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Mujtaba Wani SRINAGAR: Followers of the self-styled dervish, arrested in Kashmir on charges of raping minor girls, have staged a protest to demand his release. Over a hundred men wearing skull caps and women clad in the Burqa gathered at the Press Colony in Srinagar chanting religious slogans like "Deenas Bahaara, Syed Gulzaara (Prosperity for Islam is Syed Gulzar)". The protesters said allegations against their 'innocent priest' were baseless and leveled by another group of...
Posted 1 day ago
Azhar Qadri SRINAGAR: The ‘fake’ dervish, who was arrested on charge of raping four minor girls, was preaching mysticism for the past nearly one decade in different parts of Kashmir region and had gathered a network of followers. Gulzar Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Shamsabad area of Budgam district, was arrested by the police on Tuesday on charge of raping four of his ‘disciples’ - all minor girls. Bhat’s youngest victim was a 14-year-old girl from south Kashmir and the other three...
Posted 1 day ago
SRINAGAR: Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra today paid obeisance at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Cave Shrine situated in Trikuta Hills of mountainous Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. The actress last evening reached Bhawan alongwith other crew members," a police official said. He said that the actress this morning took part in the 'Aarti' and later paid obeisance at the cave shrine. "The actress after a short stay at Katra town, will fly back to Jammu for Mumbai," the official added.
Posted 1 day ago
SRINAGAR: A meeting was held in Ganderbal district of Kashmir Tuesday to review the arrangements for celebrating Mela Kheer Bhawani at Tullamulla on June 17. An official said the meeting was chaired by Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal and was attended by the officials of various departments, including Public Health Engineering (PHE), Power Development Department (PDD), Police, Education, Municipal, Tourism, Medical, Fire and Emergency Services. “Threadbare discussions were held pertaining to establishment of medical...
Posted 2 days ago.
Sahar-ul-Nisa Haroon Imaan (Faith) means to believe in the heart, state through the tongue and to act with the limb. It has a tendency to increase by good deeds and decrease by bad ones. There are various virtues of Imaan like good life, guidance, stability in this world and hereafter, peace and satisfaction. “Whoever does righteous deeds, whether male or female, while he or she is a true believer (of Islamic Monotheism), verily to him shall We give a...
Posted 2 days ago.
SRINAGAR: Only registered yatris will be allowed to undertake the pilgrimage to Holy Amarnath cave shrine from June 28 in south Kashmir Himalayas. Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra, who is also chairman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), instructed the police that only registered yatris are allowed to undertake the yatra this time. He directed the police authorities in Central Kashmir district of Ganderbal and south Kashmir district of Anantnag to ensure that all regulatory measures are undertaken to ensure...
Posted 9 days ago.
SRINAGAR: The Shiv lingam in the Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas has fully been formed though there was less snowfall this winter as compared to last year. It has been decided that during the yatra, commencing from June 28, volunteers will be involved en route to Holy Cave to ensure round-the-clock availability of human resources to combat any eventuality. A team of engineers from Anantnag has recently inspected the tradional route from Pahalgam to Holy Cave, official sources said. They said the...
Posted 10 days ago.
ISLAMABAD: Toppled in a 1999 military coup, jailed and exiled, Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and looks set to form a stable government capable of implementing reforms needed to rescue the fragile economy. Sharif may not win enough seats to rule on his own but has built up enough momentum to avoid having to form a coalition with his main rivals, former cricketer Imran Khan's Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). The steel magnate held off a challenge from Khan,...
Posted 12 days ago.
SRINAGAR: A high-level meeting today discussed Security and Access Control related arrangements for annual Amarnath Yatra, which is scheduled to commence on June 28, simultaneously from the Baltal and Chandanwari routes. The meeting, chaired by Governor N N Vohra, who is also chairman of the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) at Raj Bhawan was attended among others by Chief secretary M I Khanday, Director General of Police Ashok Prasad, Director General CRPF, Major General R R Nimbhorkar, GOC, Victor Force, Maj Gen Rajesh...
Posted 13 days ago.
SRINAGAR: The Urs of Hazrat Sheikh Dawood Batmaloo was today celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety. Thousands of devotees, including women and children, from different parts of the valley, attended night-long prayers in the shrine at Batmaloo in Srinagar. During the five-day urs, people of Batmaloo and other areas in the valley, refrain from consuming meat and chicken. Different dishes for guests were being made from fresh and dry vegetables besides...
Posted 18 days ago.
