From 186 students in 2006 to 3500 students enrolled in this year, Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) located at the hillocks in Awantipora in southern Kashmir is becoming the fastest growing academic institutions in Jammu and Kashmir. From engineering degrees to social sciences, the university is offering job-oriented courses to students and expanding…
SRINAGAR, JUNE 07 (PTK): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh reached Srinagar this morning on a 2-day visit to Jammu & Kashmir. He is accompanied by Union Home Secretary, Rajiv Gauba and other senior officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The Home Minister was received by Minister for Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Abdul Rehman Veeri,…
Wahid Bhat I was a stone pelter before picking up gun: Javaid Mir A stone is a stone, but when it flies between a young Kashmiri and a security personnel in Kashmir, it becomes a political statement. Kashmir is back to square one; green flags and loudspeakers playing “Azadi and Jihadi eulogies” has become order…
MLC G N Monga says controversial issues raised by the current regime are bound to witness turmoil in the Valley Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President and MLC G N Monga while taking to Wahid Bhat said that the controversial issues raised by the current regime are bound to witness turmoil in the…
Wahid Bhat Promoting Kashmere in Africa With an aim to promote Kashmiri weavers and artisans and provide 100 percent pure cashmere scarves to ethically conscious customers, Trebene invests back 20 percent of its profits for the education of the children of the weaving community of Kashmir to make them sustainable. Bushera Bashir, Kashmir-born founder of…
Experts on Kashmir argue that the 2016 summer uprising in Kashmir against India-rule has its genesis since 1947 when India sub continent was divided into India and Pakistan. But Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee president, G A Mir, tells Mir Farhat in this interview that the uprising is a people’s reaction against PDP’s alliance…
