Advisor Sharma meets several traders, industrialists
SRINAGAR, JUNE 12: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, KK Sharma met several traders, industrialists and representatives of trade associations to take stock of their issues and concerns,here today. The deputations who met the Advisor included Chairman Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation, Muhammad Yaseen Khan; President Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Sheikh Ashiq; former President KCCI, […]
Australian Football League resumes with a thriller and anti-racism protest
MELBOURNE: After a nearly three-month pause due to COVID-19, the Australian Football League resumed at an empty Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday where a thrilling draw between bitter cross-town rivals played out against a background of anger at racial injustice. Defending champions Richmond Tigers clawed back a four-goal deficit to reel in the Collingwood Magpies […]
New Zealand removes statue of controversial colonist
The New Zealand city of Hamilton on Friday tore down a statue of the colonial military commander after whom it was named, joining a growing list of places worldwide that are reckoning with their past. A crane hoisted the bronze sculpture of Captain John Fane Charles Hamilton from the town square after requests from local […]
MR association Sopore distributes sanitizers, Masks to trauma hospital Pattan
Pattan, June 12 (KNS): The North Kashmir Medical Representative association unit Sopore on Friday distributed hand sanitizers masks to BMO Pattan Dr Tasvur khan at trauma hospital here. According to Kashmir News Service that several hand sanitizers, masks were give to the trauma hospital Pattan for Doctors and Paramedics. Talking to KNS Dr Tasavur said […]
Rouf Bhat expresses concern over continuous detention of Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar, June 12 (KNS): PDP leader Rouf Ahmad Bhat on Friday showed serious concern over the continuous deterioration of PDP chief Mehbooba mufti . In a statement issued to KNS Bhat Said that time has proved that Mehbooba is an iron lady and has proved her worth by taking strong stand against the undemocratic ,illegal […]
Why Kashmir’s Leadership has Abdicated at a Critical Time
ON May 25, senior National Conference (NC) leader Aga Ruhullah publicly expressed his resentment over his party’s continued silence over the revocation of Article 370 of India’s Constitution, which granted autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir. Ruhullah was angry over an article his colleague, Tanvir Sadiq, wrote in a local daily, urging New Delhi to let the […]
Over 1.20 Lakh J&K Residents Brought Back From Other Parts Of Country
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has brought home over 1.20 lakh residents of the union territory who had been stranded in other parts of the country due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown, officials said on Thursday. The evacuation exercises were carried out in strict observance of all necessary guidelines and standard operating procedures, they said. […]
Ghulam Nabi Azad: ‘Govt decisions during lockdown must be discussed in Parliament’
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad speaks to Manoj C G about the importance of reconvening Parliament and the issues that need to be discussed. The monsoon session of Parliament may be a mix of virtual and physical participation. What is your view on that? I would like […]
20 new cases in Ladakh
Ladakh today witnessed a major surge in Covid cases as 20 persons tested positive for the deadly virus. According to the media bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services, Ladakh, 20 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Leh district of Ladakh, taking the number of active cases to 80. “Four patients were discharged from […]
Ram Guha’s tweet about ‘culturally backward’ Gujarat unites BJP and Congress
New Delhi: A tweet on Gujarat by historian Ramchandra Guha, quoting a British writer, triggered a social media furore Thursday, and unwittingly ended up uniting political rivals BJP and Congress. Guha, quoting British writer Phillip Spratt from 1939, wrote: “Gujarat, though economically advanced, is culturally a backward province… . Bengal in contrast is economically backward but […]
