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Srinagar, Nov 4 : Jammu and Kashmir Civil Society Forum Chairman (JKCSF) Abdul Qayoom Wani has urged the administration to minimise the power cuts and provide uninterrupted power supply during winter. According to a press release, he was addressing a meeting of the forum here. “The meeting expressed satisfaction over successful round table conference organised by JKCSF recently The suggestions received from the dignitaries during conference were threat bare discussed and three member committee was framed to consolidate the suggestions and finalise the resolution for onward submission to the top religious scholars, intellectuals, journalists, legal lumnaries and authorities at the helm of affairs so that a joint mechanism is framed to combat this collective challenge of drug menace, ...

Srinagar, Nov 4: An important meeting of Jammu and Kashmir Gayoor Foundation was held in Srinagar under the chairmanship of Foundation Chairman Syed Showkat Gayoor Andrabi, in which organisational matters were discussed. The meeting was attended by the members of the newly formed core committee and the future plans of the foundation were discussed. The Chairman talked to several members of the Executive Council online, during which the well-known penman, poet, writer and stage artist Zahoor Ragi was unanimously elected as the general secretary of the foundation, while the young penman and journalist Showkat Hamid Shah was given the responsibility of publicity secretary. During the meeting, Latif Saifullah and members of the core committee congratulated Zahoor Ragi and Shaukat ...

Srinagar, Nov 4: Inhabitants of remote Uri area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district have demanded the start of non-stop and direct Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation (JKRTC) buses on Srinagar to Uri route in the early hours of the morning. A delegation of locals said that in absence of such a service they are facing a lot of hardships and particularly the government employees and patients who have to travel on a daily basis. “We demand that the government run nonstop and direct JKRTC buses between Srinagar-Uri route. It should leave early in the morning from Srinagar and return back in the evening. This would surely help the employees who travel to Uri for their jobs,” said Manzoor Ahmad, a local. “Though the department is running early morning direct bus services ...

SRINAGAR, Nov 4: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Friday termed ‘stupid’ the opposition alliance I.N.D.I.A’s decision in September to boycott shows of 14 television anchors on several platforms. ‘So much for a stupid list boycotting anchors. I’m glad it died its own death. #INDIA,’ Abdullah said in a post on X. His remark came in response to a post by one of the 14 anchors on her interaction with Congress leader Kamal Nath on the Madhya Pradesh campaign trail. In September, the media committee of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) of opposition parties took the decision to boycott the programmes of these journalists, accusing them of spreading a ‘hate-filled narrative’ in the country. ‘Pursuant to the decision taken by INDIA Coord...