‘Excesses’ trigger protest at Aripanth

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, Dec 12: Strike and protests were observed at Aripanth village in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Sunday against the alleged thrashing of men and “mistreating” of women by the forces on Saturday night. The police said it was a case of thrashing and if the accusations were proven, action More

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Sheikh-ul-Alam (RA) varsity to have reservation for poor

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Dec 12: The Carvan-e-Islami chairman, Maulana Ghulam Rasool Hami today said the Sheikh-ul-Alam (RA) University Advisory Board had decided to provide reservations to the poor students of all the three regions of the state in the proposed varsity.  Addressing a Sheikh-ul-Alam (RA More

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4 yrs on,Pul jail awaits commissioning

WAHEED PARA

Pulwama, Dec 12: Four years after its completion, the district Jail Pulwama is still waiting its commissioning.   The state government started the construction of a high security Jail Complex here in 2002 which was completed in 2006, sources said. “The jail is fully covered by a compound More

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SHRC seeks magisterial probe into 2005 killing

SAMAAN LATEEF

Srinagar, Dec 12: In the wake of conflicting reports about killing of a youth in 2005, the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has directed the J&K government to order a magisterial probe into the incident.  The development comes following the Commission’s observance that “different More

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Govt has lost control over forces: Dilawar

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Dec 12: People’s Democratic Party General Secretary, Muhammad Dilawar Mir on Sunday expressed anguish over the incident near Islamia College here wherein CRPF troopers damaged more than 35 vehicles.  “State government has lost control over forces. They (forces) have let loose a More

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JEs welcome govt decision

Srinagar, Dec 12: The Junior Engineers of Civil, Electrical and Mechanical streams have welcomed the government decision regarding their pay hike.  “We express our sincere gratitude to those involved with the pay anomaly Committee,” the JEs who met here said in a statement and hailed the More

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Protest in Bandipora

TARIQ RASOOL

Aragam (Bandipora), Dec 12: Hundreds of people staged a massive demonstration on Sunday against the alleged kidnapping of an elderly woman in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district.The protestors who came from Chaliavan, Aragam, Garoora, Chithaybandi and adjoining villages demonstrated at Gunddachina More

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