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SC to pronounce judgement on 'triple talaq' today
PTI
New Delhi, Aug 21: The Supreme Court would Tuesday pronounce a historic judgement on the controversial issue of whether the practice of 'triple talaq' among Muslims is fundamental to the religion.A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar had reserved its verdict on May 18 after a six-day marathon hearing during the summer vacation.During the hearing, the apex court had clarified that it may not deliberate upon the issue of polygamy and said it would only examine whether triple tReadPower tariff arrears in JK swells to Rs 1,992 cro...
PTIJammu, Aug 21:Coming down heavily on the PDP-BJP coalition government in the State for lack of seri...Read
Article 35-A matter of life and death for JK peop...
Yawar HussainSrinagar:A civil society group, “We the People”, Monday termed the abrogation of A...Read
JK people will oppose scrapping of Art 35-A tooth...
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar, Aug 21: Hurriyat Conference (M) Monday said people of Jammu and Kashmir would not tolerate an...Read
Kashmir will witness bloodbath if Art 35-A scrapp...
Riyaz BhatSrinagar, August 21The trade body, Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA), Monday warned that Kashmir would wit...Read
Geelani asks Delhi to show ‘Insaniyat, Jamhooriya...
Sameer Showkin LoneSrinagar, Aug 21:Ailing Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani has asked New Delhi to show...Read
All parties on same page for safeguarding Art 35-...
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar, August 21:Minister for R&B, Naeem Akhtar Monday said all the political parties in the State...Read
PDP panch’s body recovered in Anantnag
Shafat MirAnantnag/Shopian:Police Monday morning recovered body of a 45-year-old former Panch affiliated with ru...Read
Prez presents Colours to Ladakh Scouts
PTILeh/New Delhi, Aug 21: President Ram Nath Kovind today presented Colours to all five battalions and the regi...Read
Govt panel to implement ban on private practice b...
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar, Aug 21: Health and Medical Education Department, J&K Government has constituted a committ...Read
Hurriyat (G) to hold first executive meeting afte...
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar, Aug 21: After the arrest of top separatist leaders by NIA, the Hurriyat Conference led by Sye...Read
News
Raising environment concerns, HC directs Govt to ...
'Insha Latief''Srinagar:'To save Pahalgam from encroachers and environmental degradation, High Court (HC) Monday directed state government to demarcate the entire area of Pahalgam that comes under Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA).The court has also ordered for presenting a map of ... Read
‘Investigate allegation of missing ...
Insha LatiefSrinagar:In multi-crore Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (J...Read
KVJA condoles demise
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar: Kashmir Video Journalists Association (KVJA) held a con...Read
SC directs JKP to complete probe in...
PTINew Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked the Jammu and Kashmir Pol...Read
City
Shops for rehabilitation of shopkeepers illegally...
'Rising Kashmir News''Srinagar:'Some shops at Jehangir Complex—made for rehabilitation of dislocated shopkeepers—have been illegally occupied, a review meeting was informed on Monday.Jehangir Complex, having 152 shops, was constructed to rehabilitate the shopkeepers affected by t... Read
Voxpop – Article 35A
Irfan YattooSrinagar:Resistance against the proposal to abrogate Article 35A...Read
Govt for making Hazratbal Shrine am...
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar:Government on Monday directed the managing authorities ...Read
Govt for revenue generation from cu...
Srinagar: Government on Monday expressed the need of generating r...Read
Kashmir
Mehbooba announces Rs 10 cr additional funds for ...
'''Leh: 'Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, who is here on the second leg of her three day tour of Ladakh region, today announced a grant of Rs. Ten crore to Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh for completing various on-going projects and also meeting ... Read
Second Kargil International Film Fe...
Murtaza FazilyKargil:Chairman Legislative Council, Haji Anayat Ali Monday in...Read
Tarigami chairs Environment Committ...
Srinagar:A meeting of the Committee on Environment of Jammu and ...Read
DHSK launches ERSC programme
Srinagar: Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir (DHSK) in its c...Read
Jammu
Any tinkering with Article 35 (A) will have disas...
'Rising Kashmir News''Jammu: 'National Conference and the CPI(M) on Monday said that any tinkering with the Article 35(A) will have disastrous and catastrophic results.Describing state subject laws under Article 35A as a commitment of the Constitution of India to people of Jammu and Kashmi... Read
Jitendra questions ‘selective silen...
