Srinagar: Underhand means are being used to compel winning candidates of Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) to join the Altaf Bukhari-led Apni Party, National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah said on Saturday at a press conference here. He corroborated his claim by playing before reporters a voice recording in which a PAGD candidate was […]
Srinagar: The Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of seven political parties for the restoration of special status of Jammu and Kashmir, lost over 35 seats due to the internal differences caused over distribution of seats in District Development Council (DDC) elections, PAGD leaders told Kashmir Reader. Before the elections, disagreements and differences […]
Srinagar: A day after The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of six political parties fighting for restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, bagged majority of seats in District Development Council (DDC) elections, its key leader Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday slammed the BJP for deploying coercive methods to handle opposition. Addressing a […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has barred its employees from going on study leave until it is approved by a competent authority. And no employee will be allowed to pursue any course which is not helpful in delivering service from the point of view of public interest. This order has come after many upper-rung […]
Srinagar: At the onset of winter, the Jammu and Kashmir government has set three months’ deadline for completion of “languishing projects”, a goal that the government has rarely achieved, with winter months often cited as reason for the delay. March 31 is the last day for them to complete the languishing projects in this fiscal […]
SRINAGAR: Businessman-turned-politician Syed Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday said that the response shown by people to the District Development Council (DDC) polls was a lesson for political parties that elections and the Kashmir issue were not connected to each other in any way Talking on the sidelines of the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party’s (JKAP) first […]
Srinagar: Road tax, water connection charges, taxes on petrol and diesel, and extraction of timber up to the “full permissible limit” – as much as 80 lakh cubic feet (cft) – will go towards repaying loans to banks of Rs 1,500 crore that the J&K Government is planning to borrow at a rate of 8.5% […]
Srinagar: Kashmir fruit growers for the first time in recent years have joined hands with farmers of Indian states to extend their support to the Bharat Bandh called to protest the BJP government’s three new farm laws. According to Bashir Ahmad Basheer, Chairman of Kashmir Valley Fruit Growers cum Dealers Union, the fruit growers would […]
Seeks transaction details from depts, factual report from Hazratbal branch within 3 days Srinagar: Days after Kashmir Reader reported a massive fraud in J&K Bank’s Hazratbal branch, Kashmir University administration has asked all heads of departments to submit details of their demand drafts and financial transactions within three days (Monday). The varsity has also asked […]
Employee arrested, Nigeen police station investigating case Srinagar: A fraud of nearly Rs one crore has surfaced in Jammu and Kashmir Bank’s Hazratbal branch here, Kashmir Reader has learnt. Sources said that initial investigation has found that the amount ranges between Rs 70 lakh and Rs 1 crore, money that was allegedly stolen through fraud […]