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‘Such barbaric incidents have no place in civilised society’ CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Saturday said that the killing of two non-local workers in Srinagar and Pulwama is unfortunate. Such barbaric incidents have no place in a civilised society, Tarigami said in a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO).buy zovirax generic buy zovirax generic “We condemn these killings in the strongest words and express deep sympathy with the bereaved families,” he said—(KNO)

In a major setback to National Conference (NC) former finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather’s son is joining Peoples conference (PC) today in Srinagar. Reliable Sources confirmed to news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) that Hilal Ahmad Rather, son of senior National Conference leader and former Jammu Kashmir Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather is joining Peoples Conference (PC) today at Sajad Lone’s residence in Srinagar. They said “The news of Hilal's joining the PC is one of the most significant developments emerging out of the political landscape of J&K. The Rather family has been a strong pillar of the NC for decades now adding that Hilal's joining the PC will bring about a perceptible change in the power politics of J&K.” “The National Conference which has survived politic...

Say opening up for outside students will put JK students at greater disadvantage The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Thursday cautioned the JK Government against participating in All India Quota for admission to PG courses and proposed 50 percent (MD/MS/Diploma/PG DNB) in AIQ under NEET, saying the measure will expose JK students to a greater disadvantage as compared to their counterparts from other States because of being socially and educationally backward. In a joint statement Party Members of Parliament Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Muhammad Akbar Lone, and Hassnain Masoodi taking note of the perceived hardship to the JK students due to the pooling of 15% of its MBBS seats in AIQ (All India Quota) and 50% seat-sharing for PG Medical courses after NEET. The MPs noted with great c...

‘Will give something bigger than Article 370 once voted to power’ Stating that the restoration of Article 370 and 35A is an uphill task under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) chief Thursday said that they will give the region something bigger and mega than the special status. This was stated by Ghulam Ahmad Mir, the J&K Congress party chief during his two-day visit to the remote Machil sector. Mir arrived in Kupwara on Thursday afternoon and addressed a workers convention at Duddi village in the border Machil sector. Addressing the workers at the Duddi, Mir as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said that the central government led by the BJP party is working on the ideology of RSS which is splitt...

Sheikh Nadeem On Thursday, the president elections were held after an year at Town Hall, Kokernag. The president post was vacant since the past one year. Sheikh Prince, a Congress councilor, was elected as the president of municipal council Kokernag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district while Shiraza Akhter was elected as the vice-president.buy vilitra generic newonlineandblo.com/vilitra.html over the counter Prince defeated his opponent Fayaz Ahmad Ietoo by a margin of 9 votes. An official said that out of 13 councillors, 9 voted in favour of Sheikh Prince while his opponent Fayaz Ahmad Ietoo got 4 votes. As for the VC post, Shiraza got 7 votes while his opponent Gh Hassan Shaksaz got 5 votes and Peer Shakeel got 1 vote. Unconditional support was provided from National Conf...

The former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu Kashmir and the president of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday morning, tweeted that the Army had ransacked homes at Tral, the previous night. In her tweet, Mehbooba also said that the daughter of the family that was thrashed had to be admitted to hospital. "Army from Yagwani camp in Tral ransacked homes & ruthlessly thrashed a family last night. The daughter owing to her serious injuries was admitted to hospital. Not the first time that civilians from this village have been beaten up by army in this area @ChinarcorpsIA @adgpi," Mehbooba tweeted. It is pertinent to mention that Mehbooba had also written a letter to the Press Council of India on Monday, urging them "to send a fact-finding team to J&K, t...

Former Union Minister Prof. Saifuddin Soz on Tuesday said that the people of Jammu Kashmir, especially the people of Kashmir, have taken notice of the fact that the BJP leaders at the Centre have taken recourse to spreading untruth on the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution of India. Soz said that these leaders, including Ministers Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur and Jatinder Singh, perhaps feel that repeatedly speaking untruth could catch minds of Kashmiris and others. The fact is that the general run of Kashmiris denounces the statements of the BJP’s top brass to the effect that things had improved in Kashmir after abrogation of Article 370. These are white lies spoken by the BJP leaders. The fact is that there is widespread anger in JK State on the abrogation of this Article...

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday warned the government against sacking employees on the grounds that they had links to militants, saying the move will create more problems. “The government should stop it. The militancy will not reduce, it will only increase and create more problems for them (government),” Abdullah told reporters here. He was responding to questions about the sacking of government employees on various grounds, including links to militancy and separatism. Six government employees, including two policemen, were dismissed from service on September 22 for their alleged links to terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. Asked about the sacking of employees on the grounds that they were appointed without following the laid down procedure, the former Jam...