SRINAGAR: Coming down heavily on Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA), an umbrella of Valley based trade organisations, Saturday asked him to shun “helplessness and weakness” in confronting the NHPC over the return of power projects. “Omar Abdullah should take a lesson or two from Jayalalithaa (chief minister of Tamil Naidu) and Mamta […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday detained dozens of government employees who tried to take out a protest march in support of their demands including regularization of daily-wage and casual workers. Hundreds of employees of Public Health Engineering Department assembled near Press Colony here and tried to march towards Divisional Commissioner’s office, but were […]
SRINAGAR: Higher reaches of the Kashmir Valley received fresh snowfall while rains lashed the plains of the region, including Srinagar on Saturday. Srinagar received 1.8 mm of rainfall till 08:30 hours Saturday morning, an official of the MeT Department said. The city recorded a minimum temperature of 3 degrees Celsius, over a degree up from […]
Srinagar: Hailing Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s recent “employees- friendly” statement in the Legislative Assembly, Convener Jammu and Kashmir Joint Consultative Committee (JKJCC) and President Civil Secretariat Non Gazetted Employees Union Rauf Ahmad Saturday said that no “politically-motivated person shall be allowed to derail the genuine struggle of employees.” “ JCC, an umbrella organization of trade […]
Srinagar: A pro-India party named ‘New Congress Party’ was launched here on Saturday with its chairman saying the party will support former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and oppose state Congress chief Saif-ud-Din Soz. Addressing a news conference, chairman of the ‘New Congress Party’, BM Reshi accused Soz of dividing Congress in Jammu and Kashmir. […]
JAMMU: Prof Talat Ahmad has been granted another term of three years as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kashmir, an official handout said Saturday. It said J&K Governor NN Vohra, who is also the Chancellor of the University of Kashmir, has in consultation with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah (who is Pro-Chancellor of the University) appointed […]
Srinagar: South Kashmir’s Pulwama town reeled under curfew Saturday for the third consecutive day to foil protests over the death of a militant in an alleged gunfight in Budgam district earlier this week. Reports said the curfew was extended to Gangoo area with police and paramilitary troopers deployed in strength while forces also sealed several […]
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir government Saturday said 1,298 illegal residential house and other structures, constructed near the Dal Lake between 2011 to 2013 have been demolished by the Lakes and Waterways Development Authority. The anti-encroachment wing of Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) demolished 1,298 residential house and other structures, raised beyond 200 meters from […]
Srinagar: Army apprehends increased infiltration attempts by militants in Kashmir in view of the “depleting” militant leadership and upcoming elections but is prepared to meet any challenge, including possible influx of Taliban fighters from Afghanistan. “There will be attempts to infiltrate by militants due to elimination of the leadership (of militants) but I am prepared,” […]
SRINAGAR: Forces recovered a huge cache of arms, including three assault rifles and four pistols, in Uri sector in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, an army spokesman said on Saturday. The arms were found inside a crevice underneath a huge boulder by a joint team of Army and police in Kamalkote area on Friday, he said. […]