Shah Faesal calls people for walk the talk in Srinagar
Srinagar : Kashmiri IAS officer Shah Faesal Thursday said that he was stormed with “abuse and adulation” after he announced resignation from the service. “It has been a storm of abuse and adulation. Hundreds and thousands of people reacted to my resignation in hundreds and thousands of ways. I totally expected this,” Faesal wrote on Facebook. […]
Chidambaram takes dig at govt over IAS officer Shah Faesal’s resignation
New Delhi : Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Thursday took a dig at the BJP-led central government over the resignation of IAS officer Shah Faesal, saying the world will take note of “his cry of anguish and defiance”. In a series of tweets, the former home and finance minister claimed whatever Faesal, the first Kashmiri IAS […]
Weatherman forecasts rain, snow as WD approaches Kashmir
SRINAGAR: The Meteorological Department has forecast a fresh spell of rain or snow from Thursday evening in Kashmir, even as the valley and Ladakh region continued to reel under intense cold conditions. A MeT Department official said a fresh western disturbance (WD) is approaching Jammu and Kashmir under the influence of which intermittent rain and snow is […]
No one can save Modi from Rafale probe: Rahul after CBI chief order
No one can save Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Rafale investigation and the entire nation will know “without a shadow of doubt” that he has taken Rs 30,000 crore of people’s money and given it to his “friend” Anil Ambani, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on a day the Supreme Court reinstated Central Bureau of […]
Suhail Bukhari joins PDP
Srinagar : Suhail Bukhari, a journalist by profession and a former media consultant of the Jammu and Kashmir Government, on Tuesday formally joined Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Bukhari belongs to Kreeri Village of Sangrama constituency represented twice as PDP MLA by Syed Basharat Bukhari who recently resigned from PDP and joined National Conference. Confirming the […]
Altaf Bukhari seconds Omar Abdullah on no to coalition regimes in J&K
Srinagar : Former finance minister Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday seconded the opinion of National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah who called for a decisive mandate in the upcoming Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir for return of single party Government era in the State. “I personally believe that Kashmir has suffered a lot […]
838 militants, 183 civilians killed in JK since 2014: GoI
Srinagar : As many as 838 militants and 183 civilians were killed in Jammu and Kashmir since 2014, the Lok Sabha India was informed Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home (India) Hansraj Ahir said since 2014 till December 31 last year there were 1,213 incidents involving militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. “In these incidents, […]
After failing in 12th class examinations, Sopore girl tries to end life
Srinagar : An 18-year-old girl on Tuesday morning tried to commit suicide in Batpora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district after she failed to clear class 12 exams, results of which were declared yesterday. An official said that a class 12th girl (name withheld) tried to commit suicide, after jumping into river Jhelum near […]
Centre should now stop misusing CBI & NIA for political vendetta: Mehbooba
Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision on Tuesday to reinstate Alok Verma as CBI director, saying the apex court ruling had restored faith in independent institutions. “Welcome SCs decision to reinstate #AlokVerma as CBI Dir. (It) reinstates belief in independent […]
Militant killed in brief exchange of fire with forces in Pulwama
Srinagar : A militant was killed in a brief shoot in Chowduri Bagh area of Litter in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday. An official said that militants attacked census army patrolling party of 55RR at Chowduri bagh. He said that army retaliated and triggering a brief shoot in which one unidentified militant was killed. As […]
