JAMMU: The coordination committee of the PDP and BJP coalition partners met here today under the chairmanship of Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal SinghThe meeting discussed various issues related to functioning of the state government besides major achievements and agendas of the present regime.The meeting was attended by Minister for Revenue, Parliamentary Affairs, Hajj & […]
JAMMU: Consequent to yesterday’s fire incident in Bombay which resulted in the loss of property and death of fourteen precious lives, Governor N.N. Vohra has asked B.B. Vyas, Chief Secretary, to issue immediate instructions to all Deputy Commissioners in the State to have an immediate Fire Safety Audit conducted, particularly in regard to hospitals, shopping […]
Jammu: Ahead of panchayat polls in the state scheduled to start mid-February, the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) today nominated five district presidents in Jammu and Kashmir.District presidents were nominated for Reasi, Jammu rural, Samba and Kathua in Jammu region and Baramulla in Kashmir Valley in order to further streamline and strengthen the party at […]
Baramulla: Police in a swift action solved the mysterious murder of a woman whose dead body was recovered from an orchard at Juhama area of Baramulla in North Kashmir on Friday.A senior police official said that police solved the murder mystery after arresting a man with the help of CCTV footage obtained from District hospital […]
Srinagar: At least five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men including an officer were injured Saturday in a road accident near Humhama Srinagar.Reports said that the accident took place when a CRPF Gypsy vehicle belonging to the of 117 Battalion collided with a tipper in Humhama at around 6 a.m in the morning leaving all […]
Srinagar: Srinagar-Jammu highway was blocked for traffic after landslides hit the road on Saturday.“Only one-way movement of heavy-motor vehicles is being allowed on the highway from Jammu to Kashmir today. However, light-motor vehicles are allowed to ply from both sides.” a traffic official said.He said that landslides hit the 300-km highway at Battery Chashma, blocking […]
Baramulla: Scores of contractual employees working under Saakshar Bharat Mission (SBM) on Saturday staged protest in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district to press the government over their demands of regularization.The SBM employees assembled at Kirapa Park and chanted slogans against the government. They were demanding the incumbent regime to fulfill their demands.They said that the government […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik Saturday said that the election, be it for assembly or parliament, Panchayat or municipal councils is only meant to strengthen ‘Indian occupation in Kashmir’ and as such should be boycotted by one and all.According to the statement issued here, Malik while addressing the gathering […]
Srinagar: The Langate lawmaker, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Saturday ridiculed National Conference’s (NC) charges against Tasaduq Mufti’s elevation in the state cabinet by calling it ‘nepotism and imposition of dynasty rule’.Er Rasheed as per the statement issued here has said that Mufti dynasty is not the only one thrusting dynasty politics over Kashmiris.Interacting with […]
Shopian: Protests erupted in Keller area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district after army allegedly thrashed students at Government Higher Secondary School Keller.Witnesses said that a patrolling party of Army was stoned near Higher Secondary School Keller following which they barged into the premises of the institute and thrashed some students ‘ruthlessly’ and took identity cards […]