Five Cong MPs write to Mistry, express concern over transparency, fairness of party chief polls

Five Cong MPs write to Mistry, express concern over transparency, fairness of party chief polls

New Delhi: Five Congress MPs have written to AICC central election authority chief Madhusudan Mistry expressing concern about the “transparency and fairness” of the party chief’s election and sought that the list of PCC delegates that make up the electoral college be provided to all electors and potential candidates. In a joint letter to Mistry […]

SC deprecates tendency of making allegations against judicial officer when adverse order passed

SC deprecates tendency of making allegations against judicial officer when adverse order passed

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has deprecated the tendency of making allegations against judicial officers when adverse orders are passed against a litigant and said if this continues it will ultimately demoralise the judges. The apex court dismissed the pleas seeking transfer of proceedings pending before a court in Rajasthan’s Dhaulpur to a court in […]

HPCL collaborates with Indian Army for CSR Project in Kargil

HPCL collaborates with Indian Army for CSR Project in Kargil

New Delhi: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has collaborated with the Indian Army for implementing a CSR project to coach and mentor less-privileged girl students in Kargil, a company statement said. The project — ‘Kargil Ignited Minds’ — aims to prepare 50 girl students for various national-level engineering and medical entrance examinations. It will focus […]

HC dismisses plea to change date for UPSC, FSSAI exams

HC dismisses plea to change date for UPSC, FSSAI exams

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea for a change in the examination date either for the Civil Services (Mains) or for FSSAI recruitment, both scheduled on September 24, saying doing so at this belated stage will cause grave inconvenience and prejudice to other candidates. The petitioner submitted that he has worked […]

Target Killing of Sarpanch: NIA Files Chargesheet Against 6 Accused

Target Killing of Sarpanch: NIA Files Chargesheet Against 6 Accused

Srinagar, September 10:(GNS) National Investigation Agency on Saturday said that it filed Chargesheet against 6 accused in connection of case related to Target killing of a Sarpanch in Kulgam. In a handout to GNS, the NIA said that Yesterday it filed the Charge-Sheet in NIA Special Court, Jammu in the case of the targeted killing […]

DGP stresses for monitoring selected cases at district, range and zonal levels

DGP stresses for monitoring selected cases at district, range and zonal levels

Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Saturday chaired a meeting at Police Headquarters of senior officers of Police, Prosecution and NIA, an official spokeperson said. The meeting was regarding augmentation of investigation, prosecution capabilities and scientific investigation facilities for quality investigation in order to enhance conviction rates under UAPA, Narco and other sensitive […]

India issues advisory outlining risks for students planning to study medicine in China

India issues advisory outlining risks for students planning to study medicine in China

BEIJING: India has issued a detailed advisory for prospective students wanting to study medicine in China, cautioning them of the pitfalls, including poor pass percentage, mandatory learning of official spoken language Putonghua and stringent norms to qualify to practice in India. The advisory was issued as thousands of Indians studying in Chinese medical colleges are […]

Indian Sikh man separated from his family during Partition meets his Pakistani Muslim sister in Kartarpur

Indian Sikh man separated from his family during Partition meets his Pakistani Muslim sister in Kartarpur

Islamabad: Jalandhar-based Sikh man Amarjit Singh’s happiness knew no bounds when he met his Muslim sister from Pakistan at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, 75 years after he was separated from his family at the time of Partition. Singh was left out in India along with his sister while his Muslim parents migrated to Pakistan […]

Justice Magrey visits Central Jail Srinagar, reviews facilities for inmates

Justice Magrey visits Central Jail Srinagar, reviews facilities for inmates

Says ‘incarceration has many consequences on family, dependents of alleged offender’ SRINAGAR: Executive Chairman, J&K Legal Services Authority, Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, accompanied by Additional Chief Secretary Home, R K Goel and other senior officers of government and Legal Services Institutions today visited Central Jail Srinagar to take stock of the condition of Central Jail […]

Dulloo reviews progress of CSS implemented by LDD across J&K

Dulloo reviews progress of CSS implemented by LDD across J&K

SRINAGAR: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department (APD), Atal Dulloo chaired a meeting to review the progress on several Central Sponsored Schemes (CSS) being implemented by Livestock Development Board (LDB) of Jammu and Kashmir at Civil Secretariat here. During the meeting, Atal Dulloo took a district-wise review of schemes implemented by LDB and the […]