UPDATED: May 28, 2021 16:45 IST
A man cycles through the closed Lal Chowk market in Srinagar on May 25 (Abid Bhat)
It has been more than three weeks since the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) government sacked Idrees Jan Mir ‘in the interest of the security of the state’ on April 30, ending his 13-year-long career with the state education department. A former teacher at a government girls’ high school in Kralpora village in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara, the 39-year-old was the first of six employees recently fired by the Union Territory government on the same grounds. Others include jailed J&K deputy superintendent of police Davinder Singh who was caught travelling with a top Hizbul Mujahideen militant and two operatives in Kashmir in January 2020 as well as a naib tehsildar and a college professor from south Kashmir and two teachers from Kupwara in north Kashmir.
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) on Thursday paid rich tributes to its founder Abdul Gani Lone sahib and Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq Sahib on their martyrdom anniversary.
Singer Haqani Jameela Khan Joins Apni Party
SRINAGAR: Renowned Kashmiri artist and singer Haqani Jameela Khan from Batamaloo-Srinagar on Saturday joined Apni Party at its office in Lal Chowk, Srinagar.
The joining ceremony took place in presence of Party Provincial President Kashmir Mohammad Ashraf Mir, State Secretary and District President Budgam Muntazir Mohi-ud-din, Media Advisor Farooq Andrabi, District President Srinagar Noor Mohammad Sheikh, District President Kupwara Raja Manzoor, District President Pulwama Ghulam Mohammad Mir, DDC Chairman Srinagar Aftab Malik, DDC Vice Chairman Srinagar Bilal Bhat and District Organiser Shopian Athar Reshi.
Welcoming the new entrant into the party-fold, Mohammad Ashraf Mir asserted that Apni Party adheres to the principle of ‘politics of truth’ which demands sincerity and efforts at grass root levels “Apni Party is open to all those who altruistically wish to serve the people of J&K and put unstinted efforts to alleviate thei
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Restoration of Statehood imperative for development: Bukhari
Srinagar, Apr 08: Apni Party President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday asserted that the restoration of Statehood remains a prerequisite for the holistic development of Jammu and Kashmir as the bureaucratic set-up stands impuissant for efficiently addressing the public grievances any longer.
“Apni Party has been repeatedly urging the government of India not to delay the restoration of statehood to J&K. And we are of firm belief that the Statehood alone can prove panacea to the people’s sufferings,” he said.
Altaf Bukhari was addressing a day long convention held at Bragam-Dooru in district Anantnag. Besides the Party President, Senior Vice President Ghulam Hassan Mir, Vice President Usman Majid, General Secretary Rafi Ahmad Mir, Provincial President Kashmir Mohammad Ashraf Mir, State Secretary and District President Budgam Muntazir Mohi-ud-din, Chief Coordinator and District In-char
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