| | Muharrum procession foiled in Srinagar | | Restrictions in Srinagar parts, cops use force at several places | | | SRINAGAR, Sep 19: Police foiled Muharram procession and detained dozens of mourners who tried to take out 8th Muharram processions at different places in Srinagar city here Wednesday.
Even as the authorities had imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city, Shia mourners amid Islamic slogans took out a procession from Guru Bazar area in old city and when reached near Jehangir Chowk, police resorted to baton charge and detained dozens among th... |  | |
| | | Congress to take part in Panchayat, municipal polls | | | | SRINAGAR, Sep 19: State Congress President, Ghulam Ahmad Mir today said that his party will participate in forthcoming Panchayat and local body polls with full might to keep communal forces away.
Addressing a press conference at party headquarters here, PCC Chief said that the communal forces work day and night to take advantage out of the election boycott decision.
“We have decided to contest ULB and panchayat elections in the valley to keep ... | | |
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| | 6 years on: Quimoh hospital building incomplete | | | | KULGAM, Sep 19: In 2012 when the foundation stone of the new building block for Quimoh hospital in this southern Kulgam district was laid and work initiated on the same, residents of the area were jubilant hoping for improvement in the healthcare facilities in the area. However, nearly six years down the line, the hospital building remains far from completion.
Sanctioned in 2012, the building was undertaken by the Roads and bindings department ... | | |
| | Guv to police, administration | | Provide adequate security to candidates in ULBs’ polls | | | | SRINAGAR, Sep 19: Governor Satya Pal Malik today asked the police and civil administration officials to provide adequate security cover to candidates contesting the municipal and panchayat elections in the state.
Addressing a day-long conference of deputy commissioners and superintendents of police, Malik advised them to spread awareness among the people about the importance of the polls in strengthening grass-roots democracy and holistic devel... | | |
| | | Restrictions lead to massive traffic jams | | | | SRINAGAR, Sep 19: Restrictions in several parts of Srinagar city and blocking of important roads led to massive traffic jamming on other roads today.
Authorities had imposed curbs to foil Muharram processions but forget to issue road advisory in the nick of time. The commuters, mostly government employees were shocked and fumed to see barricades everywhere. They got stuck in traffic jams for hours in scorching heat. It was only this afternoon, ... | | |
| | | Muharraum processions held at several places | | | | SRINAGAR, Sep 19: In the memory of martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain AS and his associates, mourning processions were held at various places across central Kashmir including the Srinagar city on the eve of eighth of Muharram on Wednesday.
Remembering the supreme sacrifice of the grandson of Prophet Muhammad SAW, large number of people participated in the processions wherein rich tributes were paid to the martyrs of Karbala who laid down their l... | | |
| | | Mehbooba asks NIA to bring facts about probes in public domain | | Says agency’s conduct raised misgivings among people, urgent need to clear them | | | SRINAGAR, Sep 19: Former chief minister and PDP president, Mehbooba Mufti today asked the National Investigating Agency (NIA) to bring all the facts pertaining to their investigations in Jammu and Kashmir in public domain so that no misgivings about the conduct of the said agency are created among the people here.
Mehbooba Mufti said that bringing facts about its investigations in the state into public is all the more necessary in view of the r... | | |
| | | JKPCC chief’s remarks uncalled for: NC | | ‘Congress responsible for erosion of J&K’s special provisions’ | | | SRINAGAR, Sep 19: National Conference (NC) today called J&K PCC chief GA Mir’s remarks on NC decision of staying away from upcoming ULB polls as outrageous and far from truth.
Calling his utterances politically motivated, NC provincial spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said, “It is sad that the Congress chief had to make such malafide targeted accusations on our recent announcement of not participating in local body polls. Congress chief had called N... | | |
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| | India lodges protest; high alert on IB, LoC in Jammu | | ‘Pak troops slit throat, mutilate BSF jawan’s body’ | | | NEW DELHI, Sep 19(Agencies): Pakistani troops slit the throat of a BSF jawan after fatally shooting him along the International Border (IB) near Jammu Tuesday morning, officials said on Wednesday.
The brutal and “unprecedented” incident that took place in the Ramgarh sector Tuesday prompted the security forces to issue a “high alert” across the IB and Line of Control (LoC) even as the Border Security Force lodged a strong complaint with its cou... | | |
| | | 2 BSF jawans among 3 killed in accident on NH | | | | BANIHAL, Sep 19: Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were among three killed Wednesday when a truck carrying the jawans plunged into a gorge along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway near Ramban, police said.
The private truck, hired by the BSF, was part of a convoy carrying personnel to Kashmir reportedly for deployment in connection with the upcoming municipal and panchayat polls, a police officer said.
The accident occurred around 2.1... | | |
| | SAARC meet at UNGA | | ‘India, Pak in touch for Swaraj-Qureshi meet’ | | | | NEW DELHI, Sep 19: India and Pakistan are in discussion through their respective missions and ministries for a possible meeting between the two foreign ministers.
Official sources on both sides told reporters that a formal proposal is on the table for Sushma Swaraj and Shah Mehmood Qureshi to meet on the sidelines of the SAARC (South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation) Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in New York.
The SAARC meeting,... | | |
| | DAY-NRLM | | Centre approves Rs 143-Cr special package for J&K | | | | NEW DELHI, Sep 19: The central government Wednesday approved a special package of Rs.143.604 Cr for Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) on Wednesday for implementation of ‘Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihood Mission’ (DAY-NRLM) without linking it with poverty ratio for financial year 2018-19.
The central government announced the decision taken at the meeting of the union cabinet that Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired today here.
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| | | Guroo appointed as advisor to Farooq | | | | SRINAGAR, Sep 19: National Conference appointed NC leader and constituency in charge Srinagar parliamentary constituency, Mushtaq Guroo as political advisor to president J&K National Conference, Dr Farooq Abdullah.
Prior to this appointment, Mushtaq has also served as the vice provincial president J&K National Conference besides being provincial president Youth National Conference and corporator of Srinagar Municipal Corporation.... | | |
| | Ordinance on ‘Triple talaq’ | | Modi govt using issue as a political football: Cong | | | | NEW DELHI, Sep 19: The Congress today accused the Modi government of treating the issue of instant triple talaq or instant divorce "more as a political football than a matter of justice to Muslim women".
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the government has not acceded to the Congress request for making a provision of attaching the property of those not providing compensation to the affected women and children after giving them ... | | |
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| Violence yours and mine | By Swami Agnivesh and Sandeep Pandey
There was major police action against Sudha Bhardwaj, Gautam Navlakha, Varvara Rao, Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira on 28 August, 2018. Before this police arrested Professor Shoma Sen, Adocate Sudhir Gadling, Sudhir Dhawle, Mahesh Raut and Rona Wilson on 6 June. Even before this Dr. Binayak Sen, Soni Sori, Ajay T.G., Professor G.N. Saibaba and Prashant Rahi have been arrested and all these activists have been accused of having links with Maoi... | | > Rahul must have spine and vision - By Nitya Chakraborty | | > Everybody is Somebody..! - By Robert Clements | | > Need to lift veil of secrecy surrounding defence deal - By Brij Bhardwaj | | > Fancy Glasses..! - By Robert Clements | | > India’s shrinking democratic space - By Malini Parthasarathy |
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