Daily Archives: 11th March 2018

Drabu’s remark stirs hornet’s nest

Srinagar, March 11: The remark of state Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu that “Jammu and Kashmir is neither a political issue nor a conflict state” on Sunday evoked strong criticism from both mainstream and separatist leaders. Opposition National Conference leader Ali Muhammad Sagar said the Chief Minister must immediately issue a clarification whether or not her Finance Minister’s remarks reflect the stand ...

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Second phase of pulse polio drive held across Kashmir

          SRINAGAR, MARCH 11: The second phase of Intensified Pulse Polio Immunization Programme was held across the valley today in which thousands of children under the age of 5 years were administered anti-polio vaccine to protect them against the crippling disease.                 Elaborate arrangements were made by the respective district administrations to carry out the anti-polio drive successfully for which polio booths were ...

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Free photojournalist, Mehbooba tells Rajnath

  Jammu, March 11:  Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Sunday she had spoken to Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking the release of a Kashmiri photojournalist arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). “Spoke to Rajnath Singhji to look into Kamran Yousuf’s case. I’ve requested him to intervene so that the life of a young budding journalist does ...

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Yasin Malik says Drabu has sold his soul, mentality

Drabu an ample specimen of sold mentality: Yasin Mali   ‘Time has come to expose these charlatans’ Srinagar, Mar 11:  Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik has said Haseeb Darbu’s statement issued during a conclave organized by Indian PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry at New Delhi termed the statement of Drabu as an ample specimen of ...

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Family demands arrest of Jammu minor’s rape-murder accused

Jammu, March 11: Investigators have named a retired revenue officer as the main accused in the rape and murder of a minor in Jammu and Kashmir but police have not arrested him, a relative of the victim said on Sunday. Talib Hussain, also an activist of the nomad goatherd community, told reporters here that the Crime Branch in its status ...

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Pakistan accuses India of harassing diplomats, families

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday accused India of harassing its diplomats and their families in the country and threatened to pull out the families if the intimidation did not stop. A demarche was made to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad and external affairs ministry in Delhi, a diplomatic source revealed. “It is becoming difficult for the Pakistani diplomats posted in ...

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Bullet-riddled body found in Pulwama

Srinagar, March 11: The bullet-riddled body of a 23-year-old youth was found on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police saod. Muhammad Shafi Sofi’s body was found early Sunday morning in Ratnipora village. “A case has been registered and investigations are on to ascertain the circumstances that led to the youth’s murder,” the police added.

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