Jammu: Reacting to the Supreme Court’s verdict, People’s Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti said Afzal Guru deserved the same reprieve. “By commuting the death sentence of Rajiv Gandhi’s killers, the Supreme Court has once again made the people of Jammu and Kashmir realize that there is a separate law for Kashmir and the rest of […]
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 […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed a 71 per cent drop in militancy so far in the five years of the National Conference-led government in the state, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Monday. “Militancy has declined by 71 per cent in the last five years… No collateral damage has occurred in the anti- militancy operations […]
JAMMU: The Legislative Assembly Monday unanimously adopted a resolution expressing gratitude to Union Minister for Health Ghulam Nabi Azad for establishing four medical colleges and two Cancer hospitals in the state. The House also impressed upon the Government of India to establish Medical Colleges at Poonch-Rajouri, Kupwara, Udhampur, Kulgam, Budgam, Bandipora, Leh/ Kargil, Samba and […]
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, […]
Gulmarg : Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday said AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal acted in a haste by submitting his resignation over the Jan Lokpal bill, and hinted that it was probably the “aim”. Kejriwal resigned as the Delhi chief minister on Friday after suffering a defeat in the Assembly on the Jan Lokpal Bill after […]
Jammu: Former Health Minister Shabir Ahmad Khan, who was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a woman doctor and released on bail, today attended the Assembly session here. Khan arrived in the House late in afternoon and attended the proceedings. “Yes, he attended the session today,” Speaker Mubarak Gul said. Khan had sought permission from […]
Srinagar: Flood threat looms large in dozens of villages in Pulwama district as the Flood Control Department has failed to remove the earth dug for the construction of concrete retaining walls along the Lar stream. Worried residents in Ratnipora village said that the Flood Control Department has been constructing retaining walls along the stream banks […]
Jammu: Hundreds of passengers Sunday accused traffic police of playing foul by announcing opening of Jammu-Srinagar highway despite slippery conditions at Batote-Patnitop stretch of the 300 kilometre road link connecting Valley with rest of the world. The passengers said they had to face tremendous hardships as there was total “chaos and confusion” on the stretch. […]
Gulmarg : The highest dividend of peace is the arrival of tourists in great numbers particularly in Valley, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Sunday. He said tourism has an important role in the state’s economy and generation of wide-ranging economic activities for its people. “Our efforts should be to develop and showcase […]