Why police is failing to identify the brains behind braid chopping, as the incidents are gripping Srinagar
VOV Correspondent: Srinagar: Fresh two incidents of alleged braid chopping at Bemina and Khanyar in Srinagar city on Wednesday has once more shown how city is becoming now a victim uncertainty and fear among the womenfolk. From Batamaloo, now it has spread to the other parts of Srinagar city, sparking of protests and instilling fear […]
Demonetisation an ‘idiotic jolt’ to economy, GST badly implemented: Arun Shourie
October 4, 2017 In a stinging interview to a news channel, Arun Shourie on Tuesday criticised the Narendra Modi-led government over the “sliding economic growth and increasing job losses”. The former union minister also likened demonetisation with suicide saying the latter too is “a bold step” to take. Shourie, speaking to NDTV, called demonetisation as “the […]
Budding Jammu and Kashmir cricketers on way to Pune for training camp
October 4, 2017 An excited bunch of 15 budding cricketers from border town of Uri in Jammu and Kashmir are on their way to Pune for a special training camp organised for them by the Army and an NGO. The 15 lucky players, selected during the Uri Premier League conducted by the army during the […]
BJP government not providing supportive environment for growth: Ex-Finance Minister Chidambaram
MELBOURNE: Criticising the BJP government for not providing a “very supportive” environment for India’s growth, former finance minister P Chidambaram said demonetisation and the GST have caused a severe setback to the economy which is now becoming visible. Delivering a public lecture on ‘An Emerging Power Engages the World: India and Australia’, at the Australia India […]
Pak raises Kashmir issue at UN, India calls it lonely voice
October 4, 2017, Pakistan on Wednesday raised the Kashmir issue at the UN with its envoy accusing India of spreading terrorism in the Valley. Pakistan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi, during a debate of the General Assembly, also alleged that India made a “false claim” of conducting surgical strike across […]
Police use force detain scores of protesting Batamaloo traders
Police used batons to chase away protesting Batamaloo bus stand traders, transporters and street vendors on Wednesday in Lal Chowk as they were trying to meet chief minister Mehbooba Mufti at civil secretariat. Police used force to disperse them and arrested scores of them at different places in lal Chowk as they were trying to […]
UN appeals for massive Aid to overcome Rohingia crisis
The UN said on Tuesday that it would appeal for $430 million in aid from the international community to respond to the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh, a figure which is more than double what was calculated weeks earlier when the number of refugees was lower. Six weeks after the UN relief operations started, Mark […]
Sikhs demand pickets back in south kashmir villages
The authorities recently after some gun snatching incidents decided to withdraw security pickets from vulnerable villages of South kashmir. These police pickets were erected in Sikh and pandit villages of South kashmir in early ninetees to protect them from attacks. Different police wings gave a feedback to the government that policemen in these pickets can […]
Schools closed as Poonch sector witness fresh shelling
District authorities of Poonch have decided to close all educational institutions in Dagwar area after heavy shelling was going on in the area on Wednesday morning. Reports said that indian and Pakistani troops were ecchanging heavy artillery fire in the Dagwar and adjacent areas on the line of control. Police said that they have no […]
Major crackdown in Hajin internet snapped
Army CRPF and SOG wing of jandk police have cordoned off more than 14 villages in and around Hajin town in Bandipura district on Wednesday morning. Reports said that all the exit points were sealed and Army was conducting house to house searches. Locals told media that Internet services were snapped from midnight and in […]
