Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed Service Selection Board to file objections to a petition filed by 86 candidates, challenging exclusion after their shortlist for interview for selection as teachers in education department. Hearing the petition, a bench of Justice Janak Raj Kotwal also directed the SSB to allow the petitioners to take […]
SRINAGAR: Travel Agents Association of Kashmir (TAAK) has appealed Jammu and Kashmir government to promote Toasmaidan as a tourist destination, as it has potential of being round the year destination. “The nature has bestowed this place with bounty of wealth in every respect and that needs to be harnessed in the right manner by bringing […]
Srinagar: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) has asked paramilitary CRPF to remove concertina wires placed in several areas of the capital city to facilitate a free pedestrian passage. In a letter to the Inspector General of CRPF, SMC’s Health Officer Dr Shafqat Khan has said that concertina wires besides being a serious public health hazard […]
SRINAGAR: The family of Mohammad Afzal Guru, on Thursday said that if India’s Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde was really remorseful about the handling of Guru’s execution, he should return his mortal remains to family. “If Shinde is so remorseful on the handling of Afzal Guru’s execution by his department, then the government of India […]
JAMMU: According to Inspector General of Police Traffic, J&K Jammu, all light motor vehicles (private/passenger) shall be allowed to ply both ways on Jammu to Srinagar and vice versa from April 1 in view of improved weather and condition of the road. However, these LMVs shall cross TCP Nagrota upto 0900 hours, TCP Udhampur upto […]
SRINAGAR: Describing advocate Jalil-ul-Qadr Andrabi as “one of the pioneers of ongoing freedom struggle,” JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik Thursday said that “his replacement was yet to be found.” “Besides being a worthy jurist, intellectual, he was a courageous person who always cared and worked for the betterment of society and even sacrificed his life […]
SRINAGAR: A delegation of Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Fedration (KTMF) led by its president, Mohammad Yasin Khan Thursday visited Bandipora to asses the situation after a major fire struck a market there. According to a spokesperson of the KTMF, Akbar Shopping Complex at Khadim Market, Bandipora was completely devastated by the fire while nearby shops […]
GANDERBAL: A team of district officers conducted surprise inspection of various markets of Lar tehsil here in connection with anti-polythene drive and to curb profiteering, uauthorised hoardings and adulteration on Thursday. The team led by tehsildar Lar, Nazir Ahmad seized polythene which was destroyed on the spot. The team also destroyed sub standard food items […]
SRINAGAR: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, Thursday called for peaceful protest demonstration after the Friday prayers against the mass death sentence to Morsi supporters including the general guide of Muslim Brotherhood Muhammad Badie by an Egyptian court. In a statement, Geelani said “This incident is not related to a particular country, sect or […]
DODA: Presenting dismal picture of the credit dispensation in the district, Doda has achieved only 24 percent credit deposit ration upto March 25, 2014. According to lead bank manager, IB Sharma, the deposits and advances of all commercial banks as on March 25, 2014 stood at Rs 1093 crores and Rs 257 crore respectively, thus […]