Guwahati: Claiming that the Assam government’s fortnight-long crackdown on child marriage had a “positive” impact in the state, Chief Minister HimantaBiswaSarma on Friday said several families had cancelled scheduled weddings of underage people as a fallout of the ongoing drive. The operation started on February 3 and 3,031 people have been apprehended against registration of […]
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said his administration accords top priority to the security of Kashmiri Pandits and will always stand by them. He said he wishes that the day comes when the community members will return to their homes in the Valley as they have suffered a lot in the past over […]
Jammu: Kashmiri Pandit employees protesting over pending salaries and relocation to Jammu staged an overnight sit-in outside the BJP office here and refused to budge till their demands are met. The Kashmiri Pandit employees have been on protest for the past 287 days after their colleagues were killed by militants in the valley. They have […]
Army Says 2 Others Fled Back, One In Injured Condition Srinagar: An infiltrator was killed as police and army foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. “During the preceding night, based on a specific input generated by #Kupwara police, joint team of […]
Srinagar: Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Qamarwari area of the city after a “gunshot-like sound” was heard, police said on Thursday. The sound caused panic in the area with passersby scurrying for safety. “Some gunshot-like sound was heard in Qamarwari area. Police team is in the locality to ascertain facts, there […]
Jammu: In its endeavor to make the Administration more efficient and transparent, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered premature retirement of 02 officers, one each belonging to Prison Department and Transport Department respectively. These officers conducted their duties in ways which were unbecoming of public servants and in violation of the established code […]
New Delhi: A day after they held a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, groups from Ladakh on Thursday reiterated their demands for statehood and sixth schedule status for the Union Territory, threatening to intensify their agitation if the government does not listen to them. At a press conference here, environmental activist and educator Sonam Wangchuk […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed its registrar to transfer the amount deposited by media houses which were pulled up for disclosing the identity of the eight-year-old gangraped and killed in Kathua to a fund for sexual assault victims. Two media houses recently deposited Rs 10 lakh each with the court and others […]
Pampore: A lone pediatrician at Sub District Hospital Pampore in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district caters to around 200 patients on a daily basis. A number of parents told Kashmir Reader that there were two pediatricians at the hospital earlier. “The doctors were seeing the patients in equal proportion and everything was running smoothly,” Faizan Gulzar, […]
Srinagar: Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Vikar Rasool Wani on Thursday said the Centre should immediately restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and hold Assembly polls here. He also accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre of creating “dictatorship” in Jammu and Kashmir. “We demand immediate restoration of statehood to Jammu and […]