Internet services have been shutdown in Pulwama and Shopian districts of south Kashmir from the last week, evoking anger from the residents. The shutdown has badly impacted thousands of students, job aspirants and those their users who avail the a service for e-commerce and banking. Job aspirants who want to ...
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Half Widow, a Kashmiri feature film, likely to be released across country in March this year
Award winning ’Half Widow’ a feature film shot in Kashmir is preparing for a country wide release in March. Its premiere was held in New York last month. According to filmmakers, in the absence of movie theatres in Kashmir, a special screening of the movie at Sher e Kashmir International ...
Read More »Bandipora Police continues its drive against the use of Polythene
On the directions of SSP Bandipore Shri Sheikh Zulfikar Azad, Bandipora Police continues its drive against the use of Polythene. During naka checking at Aloosa Bandipora, a Police party of Police post Aloosa seized 25 kilograms of polythene from Hilal Ahmad son of Ab Khaliq resident of Dooru Sopore and ...
Read More »Night temp rises in anticipation of downpour
People in Srinagar got much needed reprieve from cold conditions as the night temperature rose by three degrees but the minimum temperature stayed below the freezing point across the Valley and Ladakh region. Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of minus 1.6 degrees Celsius last night, up from minus 4.8 degrees ...
Read More »Mehbooba only knows to play politics on dead bodies: Omar Abdullah
National Conference working president Omar Abdullah on Monday said Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti only knows to play politics on dead bodies. Omar made these remarks after Mehbooba targeted National Conference and Omar Abdullah in her speech in the Assembly. Earlier, Omar said his party will support whatever measures Chief Minister ...
Read More »Sports event under civic action programme (CAP) organised by Police Station Batamaloo
Police Station Batamaloo organised a sports event at Indoor Stadium Srinagar under Civic Action Programme (CAP). SDPO Shaheed Gunj Shri Amritpal Singh was the Chief guest on the occasion. A number of youth & students of Batamaloo and adjacent areas participated enthusiastically in a number of indoor games like badminton, ...
Read More »Madrasas unmasked by Shia Board Chief (Part II)
Shia Central Waqf Board chief threatened by Dawood Ibrahim for unmasking madrasas Shia Central Waqf Board urged to shut down madrasas in the country, alleging that education imparted in these Islamic schools encouraged students to join terrorist ranks. He demanded that madrasas be replaced by schools affiliated to the CBSE ...
Read More »Indian & Pakistan coas concur: Critical of Madrasas (Part I)
Indian and Pakistan Army Chief concur, critical of Madrasas say they need transformation Recently Gen. Bipin Rawat spoke of revamping the education system of the state of Jammu & Kashmir. He expressed concerns saying misguided youth come from schools where they are being radicalized. He further said “What is being ...
Read More »Condemnations and inquiries have neither delivered justice: PDP Legislator
Condemning the killing of civilians in Shopian, PDP leader, and MLC Zaffar Iqbal Manhas has said such recurrent incidents should force the powers-that-be to do some soul-searching and face the reality that Jammu & Kashmir is an issue which calls for a solution to prevent further loss of lives. In ...
Read More »Baig to head PDP’s Advisory Council
Ruling Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has constituted a four-member advisory council to be headed by senior party leader and MP Muzaffar Hussain Baig as its chairman. Dr Mehboob Beg, Trilok Singh Bajwa, and Mohammad Sartaj Madni will be the members of the council, a party press release ...
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