SRINAGAR: Stating the sending girl students on India tour without guardians (Muharram) was against the teachings of Islam, Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) chief, Asiya Andrabi Friday said that people sending their daughters on such tours should introspect about their faith. “Sending daughters on India tour with gair muharram is an insulting slap on the face of an […]
ABID PAMPORI BHADERWAH: Police here launched a drive on Friday against wrong parking of vehicles in the town. Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Bhaderwah, Afroz Ahmed along with Station House Officer B S Manhas, Executive Officer MCB Tariq Mehmood Balwan and Naib Tehsildar Masood Ahmed visited Sari Bazaar and its adjoining markets and issued directives for strict […]
Srinagar/Jammu: Suspected militants in combat uniform Friday struck in Jammu region in twin audacious attacks, killing three people including a soldier guarding an Army camp gate, police officials said. All the three militants were killed in fierce gunbattle in a joint operation carried out by the police and the Army in Kathua district that lasted […]
BARAMULLA: People from Gantamulla area of this north Kashmir district blocked the Srinagar-Muzfarabad road for several hours on Friday morning against failure of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) and Power Development Department (PDD) to provide them with electricity. Residents of Gantamulla Bala, Gantamulla Payeen, Kitchama and several colonies assembled on the road and raised slogans […]
JAMMU: To monitor credit flow to micro, small and meduum enterprise (MSME) sectorin Jammu and Kashmir, Reserve Bank of India Friday convened a meeting here on Friday. According to an RBI spokesperson, the meeting along with State Level Inter Institutional Committee (SLIIC) Meeting was held under the Co-Chairmanship of Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, Financial Commissioner, Industries […]
SRINAGAR: Continuing with its poll boycott campaign, several leaders of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front( JKLF) Friday addressed public gatherings in various areas of south Kashmir villages and impressed upon people to stay away from the upcoming elections. In a statement, a JKLF spokesman said that the leaders stressed that “participating in Indian elections was […]
SRINAGAR: Police on Friday arrested Hurriyat Conference Jammu Kashmir (HCJK) leader Shabir Ahmad Shah along with his associates as soon as he stepped out of his Sanat Nagar residence and barred him from visiting Pakharpora area in central Kashmir. “Besides Shah, police also detained Muhammad Yasin Ataai while as Nayeem Ahmad Khan was put under […]
SRINAGAR: Criticising the J&K Tourism Minister for expressing the state government’s helplessness on controlling ‘rising airfares’, Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) has asked the government to subsidise the airfares of the needy people and the students. “As a matter of fact J&K government is duty bound to provide speedy, economic and safe travel to the citizens […]
KUPWARA: An amount of Rs 186.89 crore to 13012 income generating units (IGUs) under priority sector and Rs 69.66 crore to 3547 beneficiaries under non-priority sector have been provided to set up their own IGUs upto December 31, third quarter of financial year 2013-14, an official spokesperson said. According to the spokesperson, a District Level […]
By Anil Bhat Jammu: As the political temperature shoots up in Jammu and Kashmir, four local unit heads of pro-India parties and two former Chief Ministers are among as many as 14 heavyweights who have jumped into the fray for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in the state. Chiefs of the two main rival regional […]