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Thursday, April 25, 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

MUMBAI

Imtiaz Ali will profile the Kashmiri Pandit wedding rituals in his forthcoming release Rockstar. He has shot the rituals and traditions after proper research...

Newsmakers

DIED: Prof Fehmida Javaid, 66,a retired Principal of College of Education Srinagar passed away after prolonged illness. She had respiratory problems. She is survived...

A Changed PSA

Last week, the cabinet approved five amendments in the J&K Public Safety Act, a law many think is ruthless and misused. The changed PSA...

Making Shamim Immortal

For the past nine years, Qurat-ul-Ain is releasing a compiled collection of her brother, Shamim Ahmed Shamim’s work. Shamim was a noted Urdu journalist,...

RAWALPANDI

Yasin Malik and Amanullah Khan belonged to two different generations and divided by a line called LoC. It was ideology that was the binding...

Newsmakers

SENTENCED: Subhash Chander, an advocate, son of  Mikhi Ram of Kathua awarded death penalty  for murdering his pregnant wife, a teacher, on September 9,...

Now He SPEAKS

At the peak of last summer when tensions within the ruling coalition created a situation in which the Congressmen were attacking the National Conference...

SRINAGAR

Bollywood’s erstwhile heartthrob Rishi Kapoor shot 14 films in Kashmir between 1972 and 1988. It included his super-hit Bobby. The rise of militancy led...

Newsmakers

ARRESTED: Vijay Kumar Bhagat resident of Matta, Kishtwar was arrested for allegedly being involved in raping his minor maid, 17. Bhagat working in a...

SRINAGAR

Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s relief trust has completed six years of its existence. Sustaining on the charity that some of its members...

Mysterious DEATH

The mysterious death of an influential worker of the ruling National Conference (NC) from Bijbehara in south Kashmir, Syed Mohammad Yousuf, has created ripples...

Newsmakers

HONOURED:  Bilquees, 26, a Kashmiri woman is the first Indian to be selected as International Technical Official (ITO) for canoeing event. She was honoured...

A CMs’ CONCLAVE

Srinagar is holding a major meeting on September 27. Home Minister P Chidambaram is flying to preside over the Northern Zonal Council meeting that...

MUMBAI

State’s only listed company J&K Bank bagged the Financial Express Best Banks Award in the Old Private Sector Banks category for scaling up its...

Newsmakers

… it would be hypothetical to comment at this point of time but let me assure everyone that army will co-operate with the appointed...