Online networks may be snapped for long period.
Srinagar: Government is likely to ban social media for at least for six months to minimize violence in valley. “There have been suggestions made that the use of online networks like Facebook, WhatsApp and Youtube should be banned, rather than snapping Internet intermittently in the Valley,” a ruling party leader privy to the […]
Injured Kulgam Youth Succumbs at SKIMS.
Srinagar: A 22-year-old man, who was injured during clashes between protesters and security forces on polling day in Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, succumbed to injuries. With his death, the toll in the bypoll violence has climbed to nine. Muzaffar Ahmad Mir, a resident of Kulgam district in south Kashmir, succumbed to injuries at SKIMS Hospital […]
US national security adviser discusses Afghanistan in India
AGENCIES; New Delhi: President Donald Trump’s national security adviser discussed the situation in Afghanistan with India’s prime minister on Tuesday, nearly a week after the US military dropped a massive non-nuclear bomb in the country that it said killed 95 militants. HR McMaster’s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked the first visit by a […]
Banihal students block highway
Srinagar: Students of Banihal came on the streets and staged protest demonstration blocking Jammu-Srinagar highway against the use of force on the students across Kashmir valley. They were also protesting against the alleged beating of students by CRPF at Chreel Village of Banihal. Hundreds of students from different schools and colleges of Banihal came […]
Despite closure, KU students protest
Srinagar: Although the authorities closed all the Universities and educational institutions on Tuesday, the students of University of Kashmir held protests within the campus against the use of force on the students across Kashmir. Police immediately closed the main doors of University of Kashmir and did not allow the protesting students to come out on […]
Malik visits hospitals, Batamaloo meets people
Srinagar: Muhammad Yasin Malik on Tuesday went to many Srinagar hospitals including SMHS hospital and enquired about the health condition of all those students who were injured in police action on Monday. Malik expressed concern over the brute use of force by police and security forces on students across Kashmir and said that New […]
Geelani says government has reduced educational institutions to battle fields
Srinagar: Syed Ali Shah Geelani in a press statement has sharply criticized the government for using force against students including girl students and has said that the present government has converted all the educational institutions in Kashmir into the battle fields. He further said that some of the students have been seriously injured including […]
Govt reviews Higher Education in J&K
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government has taken up development of infrastructure for new and existing higher education institutions at a massive scale so that students get the desired benefits at the earliest. The development of campuses for new degree colleges, national level institutions and upgrading of infrastructure of existing ones has […]
New policy for the maintenance of Estates Houses
JAMMU: In a significant decision aimed at streamlining the fiscal management in the Estates Department, the State Government today notified a new policy for maintenance, repairs, renovation, furnishing of estates houses allotted to ministers and senior officers in Jammu and Srinagar. As per an order issued in this regard, the Government has fixed the […]
Varsities remained closed after student agitation.
Srinagar: Universities, colleges and higher secondary schools on Tuesday remained closed across Kashmir on the orders of the divisional administration in view of the widespread student protests in the valley. The universities, colleges and classes XI and XII remained closed on Tuesday following orders to this effect issued by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmed Khan on […]
