Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) has condemned what it termed as the criminal statement of BJP leader and MLA Lal Singh Choudhary in which he issued a direct threat to the Kashmir media. Invoking the brutal assassination of senior editor Shujaat Bukhari, Singh has “suggested” the Kashmir media to “draw a line” and to decide “if…

SRINAGAR, JUNE 23 (PTK): Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and NC vice president Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that “It seems Shujaat’s death is now a tool for goons to use to threaten other journalists.” Taking to his widely followed twitter handle Omar wrote: “Dear journalists, your colleagues in Kashmir just got threatened by…

National Conference on Saturday strongly condemned the outrageous remarks of BJP Leader and Former Minister, Chaudhary Lal Singh and said this was a brazen attempt to muzzle the media in Kashmir. In a statement issued from Party Headquarters, ‘Nawa-e-Subha’ in Srinagar, NC State Spokesperson Junaid Azim Mattu said Lal Singh’s open threat to the media…

SRINAGAR, JUNE 23 (PTK): The school education department is facing dearth of Zonal Education Officers (ZEO) in Ganderbal district which has taken a toll on the normal functioning of the offices. Official sources told Press Trust of Kashmir that the three posts of ZEOs in Kangan, Tulmalla, Harignwan are lying vacant in the department which are…

SRINAGAR, JUNE 23 (PTK): The conversion of agricultural land for commercial purposes is increasing at an alarming rate in Ganderbal area of Kangan, government officials are turning a blind eye to ignore the issue. Locals alleged that in the absence of administrative action, the “illegal” conversion of agricultural land goes unabated in the area of Kangan…