NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to lead a delegation of MPs from all parties to Kashmir to assess the situation there. Speaking in the Lower House, Chowdhury said it is important that MPs be allowed to visit the Valley. “I urge you, Lok Sabha […]
Jammu: Lawyers, who are protesting the JK government’s decision to divest judicial courts of powers to register documents related to immovable properties, on Wednesday went on a hunger strike. Members of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) have been on an indefinite strike for over a month against the decision. The token […]
JAMMU: Two civilians were killed and nine others injured on Tuesday when Pakistan army heavily shelled forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu’s Poonch district, officials said. The firing and shelling from across the border in Shahpur and Kirni sectors was retaliated by the Indian Army, but the casualties suffered […]
NEW DELHI: The ban on internet in Jammu and Kashmir has been imposed to check aggressive anti-India social media posts being pushed from Pakistan to instigate the youth in the valley, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Internet was suspended on August 5 when the government of India abrogated the […]
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday said militancy incidents have declined since the abrogation of special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370, but infiltration attempts from across the border have increased. Union minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy also said in Lok Sabha that the security forces neutralised 157 militants in […]
NEW DELHI: The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir comprises the territories of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir immediately before the commencement of the Constitution, except Ladakh, but includes Pakistan administered Kashmir, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Tuesday. Reddy said in the Lok Sabha that the territory of the erstwhile state […]
JAMMU: The employees of the now abolished Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council (JKLC) on Tuesday were shifted to various departments, officials said. As many as 116 employees, including one additional secretary, two deputy secretaries, three under secretaries and marshals, have been shifted and posted in departments of law, tribal affairs, election, women and child development, […]
Use of satellite phones by militants nothing new
Srinagar: Ceasefire was being violated by Pakistan along the Line of Control to provide cover to militants infiltrating into Jammu and Kashmir, a senior BSF officer said on Monday. Inspector General BSF Ajmal Singh was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function here “Whenever there is infiltration, there is firing from the Pakistani […]
New Delhi: All second appeals and complaints pending with the Jammu and Kashmir State Information Commission under the erstwhile state’s Right to Information (RTI) Act will be dealt with by the Central Information Commission (CIC), according to official documents. The move comes as Jammu and Kashmir state was divided into two union territories — Jammu […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor G C Murmu on Monday called for convergence of social welfare schemes for their effective implementation. He also directed for streamlining the simplification of the procedures and called for avoiding its duplication to facilitate the eligible beneficiaries. Murmu passed the directions while taking a comprehensive review of the implementation […]