Zulfkar for stress-free working environment for teachers
SRINAGAR, : Minister for School Education, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali, today called for making a conducive and stress-free working environment for the teachers to improve the academic scenario in the State. The Minister expressed these views in an informal interaction with employees, after inaugurating the renovated Additional Block at the Directorate of School Education Kashmir. The […]
Altaf Bukhari directs release of 50% budget for procurement of ration
SRINAGAR,: Minister for Finance, Labour and Employment Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday directed to release 50 percent budget to the department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) for the procurement of ration for consumers of the state. The Minister passed this direction in a meeting chaired by him to review the budget […]
Talks offer welcome, but Center must specify its contours: Tarigami
Srinagar, : The statement of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh that the Center was ready to talk to every stakeholder, including Hurriyat Conference, “if the separatists come forward for talks”, is a welcome step. However, there is need on part of the Center to specify the contours of the dialogue so that it doesn’t prove to […]
Snake enters class room in Ganderbal School
Panic gripped the students and staff of a government school in Kangan area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district after a snake entered a class room. The students raised an alarm and rushed out after the snake entered a class room located in a tin shed. “The incident happened at around 1pm,” said Qamar ud din, […]
Palestinians launch boats from Gaza to protest Israeli blockade
Gaza City : Palestinians launched boats from Gaza today to protest Israel’s blockade, a move likely to further raise tensions after mortar fire from the enclave earlier in the day and weeks of deadly unrest. One main boat carrying around 20 people accompanied by a group of smaller ones departed from the fishermen’s port in […]
Lightning, thunderstorm claim 19 lives in Bihar
Patna: At least 19 persons, including a number of women and children, were killed in incidents of lightning and thunderstorm in various parts of Bihar last night. The adjoining districts of Gaya and Aurangabad reported the maximum casualty i.e. five deaths each, a release issued by the state disaster management department said today. Other deaths […]
CPEC will not affect its stand on Kashmir issue, says China
Beijing: China on Tuesday refrained from making any direct comment on Pakistan’s latest move on exercising administrative authority on Gilgit-Baltistan, but said the CPEC, which traverses through the disputed region, will not affect its stand that the Kashmir issue should be resolved between India and Pakistan. Pakistan’s Cabinet on May 21 approved Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018 which […]
JRL meeting underway at Geelani’s residence
Joint Resistance Leadership of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik on Tuesday said that they were ready to join a dialogue on Kashmir, but demanded that New Delhi should end ambiguity first. Here is the statement the three leaders issued after holding a meeting at Hyderpora residence of Syed Ali Geelani. […]
Shopian Shuts to Remember Asiya, Neelofar on 9th Anniversary
A complete shutdown on Tuesday is being observed in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on the ninth anniversary of Asiya and Neelofar the victims of 2009 Shopian double rape and murder case. Joint Resistance Leadership – an amalgam of separatist outfits – has called for shutdown in the district against the twin deaths. All shops and […]
Pak Army orders inquiry into revelations made by ex-ISI chief; seeks his name on ECL
Islamabad :Pakistan’s powerful Army today ordered a Court of Inquiry into the revelations made by former ISI chief Lt Gen (retd.) Asad Durrani and approached the government to place his name on the Exit Control List (ECL) to prevent him from leaving the country. Durrani, who headed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency from August 1990 […]
