| Seminar on Shah-i-Hamdan | | Indebted to saint who gave us identity: Mehbooba | | `Need for reviving his teachings, philosophy’ | | | SRINAGAR, Apr 22: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Sunday stressed the need for reviving the teachings of Hazrat Amir Kabir Mir Syed Ali Hamdani saying these hold the key to many of the issues confronting humanity in the present day world.
Speaking at a seminar `Shah i Hamdan-The savior of our soul’ here today, the Chief Minister said the present day society which lives in a state of social recession and cultural crisis needs to go back to the te... |  | |
| | | Govt orders closure of academic private tuitions | | Evokes strong reaction from opposition, students, parents | | | SRINAGAR, Apr 22: In a controversial move, the state government today ordered closure of all those private tuition centers which offer tuitions up to class 12th for time being.
While announcing the decision, education minister Syed Altaf Bukhari claimed that the decision was taken to remove distractions in and around schools and to put in place a regulatory mechanism for improving the academic environment in the state.
However, the opposition... | | |
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| | PAK minor infiltrates to Poonch, detained | | India, Pak trade fire on LoC | | | MENDHAR, Apr 22: A minor boy from Pakistan-Administered Kashmir (PAK) was arrested, while infiltrating to this side late Saturday night along the Line of Control in Poonch district.
In the meanwhile, Pakistani troops Sunday morning also targetted Indian forward border posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district. However no loss was reported so far.
“A patrol party of the army nabbed a boy from PAK near their Panjni na... | | |
| | Death penalty for raping children | | Father of Kathua case victim hopeful of justice | | | | NEW DELHI, Apr 22: The father of an eight-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered in Kathua district of Jammu in January, expressed hope of getting justice, after the union cabinet introduced death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years.
“It is good if the government has passed the ordinance to award death penalty to rape convicts of children below the age of 12 years. We are hopeful of getting justice,” the gir... | | |
| | | MHA needs Rs 3,50,000 Cr for internal security, border guarding in 2020-25 | | | | NEW DELHI, Apr 22: The Home Ministry has projected a budgetary requirement of more than Rs 3,50,000 Cr for internal security, modernisation of police forces and other related responsibilities during 2020-25.
This was conveyed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh to Chairman of the 15th Finance Commission Chairman N K Singh in New Delhi recently, officials said today.
The ministry has projected budgetary requirement of more than Rs. 3,50,000 Cr for t... | | |
| | | 173 jawans commit suicides in last 5 yrs | | BSF initiates research to formulate action plan | | | NEW DELHI, Apr 22 (Agencies): The Border Security Force (BSF), that guards India’s frontiers with Pakistan and Bangladesh, has initiated a maiden research project to analyse various triggers behind suicides by its troops and to formulate an action plan to reduce these instances.
The country’s largest border guarding force has also decided to introduce a wellness quotient assessment test in the about 2.5 lakh personnel-strong paramilitary after ... | | |
| | | Not against meaningful, result oriented negotiations: Geelani | | | | SRINAGAR, Apr 22: Syed Ali Shah Geelani today said Kashmiri separatist leadership is not against the dialogue process, but they are only for meaningful and result-oriented negotiations.
He said unless and until the Kashmir dispute is addressed in its historical perspective, all these attempts are futile.
Addressing a seminar on poet Dr Allama Iqbal Geelani made it clear that under such "indifferent, apathetic and appalling situation no talks ... | | |
| | | Security forces not allowed to operate freely in J&K: CRPF commander | | | | NEW DELHI, Apr 22 (Agencies): A CRPF commander in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday told that the security forces are “not allowed to operate freely” in the region.
While talking to a national news channel, he said, “You have seen the brutal manner in which a young man has been beheaded." He was referring to the beheading of Manzoor Bhat in Jammu and Kashmir. He was kidnapped by Lashkar-e-Taiba's militants from Bandipore. His headless body was found... | | |
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| | There are still opportunities for India, Pak to resolve Kashmir issue: Omar | | `Last Maharaja was for independent J&K’ | | | SRINAGAR, Apr 22(Agencies): India and Pakistan have squandered a lot of good chances to resolve the Kashmir issue, but there are still opportunities, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has said.
He was speaking at an event at University of Berkeley in California in the US last week.
He outlined the need for a dialogue process both internally as well as externally to address the issue, saying the solution cannot be driven by ... | | |
| | | Closure of tuition Centres endorsement of failures: Cong | | ‘Closure will have serious impact on career of students’ | | | SRINAGAR, Apr 22: Reacting to the closure of all private tuition centres in Kashmir valley, Congress today expressed surprise over the move, describing it as the endorsement of the failures on the part of state government.
The party spokesperson while commenting on the closure of tuition centres said despite taking corrective measures to come over the situation, the new directive by government added further chaos to the situation. “The closure ... | | |
| | | NIA takes foreign militant to encounter site from where he had escaped | | | | SRINAGAR, Apr 22 (Agencies): National Investigation Agency (NIA) team Sunday took Pakistani militant who was arrested on April 6 to various locations including the site of gunfight from where he had escaped in Kupwara district of north Kashmir.
The NIA team arrived in the frontier district on Saturday and is waiting for codal formalities to shift the custody of the militant Zabiullah alias Hamzah son of Sonaullah, a resident of Multan, Pakistan... | | |
| | World Earth Day | | Changing climate of Kashmir | | | | SRINAGAR, Apr 22: April 22 marked world Earth day. The day was observed across the globe with events, seminars, conferences and gatherings organised vis-a-vis saving the mother Earth.
While as climate change has become a cause of immense concern around the globe, the environmental experts of Kashmir believe the changing climatic patterns of valley during past several years have signaled an adverse climatic fluctuation that are a result of int... | | |
| | Kathua, Unnao rape cases | | Over 600 academicians write to Modi, express anguish | | | | NEW DELHI, Apr 22(Agencies): Over 600 academicians and scholars from across the globe have written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing their anguish over the Kathua and Unnao rape cases and held his government responsible for the “terrible state of affairs.”
The academicians also raised concerns over the prime minister’s “prolonged silence” on the issue and the “non-specific assurance of justice” for the victims of the two... | | |
| | | J&K Employees to go on 3-day strike from today | | | | JAMMU, Apr 22: The Jammu Kashmir Ladakh All Department Clerical Staff Coordination Committee (Jammu province) has decided in its meeting held at Jammu today to observe complete strike for 3 days from April 23, 2018.
The protest demonstration on 23 of April 2018 and `Secretariat Gherao’ on April 24 and strong protest demonstration on April 25 shall be held against the callous attitude of the State Government towards removal of pay anomalies... | | |
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| Samanbal members stage protests across Jammu, Ladakh, Kargil, Kashmir | | SRINAGAR, Apr 22: The Samanbal members of Kashmir, Ladakh and Jammu linked to Ehsaas staged protest demonstrations in all three regions of the State to protest the gruesome rape and murder of an eight-year-old Gujjar girl of Kathua, and the latest spree of rapes in places like Surat and Unnao, and across India.
Staging protests in Srinagar, the Samanbal members said the rape and murder of the child was brutal and that everyone having a human he... | | > Calling students ‘rowdies’ unacceptable, Rasheed says | | > ‘Dal, Anchar, Khushallsar lakes deteriorating for want of funds’ | | > Tourist spots in Valley, Ladakh region declared 'no polythene' zones | | > DC visits SSB exam centres, reviews facilities | | > DC for submission of authenticated list of registered sumo stands within 10 days |
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