Traders’ body calls for public meet to press for repair of dilapidated road Owing to pitiable condition of 59 kilometer Bandipora-Srinagar Road, people from all walks of life are assembling here in Main Bandipora Chowk on February 26 to press the government to repair the road. Traders Federation Bandipora which is organizing the mass public meet has initiated a campaign to press the government for the repair of the dilapidated and potholed 59 kilometer Srinagar-Bandipora road. They (members) have called for a public assembly on 26th February in Gulshan Park…
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NHAI promoting ‘Mafia Raj’ at Ban toll plaza: Devender Singh Rana
Rana writes to DGP, seeks probe into working of plaza administration Three days after a truck mowed down a man to death at the Ban toll plaza on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the National Conference (NC) has slammed the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for failing to put in place the road safety and medical emergency measures on the highway leading to frequent accidents. The party has also written a letter to the Director General of Police (DGP) SP Vaid, requesting him to look into the working of the…
Read MorePolice arrests seven students from Maulana Azad Memorial College hostel
Youth allege ABVP-BJP-Police collusion The campus of Maulana Azad Memorial (MAM) College, Jammu remains tense after police picked up seven Muslim students late last night from the college hostel. The seven boys who have been picked up and lodged in Gandhinagar Police Station include Mohammed Israr, Rabnawaz, Fazal, Murtaza, Zulfiqar, Sheraz and Mumtaz. All these seven belong to the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch. They boys arrested after police lodged an FIR against them under sections 451, 323 and 147 RPC. Sources said that the FIR was lodged…
Read MoreTariq recounts torturous incarceration back home after 12 years
‘Acquittal in a fabricated case can’t be called justice’ “If you call my acquittal in a fabricated case as justice then the whole meaning of the word justice changes,” said Tariq Ahmad Dar who was recently acquitted in the 2005 Delhi serial blast case after 12 long years as the prosecution failed to prove his guilt. A resident of Solina locality of Srinagar, Tariq returned home Friday to a rousing reception. The local residents had erected banners with Arabic text “Ahlan wa sehlan” to mark Tariq’s homecoming. Another banner read:…
Read MoreDaily 50 flights to arrive at Srinagar Airport from March onwards
Airlines’ proposal to double daily in and out flights to 100 welcome step: Tourism Inc After taking a nosedive due to last year unrest, air traffic to Kashmir may witness more than cent percent increase with a record number of 100 flights scheduled in and out at the Srinagar Airport beginning March. Seven airlines operating to Srinagar in their new schedule submitted to Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), New Delhi, have increased their number of flights to Srinagar taking the total count of daily arrivals to the capital city…
Read MoreFarooq takes up for militants, says they have made a promise with God
National Conference leader and three-time state Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah today came out openly in defence of militants, saying they have made a “promise with God” and are sacrificing their lives for freedom. Farooq’s rare pro-militant rhetoric, which came at a time when the levels of violence and sympathies for militants have significantly shot up, illustrated a stark change of heart for a political leader who had once advocated a full assault against militants and their backers. “If our children are offering sacrifices today, they do not want to become…
Read MoreJonty Rhodes bats for ‘Incredible’ Kashmir
Former South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes, who has been to Kashmir three times, has appeared in a promotional video for Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department, urging people to visit the “incredible” Valley for its “amazing” hospitality and tourist places. “This is my third visit to Kashmir…. I have done heli-skiing in the past and I learnt to snowboard on the hills right behind me,” Rhodes says in the 72-second video shot in the famous skiing resort of Gulmarg this winter. Impressed by the local hospitality and the wide range of…
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