DDC polls: Farooq appeals people to vote for Gupkar Alliance

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday appealed to the people to vote for the candidates of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) in the District Development Council (DDC) polls beginning on Saturday. In a video released by the PAGD, Abdullah, who is under self-isolation after a member of his household staff […]

Muftis, Abdullahs acted like ‘private companies’, deprived people of development: BJP

Muftis, Abdullahs acted like ‘private companies’, deprived people of development: BJP

Kathua: The BJP on Tuesday accused the Muftis and Abdullahs of acting like private companies to build their properties and depriving the people of Jammu and Kashmir of benefits of development. Addressing an election rally here, BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh came down heavily on the NC, the PDP and the Congress, saying they […]

J&K govt mulling to enhance retirement age of college teachers

J&K govt mulling to enhance retirement age of college teachers

Srinagar: At a time when Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing the worst monthly unemployment rate, which has been further compounded by the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic, the government is mulling to enhance the retirement age of teachers working in degree colleges in the region, thus creating the fear of further contraction of employment opportunities. An order […]

NIA questions PDP leader Waheed Parra

NIA questions PDP leader Waheed Parra

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday questioned PDP’s youth wing president Waheed Parra in connection with a case related to separatism in Jammu and Kashmir. Parra, who recently filed his nomination form for the upcoming District Development Council elections in the Union Territory, appeared before the NIA at its headquarters here. Parra, […]

Ten more deaths due to coronavirus

Ten more deaths due to coronavirus

Srinagar: Ten more persons infected with Covid-19 died on Tuesday, taking the total number of deaths related to the pandemic to 1,651 in Jammu and Kashmir. According to officials, six deaths were reported in Kashmir and four in Jammu division. The deceased persons include three from Srinagar district and one each from Barmulla, Kulgam, Shopian, […]

Prohibition of polythene: HC summons top officials to video conference

Prohibition of polythene: HC summons top officials to video conference

Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Tuesday directed Secretaries of the Housing & Urban Development Department, Tourism Department, Environment and Forest Department, Floriculture Department , and the Chief Executive Officers of Pahalgam Development Authority, Gulmarg Development Authority, Sonamarg Development Authority, and Patnitop Development Authority to remain present through video conferencing on the next date of […]

SSM Engineering College charges transport fees for lockdown months, calls it ‘magnanimity’

SSM Engineering College charges transport fees for lockdown months, calls it ‘magnanimity’

Srinagar: Students at the SSM College of Engineering and Technology, here in Parihaspora, have alleged that the college authorities are demanding transport “maintenance” charges from them for the Covid-19 lockdown period, without operating any buses. The college administration maintains that the fee is being charged to pay the drivers of the buses. Several students of […]

List of Roshni Act beneficiaries released: top politicians, businessmen in it

List of Roshni Act beneficiaries released: top politicians, businessmen in it

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has made public a list of Roshni scheme beneficiaries, which include politicians, businessmen, and bureaucrats. These are people who took possession of state land and then as per the Roshni Law, which now stands annulled, transferred it to their names. It is not yet clear what action will be […]

Farooq is not beneficiary of Roshni Act: NC

Farooq is not beneficiary of Roshni Act: NC

SRINAGAR: The National Conference on Tuesday said that the party president Farooq Abdullah was not a beneficiary of the Roshni Act and that the news in the media suggesting so was completely false. “The news attributing to sources that Dr Farooq Abdullah is a beneficiary of the Roshni Act is completely false and is being […]

Covid 19: Flying quads constituted in Baramulla to check SOP adherence

Covid 19: Flying quads constituted in Baramulla to check SOP adherence

BARAMULLA: The district magistrate (DM) Baramulla passed order on Tuesday for the constitution of which two flying quads to implement the SOP’s for Covid 19 on ground. The order reads that, in order to implement the SOP’s and guidelines related to Covid 19 and to enhance testing in district Baramulla the special flying quads are […]