Pakistan, China form a very potent threat to India: Gen Naravane

Pakistan, China form a very potent threat to India: Gen Naravane

New Delhi: Army chief Gen MM Naravane on Tuesday hoped for an amicable resolution of the military standoff with China in Ladakh through talks and based on “mutual and equal security” even as he said the collusive and potent threat from China and Pakistan to India cannot be “wished away”. Gen Naravane at the same […]

Police say Khanyar stabbing due to ‘argument’ over Rs 7,000

Police say Khanyar stabbing due to ‘argument’ over Rs 7,000

‘It was a premeditated murder,’ says senior journalist whose nephew was killed Srinagar: The initial investigation by police in the case of stabbing of a youth on Monday evening at Khanyar area of Srinagar suggests that the murder was carried out for the sake of a small amount of money, which the “accused” owed to […]

SC stays implementation of farm laws, sets up panel to resolve impasse

SC stays implementation of farm laws, sets up panel to resolve impasse

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday stayed the implementation of controversial new farm laws till further orders and constituted a four-member committee to resolve the impasse over them between the Centre and farmers’ unions protesting at Delhi borders. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde said, as a consequence, the Minimum Support Price […]

HC dismisses plea by ex-bank officer charged with corruption

HC dismisses plea by ex-bank officer charged with corruption

Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of an ex-Branch Manager of Bombay Mercantile Cooperative Bank, charged with corruption offences, seeking quashing of the FIR and proceedings before the trial court against him. The petitioner, Khazir Mohammad Tunda, through senior advocate Mian Qayoom had questioned the FIR as well as proceedings including […]

Court frames charges against Yasin Malik, 9 others in Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case

Court frames charges against Yasin Malik, 9 others in Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping case

Jammu: A special TADA court has framed charges against Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Mohammd Yasin Malik and nine others in a 31-year-old kidnapping case involving Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of then union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Malik is presently lodged in Tihar jail, Delhi, after he was arrested by the National […]

Protest against Kashmir Crown Trust for denying wheelchair to Kupwara man

Protest against Kashmir Crown Trust for denying wheelchair to Kupwara man

Srinagar: Several residents of Srinagar on Tuesday held a protest demonstration against the Kashmir Crown Trust for not providing a wheelchair to a handicapped person who has been seeking it from the Trust for the past two years. Local youths from Srinagar assembled here at the press enclave and chanted slogans against the Kashmir Crown […]

We have proposed Odd-Even formula for next 10 days: SSP Traffic Srinagar

We have proposed Odd-Even formula for next 10 days: SSP Traffic Srinagar

Srinagar: The accumulation of snow on roads and footpaths in the aftermath of snowfall has led to massive gridlocks in the entire Srinagar city in the past few days. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Traffic for Srinagar City, Javid Ahmad Koul, said that a proposal has been sent to the administration to implement the Odd-Even […]

J&K records one Covid death

J&K records one Covid death

Srinagar: One Covid-19 related death was reported in J&K on Tuesday, the deceased a resident of Srinagar district. The number of fresh cases reported in the J&K was 113. Among these new cases, 48 were reported from Kashmir division and 65 from Jammu division. Srinagar reported 24 new cases while Jammu district reported 48 cases. […]

Bukhari advocates early restoration of statehood, assembly polls

Bukhari advocates early restoration of statehood, assembly polls

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday advocated the early restoration of statehood and holding of assembly elections in the Union Territory, asserting that the people desperately need a popular government as the present administration is paralysed . Bukhari also pitched for the immediate restoration of the 4G […]

Food Business Operators asked to stop use of cooking oil with higher TPC

Food Business Operators asked to stop use of cooking oil with higher TPC

SRINAGAR: The Food Safety department has asked all the business operators especially those selling local snacks including Nader Moonji, Pakoodas, Samosas and allied food articles to stop usage of cooking oil with Total Polar Compounds (TPC) above 25 percent. As per an official handout, the said food business operators have been directed to monitor used […]