Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (JK) on Tuesday appealed the people of Kashmir to boycott the upcoming polls in the state. “Taking part in elections (is) tantamount to dishonesty with the blood of martyrs. We will continue to offer sacrifices till the achievement of freedom,” Hurriyat’s senior leader Shabir Ahmad Shah was quoted as saying in a […]
Poonch: Government Degree College, Mendhar (Poonch) Tuesday organized a quiz competition for its students. The completion was organized by the Department of Chemistry under the guidance of its head Professor Shokat Hussain, officials said. As many as 25 students participated in the quiz after their selection on the basis of screening test. The students were […]
Srinagar: The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India on Tuesday conferred Jammu & Kashmir Tourism Department with the National Tourism Award for 2012-13 for the second year running, according to an official handout. It said the Tourist Department bagged the award in the category ‘Best State–Comprehensive Development of Tourism”, and the award was presented by […]
Srinagar: A local court here Tuesday granted seven days judicial remand to incarcerated Muslim League chairman Masrat Alam Bhat in connection with a case registered against him at police station Nowhatta. Police produced Alam before the court in connection with FIR no. 50/2010 under sections 336, 151, 307 RPC registered at Nowhatta. Allowing the submission […]
SRINAGAR: Kashmir Centre for Social and Development Studies (KCSDS), a civil society group, has urged upon the Jammu and Kashmir government to scrap joint venture deal with NHPC in order to put a stop to continuous “loot” of J&K’s water resources. It has also asked the government to cancel the allotment of 1020 MW Bursar […]
SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI) has expressed its dismay and shocked over the chief minster’s statement with regard to transfer of power projects from NHPC to the state control and management. KCCI, in a statement Tuesday, said recovery of power projects the NHPC is holding at the cost of progress, prosperity […]
SRINAGAR: The five-day soft skill development training program organized by J&K police in collaboration with University of Delhi concluded on Tuesday, a police spokesperson here said. Dr Pamela Singla project coordinator of the program visited the south Kashmir districts to supervise the ongoing sessions held in these districts. Speaking to the media Dr Singla said […]
JAMMU: Dispelling the perception that Jammu and Kashmir is dependent on Centre to meet its financial needs, state Finance Minister Abdul Rahim Rather has said whatever it receives from the Government of India is its right guaranteed under the Indian Constitution. He said grant-in-aid for the state is being decided by the Finance Commission under […]
SRINAGAR: Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Mohammad Yasin Malik on Monday slammed Indian Defence Minister AK Antony’s reported refusal to reopen the 2001 Pathribal fake encounter case after the Army gave a clean chit to five of its men accused of killing five civilians. “Killers of Kashmiris cannot evade punishment and will have […]
Jammu: The state government on Monday ordered following transfers and postings in the administration: Prasanna Ramaswamy G, IAS, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Gandoh, is transferred and posted as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, Rajesh Sharma. Niraj Kumar, IAS, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Doda, is transferred and posted as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, against an available vacancy. Amit Sharma, KAS, […]