SRINAGAR: Srinagar Municipal Corporation Mayor Junaid Mattu on Thursday retained his seat after getting majority support during the floor test. A no-confidence motion was moved against him by councillors on Tuesday. Addressing media, Mattu said that those 55 councillors stood by him in a floor test on Thursday. “For the last two months, rumours were […]
SRINAGAR: BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Thursday said that decision about internet restoration and release of political leaders will be taken by the local administration after security review. “Internet services have been restored in hotels. Situation is improving in Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir administration will take a decision based on security assessment,” he said. […]
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Thursday appointed Jammu & Kashmir Bank as the lead banker for the newly carved out union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. State Bank of India (SBI) will be the lead convenor bank for union territory of Ladakh. The government through a gazette notification on August 9, 2019 had reorganised the […]
Asks DG prisons to carry out disability audit
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High court on Thursday gave six weeks time to government to place its decision about the approval of a new jail manual. The division bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Sindu Sharma observed that every time when the case is listed, adjournment are sought to the effect that […]
Srinagar: The prestigious Tele-medicine program of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Science (SKIMS) Soura been suspended Kashmir because of the prevailing internet shutdown for last more than four months. The Tele-medicine network of SKIMS is running at 11 designated centers including Government Medical Colleges in Jammu and Srinagar, district hospitals of Kathua, Leh, Poonch, Doda, Kupwara […]
BARAMULLA: Even though calm prevailed along Line of Control in Uri but firing and shelling returned to Karnah village on Wednesday. The firing started in the evening in Tadd area of Karnah in Kupwara district. A day ago, two persons including a woman and an army officer were killed in Uri’s Hajipeer in fierce exchange […]
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army on Thursday said that two of its soldiers were killed in firing by the Indian troops along the Line of Control (LoC). The army also claimed that three Indian soldiers were killed in the exchange of fire. “Responding to committed ceasefire violations (CFVs), in Haji Pir Sector Pakistan Army troops damaged […]
Guwahati: Protests against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 continued unabated across Assam on Thursday, primarily under the aegis of student bodies AASU and AJYCP, with agitators vowing not to relent till the law is scrapped. Opposition Congress, which has kickstarted an 800-km ‘padyatra’ from Sadiya in eastern Assam to Dhubri in the western end […]
New Delhi: The Left parties on Thursday announced a seven-day nationwide protest from January 1 to 7 and a general strike on January 8 against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the National Population Register and the National Register of Citizens. In a joint statement, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India, the […]
NEW DELHI: Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Thursday criticised people leading violent protests over the new citizenship law, saying leadership is not about guiding masses, including students to carry out arson and violence, remarks that drew sharp reactions from opposition leaders. The opposition party, including the Congress attacked Gen Rawat, who is due to […]