Srinagar: A local court here Tuesday granted seven days judicial remand to incarcerated Muslim League chairman Masrat Alam Bhat in connection with a case registered against him at police station Nowhatta. Police produced Alam before the court in connection with FIR no. 50/2010 under sections 336, 151, 307 RPC registered at Nowhatta. Allowing the submission […]
Srinagar: There was slight respite from the intense cold conditions in Kashmir and Ladakh division even as the mercury across the region stayed below the freezing point. Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2.5 degrees Celsius, slightly up from previous night’s minus 3.3 degrees Celsius, an official […]
SRINAGAR: Kashmir Centre for Social and Development Studies (KCSDS), a civil society group, has urged upon the Jammu and Kashmir government to scrap joint venture deal with NHPC in order to put a stop to continuous “loot” of J&K’s water resources. It has also asked the government to cancel the allotment of 1020 MW Bursar […]
SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI) has expressed its dismay and shocked over the chief minster’s statement with regard to transfer of power projects from NHPC to the state control and management. KCCI, in a statement Tuesday, said recovery of power projects the NHPC is holding at the cost of progress, prosperity […]
NEW DELHI: Senior leaders of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday opposed the government of India’s move to privatise Srinagar Centaur Hotel and said the state government was ready to accept the responsibility to manage it. A delegation, including J&K Tourism Minister Ghulam Ahmed Mir and state Congress chief Saifuddin Soz, met Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh […]
SRINAGAR: The five-day soft skill development training program organized by J&K police in collaboration with University of Delhi concluded on Tuesday, a police spokesperson here said. Dr Pamela Singla project coordinator of the program visited the south Kashmir districts to supervise the ongoing sessions held in these districts. Speaking to the media Dr Singla said […]
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir government Tuesday said 15,139 sales tax defaulters owe Rs 1,147 crores to the state government. In a written reply to the Cut Motion of PDP member Abdul Rehman Veeri in state Assembly today, Minister for Finance Abdul Rahim Rather said the total number of sales tax defaulters in Jammu and Kashmir […]
JAMMU: Dispelling the perception that Jammu and Kashmir is dependent on Centre to meet its financial needs, state Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather has said whatever it receives from the Government of India is its right guaranteed under the Indian Constitution. He said grant-in-aid for the state is being decided by the Finance Commission under […]
SRINAGAR: After a three month hiatus thanks to inclement weather in harsh winter, Jammu and Kashmir Football Association, custodians of the sport in the state, are back organizing soccer tournaments. The first of it- a unique one as per JKFA, is expected to begin from February 22. The tournament- Indoor Futsal Championship- will be hosted […]
WELLINGTON: An epic triple century by Brendon McCullum in a record-laden innings took New Zealand from the brink of a Test defeat to a remarkable series win over India on Tuesday. The second Test petered out in a draw with India on 166-3 in their second innings after being set a near-impossible target of 435 […]