Yaribugh (Varmul), May 14: Four workers of ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were injured when the soldiers of army’s 32-Rashtriya Rifles battalion fired at them on Tuesday night in this village, according to eyewitnesses.
 Eyewitness said that the PDP workers Khursheed Ahmad Shiekh, Continued..... More

Srinagar, May 14: “What was our fault? Why were we shot at? If they can do this to political activists, the fate of common man can be imagined. They must be punished,” said Ghulam Muhammad Mir of Yarbugh, one of the four PDP activists wounded on Tuesday evening when soldiers fired at them. Mir has Continued..... More

Srinagar, May 14: After four years of ceasefire on the Line of Control dividing two Kashmirs, troops of India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery fire in Karnah Tuesday night.
 Panic gripped the Karnah area after the troops exchanged artillery fire for 15 minutes. “Pakistan army fired 12 Continued..... More

Srinagar, May 14: The state government has set a new precedent by advertising posts for Kashmir division and then transferring the same along with the incumbents to Jammu.
 Sources said the practice has hit almost every department in Kashmir including higher education, school education, engineering Continued..... More

Srinagar, May 14: The opening of nine more degree colleges in the Valley is drawing flak from academics and students as staff for these colleges is being drawn from the existing ones, affecting the latter. 
 As per a government order, many senior lecturers from existing colleges in the Continued..... More

Srinagar, May 14: The arrest and torture of a Singhpora youth by the Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Pattan triggered massive protests by the people here Wednesday with the police resorting to heavy cane charging, tear gassing, and aerial firing to disperse them after they blocked the Varmul Continued..... More

Srinagar, May 14: The High Court Wednesday said it would monitor investigation of the case involving the notorious former government gunman turned politician Papa Kishtiwari who has been charged with murder of several people. The Court directed the concerned investigating officer to report about progress Continued..... More

Rajouri, May 14: Criticizing the coalition government for its ‘failure’ to address unemployment in the state, former chief minister and patron of National Conference, Dr Farooq Abdullah, today said solving unemployment problem shall be the thrust area of his party.
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Srinagar, May 14: The organizing committee constituted by the government for suggesting measures to improve higher education has asked the authorities to encourage private investment in college education and establish institutes of advanced studies in various streams to take care of the research work Continued..... More