Srinagar: In what came as a relief for school teachers in Jammu and Kashmir, an order has been issued exempting teachers from rendering services during the elections. According to an order issued by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmed Khan, dated 10-01-2017, all the Deputy Commissioners ( District Election Officers) have been ordered not engage any […]
JAMMU: With a focus on reaping the harvest of the radical fiscal reforms undertaken by the State Government during the past three budgetary exercises, the Minister of Finance, Dr Haseeb A Drabu, today presented his 4th Budget in the State Assembly terming it a major step towards making Jammu and Kashmir a truly welfare state. […]
New Delhi: Latching onto a PDP MLA’s “Kashmiri militants are martyrs” comment, the Congress today questioned the BJP whether it agrees with what the legislator belonging to its alliance partner in Jammu and Kashmir has said and asked it to come clean on the issue. “It is the PDP MLA who has said this. The […]
JAMMU: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has welcomed the Budget 2018-19 presented in both Houses of State Legislature today, terming it as development focussed and people oriented. The Chief Minister said the highest ever capital outlay in this budget is the proof of her Governments developmental premise. She said based on the feedback from her […]
Srinagar: A youth committed suicide by hanging himself in Kulgam while another made an abortive attempt on his life by consuming some poisonous substance in frontier district of Kupwara, police said on Thursday. A spokesman of police said that in Kulgam, a youth about 15 years old (name with held) resident of Katpora committed suicide […]
Kulgam: A complete shutdown was observed on Thursday in Kulgam district southern Kashmir to mourn the killing of a militant and a civilian on Tuesday. All shops, business establishments, educational institutes were shut to mourn the killings. Pertinently a militant and a civilian were killed during an encounter with government forces in Kokernag area in […]
JAMMU: The Minister for Health and Medical Education, Mr. Bali Bhagat today informed the Legislative Assembly that the government is considering merging of CHC Sumbal, NTPHC Nowgam and PHC Trigam with SKIMS on full time basis as per the Medical Council of India (MCI) norms. He said presently their administrative control lies both with SKIMS […]
Jammu: Ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Aijaz Ahmed courted controversy today by calling “Kashmiri militants” “martyrs” and “brothers”, batting for talks with separatists, and cautioning against glorifying killing of terrorists. “Terrorists, who are from Kashmir are martyrs. Yes, they are our brothers. They are our children,” Aijaz, an MLA from from South Kashmir’s Wachi, said […]
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir’s accession to India was the will of the people of the state, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma today said. Sharma was inaugurating an exhibition at the National Archive Museum here commemorating 70 years of the state’s accession to India. The exhibition has on display war diaries with operational details of the […]
Clashes erupted between government forces and protestors during cordon and search operation in Samboora village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Sources said that soon after the government forces cordoned off the area, the youth took to streets and started pelting stones on them who retaliated with tear gas shelling triggered clashes in the area. Earlier government […]