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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Briefing

News nuggets about the interesting happenings in Jammu and Kashmir and the people who are in the focus of around those developments

Newsmakers

EXPOSED: 50 individuals applying for contractual college lecturer positions were found possessing fraudulent M Phil degrees. The applicants were all from Anantnag. The case...

DELHI

Situation created around Kashmiris across Indian mainland is now offsetting Delhi’s initiatives as well. Under the Himayat programme, the government contractors are identifying human...

A Virtual CAMPAIGN

A website, www.freewaqar.org has been launched to run a global campaign to free prisoners who have been “illegally” detained in Kashmir. It has been...

Newsmakers

DECORATED: Governer N N Vohra at Raj Bhawan awarded 525 police personnel with President’s Police medals for gallantry and for distinguished and meritorious services....

POONCH

Tariq Khan is a 150-Territorial Army recruit who is deployed with 37 Rashtriya Rifles in Mendhar. Last week, he walked out of his garrison...

Lashkar And VISA

The chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani was questioned by the Delhi Police last week in connection with recommending a Pakistan...

MUMBAI

Kashmir’s supermodel Muzamil Ibrahim who has been the youngest ever winner at the Gladrags Manhunt in 2003 is playing a lead role in the...

Newsmakers

ARRESTED: Ahtisham Malik and Tauseef Peer, from Sopore were arrested in Delhi and sent to police custody on a 10 days remand. Police claimed...

Virtually FAKE

Next time you send a message on social networking site make sure you address it to a genuine profile and not a fake one....

JAMMU

Apparently, the right wing BJP that got a landslide mandate from Jammu in 2008 elections is reduced to four seats from 11. Unlike the...

Newsmakers

INITIATED: The government framed a three member committee to inquire into the “utilisation” of funds worth crores provided to five NGOs based in Kashmir...

Devastating DRIFTS

Kashmir is prone to avalanches in winters and this year the army bases have been at the receiving end. Recently, avalanches struck two defense...

Newsmakers

DECIDED: A committee on NGOs constituted by UN, chaired by Maria Tzotzorkova of Bulgaria, has declined to accord special consultative status to Kashmir American...

DELHI

Home Minister P Chidambaram had a photo session with 160 boys and girls from J&K, last week. In eight groups of twenty each, they...

Yet Another MURDER

Things are stabilizing in Kashmir but not in the rest of India where incidents of harassment of Kashmiris are continuously taking place. Last week...