Azad meets delegations ahead of finalizing name of his new party
Jammu: Several delegations on Monday visited former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at his residence here, a day after he returned from Delhi to a warm welcome by his supporters after quitting Congress last month to launch his own party. The delegations comprising large number of people from the twin border districts of Rajouri and […]
Migrant KP bodies to make representation before Centre, J&K admin over ‘genocide’ claim
Jammu: Four prominent migrant Kashmiri Pandit organisations have decided to collectively make a representation before the central and Jammu and Kashmir governments over the alleged “genocide” of Hindus and Sikhs in the Valley during 1989-2003. The KP bodies — Panun Kashmir, Roots in Kashmir, Youth 4 Panun Kashmir and Kashmiri Samiti Delhi — will also […]
Pakistan accepts body of LeT terrorist
Jammu: For the first time in more than two decades, Pakistan on Monday accepted the body of a trained “agent and guide” of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group who had infiltrated into Jammu and Kashmir to attack an army post. The body of Tabarak Hussain (32) was handed over two days after he died of cardiac […]
NEP will bring creativity, inquisitiveness, scientific temper, entrepreneurial & moral leadership among students: LG
Says J&K saw 14.5% increase in school enrolment in 2021-22
Srinagar: As a part of the National Education Policy (NEP), a new enrolment drive to bring the children to schools under ‘Aao School Chalein Campaign’ witnessed 14.5 percent increase in the enrolment in 2021-22 as compared to 2020-21, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said Sunday. “About 1,65,000 students have been enrolled in various schools of J&K […]
J&K land of divine and wisdom, all must work together for nation building: LG Sinha
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir is the land of divine and wisdom, and the energy field of science and spirituality and all must collectively work to spread nobility and contribute to nation building, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said Sunday. He attended the ‘Ekadash Samman Samaroh’ of Shrimad Jagadguru Sharda SarvagyaPeetham and Hindi Kashmiri Sangam at NundReshi […]
Sticky bombs recovered from ‘hybrid terrorist’ in Sopore: Police
Srinagar: In first such instance in Kashmir, security forces have recovered sticky bombs or magnetic IEDs from a “hybrid terrorist” in Sopore township of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said on Sunday. The militant, identified as Saqib Shakeel Dar, son of Shakeel Ahmad Dar, resident of MumkakBatpora, presently residing at Checki Brath Sopore, was arrested […]
LG meets Apni Party delegation
Srinagar: A delegation of Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party led by its president Altaf Bukhari met Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhawan here today. The members of the delegation submitted a memorandum of demands including restoration of statehood, and speedy recruitment processes for youth. According to an official press release, the LG said […]
LG has promised to take up demand for restoration of statehood with PM this week: Bukhari
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari said Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha promised a party delegation on Sunday to take up its statehood restoration demand with Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week. The Apni Party delegation called on the LG at the Raj Bhavan here and raised issues such as the restoration of […]
Restoration of statehood, protection of land and job rights of J&K people tops priority-list of Azad’s yet-to-be-named new party
Jammu: After breaking his five-decade-long association with the Congress, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday made his intentions clear to begin a fresh political journey from his home turf with a focus on restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir while also protecting the rights of native domiciles. In his first rally since quitting the Congress, […]
India lodged over 1.64 lakh suicides in 2021, highest ever in a calendar year: Govt data
New Delhi: India recorded over 1.64 lakh deaths due to suicides in 2021 – an average of nearly 450 daily or 18 every hour, with the figures reaching highest for any calendar year so far, according to official data. Of those who died by suicide, there were nearly 1.19 lakh males, 45,026 females and 28 […]
