business establishments were shut in Srinagar in support of the strike on the International Human Rights Day. While public transport […]
Imran Khan pledges Pakistan’s full support to people of Kashmir
Islamabad, Dec 10: Pakistan would continue to lend full diplomatic, political and moral support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday. Khan’s remarks came in a message on the Human Rights Day which is observed every year on December 10. This year, the Human Rights Day marks the 70th […]
Higher reaches of Kashmir receive fresh snowfall
Srinagar, Dec 10: Higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall on Monday while some areas in plains received intermittent rains, forcing the closure of several vital road-links including the Srinagar-Leh national highway and the Mughal road. The overcast conditions led to rise in the minimum temperature in the Valley. Fresh snowfall has been recorded in […]
SC dismisses PIL challenging dissolution of JK Assembly
BJP expels petitioner former MLA
New Delhi/Jammu: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL challenging the dissolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly by Governor Satya Pal Malik. “We are not inclined to interfere (with the decision of the Governor),” a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul said. The bench was hearing a PIL […]
Omar dares BJP to declare its CM candidate for J&K
Rules out pre-poll alliance for Assembly elections
Jammu, Dec 10: NC leader Omar Abdullah Monday ruled out a pre-poll alliance with any party for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, saying his party had joined hands with the PDP and Congress to “save the state”. He also dared the BJP to declare its chief ministerial candidate for Jammu and Kashmir ahead of […]
“In Kashmir, there is no place for youth to play”
HC raps govt for scanty sports infrastructure, training facilities in J&K
Srinagar, Dec 10: J&K has 137 playfields against a requirement of 2500 for a population of 1.25 crores. Taking cognizance of this wretched state of affairs of the sports infrastructure in the state, the J&K High Court today sought information about the sports facilities in the state. According to official sources, J&K is unable to […]
