Invoking sedition law against JNU students travesty of free speech :Shah Faesal
Srinagar/Jan, 16: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal Wednesday said invoking sedition law against Kanhaiya Kumar and others in the JNU case was travesty of free speech. Delhi Police charge sheeted Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students Union President Kanahaiya Kumar and nine others on charges of raising anti-India slogans early three years ago after former Jawaharlal […]
Kashmir valley receives fresh snowfall
Bhat Shameem Srinagar, Jan 16 : Many parts of Kashmir including summer capital Srinagar received fresh snowfall on Wednesday. The snowfall which started on morning, suspended the air traffic; though vehicular traffic was normally plying on Srinagar-Jammu highway till last reports came. Director of the Met Department, Sonam Lotus, said that there will be improvement […]
My offer to Hurriyat on taking calls on atrocities has no political implications :Guv Malik
Jammu/Jan, 16: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday said that his offer to Hurriyat on sharing information over alleged atrocities has no political implications saying ‘I fully support police, paramilitaries and army’ but simultaneously am ready to take calls on allegations of atrocities from civilians and even Hurriyat Conference. Talking to an […]
Guv reaches out to Separatists, urges them to apprise him directly of cases of atrocities’, ‘injustice’
Jammu: In a bid to build bridges between Raj Bhawan and Hurriyat Conference, J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik Tuesday reached out to the separatist leaders urging them to apprise him directly of the cases of “atrocity and injustice” to common people that they may come across. Malik made the offer with an appeal that the […]
Kuka Parrey would have been JK CM had NC not contested 1996 elections: Omar
Ang: National Conference and former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said Governor Satya Pal Malik’s job was not to interfere in the state politics but to make the situation favourable for the elections so that people are able to take part in electoral process again. “Governor (SP Malik) Sahab’s job is not to interfere […]
Make Article 35-A Unchallengeable in Court, Mehbooba asks GOI
Ang: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has cautioned the government of India that any tinkering with the special status of Jammu and Kashmir could turn the already strife-torn state into a veritable inferno and will bring more violence, chaos, and destruction. Meeting scores of delegations in south Kashmir’s Anantnag […]
Shailendra discusses election preparations with DEOs through Video Conferencing
Jammu: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Shailendra Kumar Tuesday interacted with all the District Election Officers (Deputy Commissioners) through Video Conferencing (VC) and discussed the election management action plans for the forthcoming Elections in the State after the last date of disposal of claims and objections under SSR-2019. During the marathon discussions, the CEO obtained detailed […]
Mehbooba bats for talks with militant leadership in Kashmir at ‘appropriate time’
Srinagar: PDP President and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday batted for talks with militant leadership in Kashmir at an “appropriate time.” PDP on its twitter hand quoted Mehboob telling reporters that the talks with militants at this juncture were not possible. “@MehboobaMufti bats for talks with militant leadership at appropriate […]
APDP releases calendar documenting stories of disappeared kin
Srinagar: The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) has come out with a 2019 calendar that documents the stories of disappeared persons. The calendar distributed by APDP at Partap Park in Srinagar on Tuesday documents the stories of disappearances, with each month’s page carrying a photo of a person who disappeared in that month. […]
Snow spell of stronger intensity expected from January 19, says weatherman
Srinagar: Weatherman on Tuesday said that a stronger spell of snow is expected from January 19 to January 23rd in Jammu and Kashmir. Director Meteorological Department, J&K, Sonam Lotus said that another now spell of stronger intensity is expected from January 19, with a peak on January 22. Kashmir valley has received widespread snowfall in […]
