Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti was put under house detention on Tuesday and she claimed that the decision of Jammu and Kashmir authorities to restrain her movement had “exposed the government’s claims of normalcy”. She also hit out at the Centre alleging that while the government was expressing concern for the rights of the people […]
Peshawar: Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund, the chief of the Taliban’s powerful decision-making body ‘Rehbari Shura’, has been named as Afghanistan’s new head of state by the insurgent group’s top leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada, according to a Pakistani media report. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Chairman of Taliban’s Political Office in Doha, and Mullah Abdus Salam will […]
SRINAGAR: The District Administration Srinagar/District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Tuesday held a sensitization workshop session at Banquet Hall here with the heads of various educational institutions (schools/colleges) to discuss modus operandi for reopening of schools in Srinagar, an official spokesperson said. The programme was held on the directions of the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad […]
Srinagar: The government on Tuesday said that 126 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 34 from Jammu division and 92 from Kashmir division, have been reported on Tuesday. Moreover, 148 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 25 from Jammu Division and 123 from Kashmir Division, an official bulletin […]
BUDGAM: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Budgam, Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza today in his routine press briefing about COVID-19 status said that unless we follow Covid Appropriate Behaviour (CAB) and adhere to all SOPs there is every apprehension that positive cases may rise again. He said that from the past few weeks we have been witnessing an […]
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday sought personal appearance of Chairman Service Selection Board for the ‘willful’ delay of the court directions on the matter related to selection process of Assistant Information Officers. The court while hearing the contempt plea noted that the latest status report reveals that the […]
Srinagar: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has sought instructions from the authorities over the accessibility of physical classes for the students of north Kashmir’s Uri in view of suspension of internet and telecommunications facilities. The bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Sanjay Dhar directed respondents to file a counter […]
SRINAGAR: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Tuesday denied bail to an accused in the lynching of police officer Mohammad Ayub Pandith outside Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid in 2017. A bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Sanjay Dhar recorded that this was a case where a police officer was lynched […]
SRINAGAR: CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Tuesday said restoring democracy along with full autonomy and statehood to Jammu and Kashmir is the only way to put the relationship back on track between the erstwhile state and the Centre. He said the central government undermined the Constitution by ending the special status guaranteed under Article […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday launched an online portal for time-bound redressal of grievances related to Kashmir migrants’ immovable properties. The Kashmir migrants can log in to http://jkmigrantrelief.nic.in/ or http://kashmirmigrantsip.jk.gov.in to submit their complaints, an official spokesman said. The application filed on the portal will be disposed of in a […]