Jammu: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday questioned the ...Read
BJP employing outsiders, depriving ...
Rising Kashmir NewsJammu: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on...Read
3,500 feral dogs get sterilized, im...
Press Trust of IndiaJammu: To check the adverse ecological impact of stray canine ...Read
Editorial
State of denials
''''BJP President Amit Shah while hinting at the iron-fisted activism of the Central government claimed on Saturday that the government (Centre) was tackling Kashmir issue effectively. Shah said that the ‘Indian government was dealing with separatists and mi... Read
Bargaining chip
Last year in the month of June, Chief Minister Mehbooba...Read
Decentralizing waste management
At a joint meeting of Rural Sanitation, Rural Developme...Read
Kashmir Conundrum
With India and Pakistan blaming each other for fomentin...Read
Opinion
Return of the Car Bombs
'D Suba Chandran'''Regional Diary Suba Chandran, PhD subachandran@gmail.com The latest car bomb attack in Barcelona, Spain, if read with recent such attacks during the last two years elsewhere in Sweden, France and England will highlight the continuous improvisation in terroris... Read
India @ 70: A make-believe country
Bashir Ahmad DarBashir Ahmad Dar For a common man like me, India at 70 ...Read
Need to expose concoction of Kashmi...
Suhail AhmadSuhail Ahmad History is a set of lies agreed upon&mdash...Read
What does this story say about the ...
Saeed NaqviSaeed Naqvi This is a true story. I am revisiting it wi...Read
Business
GST implementation brings losses to traders as im...
'Qazi Wasif''Srinagar: 'Valley traders said they have been hit hard by the implementation of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) in the state.President of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce Industry (KCCI) Mushtaq Wani said there has been steep decline in the business after GST implementation.W... Read
Ganga for enhanced resource allocat...
Srinagar: Minister for Industries and Commerce, Chander Prakash G...Read
Thai travel agents to promote Kashm...
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar, Aug 16:A group of seven leading travel agents from Thailand le...Read
Registrar Cooperative calls for rej...
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar: Registrar Cooperative Societies J&K Peerzada Hafizu...Read
Sports
Baharat Bukhari flags off Tyndale Biscoe's annual...
'Riyaz Bhat''Srinagar, Aug 21:'Tyndale Biscoe and Mallinson School (TBMS) Monday organized a ‘Annual Dal Cross Swim’ from Nehru Park to Nishat covering the 11 kilometres to re-cross the Dal.The participants covered around 5.5 kilometres cross and 11 kilometres in re-cross distan... Read
Tourism Deptt conducts 1st Himalaya...
Rising Kashmir NewsSRINAGAR, AUGUST 18:The Department of Tourism, Kashmir, in collaboration wi...Read
Budgam Police organises Sports fest...
Srinagar, August 18:In order to promote the sports culture and to provide o...Read
J&K sub-junior football team tours ...
Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar: A contingent of 20 players of J&K State Sub-Junior ...Read
Viewpoint
‘Kashmir Global Council wants to give voice to Ka...
''''An Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Purdue University, USA, and a recipient of a post-doctoral fellowship from National Institute of Health, USA, Dr. HumairaGowher was recently in Kashmir for her second visit in a year. She is also the spokesperson of Ka... Read
Patriot games at Attari-Wagah
Happymon Jacob/Kaveri BediThe Hindu “Louder,” the tough-looking Borde...Read
Education: An institution craves fo...
Reyaz Ahmad Mirreyazmir58@gmail.com Change is inevitable to qualify fo...Read
Article 35-A Row: BJP’s policy shif...
Shujaat BukhariScroll When Spring arrived in Kashmir, there was appreh...Read
Responses
Abrogating Article 35-A
'Dear Editor,'''Jammu and Kashmir has special constitutional status. The continuous attack on the constitutional validity of Article 35-A of the Indian constitution is creating chaos in the state. Article 35-A bars non residents of Jammu and Kashmir from buying land or proper... Read
Veterinary Doctors
Dear Editor,At present about 1000 trained veterinary doctors are un...Read
Dog menace
editorThis is regarding the canine terror that is spreading i...Read
Ban liquor
Dear EditorConsumption of alcohol is prohibited in Islam. Alcohol ...Read
