Cabinet reshuffle to take place probably by next week
The cabinet reshuffle in ruling PDP-BJP government will be carried out any day after April 22 and among the new faces likely to be inducted include speaker Kavinder Gupta, Surinder Ambardar, Sat Sharma, Rajive Sharma and Shakti Parihar, sources told on Wednesday. They said senior BJP leader Ram Madhav, who is also the party’s […]
Detailed status of Educational institutions across valley.
Fearing student protests, authorities have decided to suspend the class work at colleges and higher secondary schools (HSS) in various Kashmir districts tomorrow. Authorities at the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora have also decided to suspend the class work at the campus on Thursday. Officials said the varsity administration has also postponed […]
Kathua: Many injured after students clash with forces in Pulwama, Tral, Pampore, Uri
Srinagar:-Clashes broke out between the police and students in Tral town of Pulwama district on Wednesday, resulting in injuries to many students, reports claimed. Reports said that many students have sustained injuries during the clashes, adding that many girls have also fainted due to suffocation. The shopkeepers in the area pulled down their shutters after […]
Two Million fund raised in Kathua case, lawyers says “pleading case free of cost”
Srinagar, : An online campaign agency has raised the amount of two million rupees with reference to Kathua’s rape-and-murder of an eight-year-old nomadic Muslim Bakerwal community girl in a bid to help family to pursue the case. However, the lawyers’ panel fighting for the justice of the Kathua victim has said that they are pleading […]
Mirwaiz Appreciates Kashmir media.
Srinagar Hurriyat (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday said that commend the Kashmir media fraternity for persistently highlighting the Kathua case ‘which forced the ruling regime not to ignore it’. “Commend the media fraternity of #Kashmir for persistently highlighting for the last three months the most heinous and pre-planned hate crime against a little […]
President arrives for two day visit.
Srinagar: President Ram Nath Kovind, accompanied by First Lady Savita Kovind on Wednesday arrived Jammu and Kashmir on a 2-day visit to the winter capital of the state. The spokesman said Governor N N Vohra, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Speaker Legislative Assembly Kavinder Gupta, Chairman Legislative Council Haji Anayat Ali, Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal […]
Clashes in Baramulla and Ganderbal.
Clashes broke out between students of Boys degree college Baramulla and police after the students took a protest rally demanding punishment for the Kathua victim. According to reports clashes erupt after police lobbed scores of tear gas shells to disperse the protesting students. Reports also said that students assembled inside the college premises holding placards […]
Delhi Court slaps fine on media houses for revealing identity of minor Kuthua rape victim
Media houses, issued notices for revealing the identity of the eight-year-old Kathua rape victim, on Wednesday apologised before the Delhi High Court and were directed to pay Rs 10 lakh each to the Jammu and Kashmir Victim Compensation Fund. Advocates representing media houses told the court that the mistake of revealing the identity of the […]
Stroke patients not receiving life-saving treatment at Kashmir hospitals: DAK
SRINAGAR, : “Use of a clot-busting drug saves lives of stroke patients, but at Kashmir hospitals patients don’t receive this life-saving treatment,” said Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday in a communique. “Without treatment, stroke patients end up permanently disabled,” said DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is the approved clot-busting intravenous […]
Kashmir valley turning into a beggar’s paradise
SRINAGAR,: Kashmir valley is fast turning into a beggar’s paradise. The inhabitants compliant that the beggars unleash trouble among pedestrians and commuters by chasing to fetch money. They said that this has not only annoyed people but is also giving hard time to tourists as well. Sources said that trucks filled with non local beggars are […]
