SRINAGAR: Joint Consultative Committee spearheading employees agitation Thursday decided to defer the proposed two days agitation keeping in view the ‘positive approach’ of Chief Minister and employee friendly attitude of Cabinet Ministers regarding the implementation of agreement reached between the JCC Leaders and the state government on the instructions of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. In […]
SRINAGAR: Additional District Development Commissioner Srinagar Thursday flagged off Kashmir division probables for the 10-day skiing coaching camp from Bakhshi stadium, Srinagar. 15 participants will be imparted training and coaching under the supervision of State Sports Council skiing Coach Abdul Rashid Tantary in basic, advance and intermediate courses, a statement from the SSC said. Joint […]
Jammu: Assembly Thursday witnessed noisy scenes as opposition members protested over the power and water crisis in the state. The members of BJP, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party and Jammu State Morcha stood up and resorted to anti-government protests over its failure to provide uninterrupted power and water supply to the people in the […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it has decided to resume cross-border trade in Kashmir after weeks of suspension over arrest of a Pakistani driver by the Indian authorities over smuggling charges. Pakistan in a tit-for-tat response also detained several Indian trucks on its part of Kashmir last month that led to suspension of trade across […]
New Delhi: People can now buy postal orders online to file RTI applications after payment of fee through a postal department website. Earlier this facility was only available to Indian citizens living abroad. “This facility has been provided for Indian citizens to facilitate them to seek information from the Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) under […]
Srinagar: A minor girl was killed while her mother and sister were injured when a shooting stone struck their house in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district and the roof collapsed, police said today. Six-year-old Iqra Bano, died on spot while her sister and mother sustained injuries when a stone rolled down from a hill near their […]
Kathua: Over 100 persons, including women and 45 children, allegedly working as bonded labourers at a brick kiln, were rescued in the state’s Kathua district. The district administration rescued 111 labourers from the brick kiln being operated at Bandore village in the district last evening, officials said Thursday. A complaint was filed by NGO ‘International […]
NEW DELHI: High inflation poses a big threat to growth as it would impair the ability of the Reserve Bank to cut interest rates to boost economic activities, a Finance Ministry document said. “The outlook on growth is…Threatened by certain downside risks; the biggest of them being the high rate of inflation, which further dents […]
Jammu: BJP Thursday said the Jammu and Kashmir government had spent Rs 310 crore on purchase of air-fleet in the last 10 years, even as its employees had been agitating for release of arrears and regular salary. “State employees are constantly agitating for release of arrears and regular salary. Against this backdrop, it is baffling […]
DR Graham suggests measures On February 14, 1953 Graham while suggesting measures for Kashmir resolution at Geneva said let there be 6000 troops on the Pakistan side and 21000 on the Indian side including the JK Militia. India accepted the proposal in part. It made clear that nothing but a `civil armed force’ was acceptable […]