Srinagar: A full-time Secretary has still not been appointed for the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL), even though a year has passed since the superannuation of the last secretary in March 2019. According to official sources, cultural and literary activities organised by the government have come to a complete halt […]
Srinagar: The High Court on Tuesday quashed the detention of three people including the spokesman of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami under the Public Safety Act (PSA). Besides Zahid Ali, the Jamaat spokesman, the detention of district president of Bandipora Jamaat-e-Islami Sikander Malik and Samir Wani, an overground worker of a militant organisation based in Pulwama, were […]
Jammu: The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has proposed to name the state-run university and airport here after Dogra rulers and passed a resolution for the same in its general house meeting followed by making a recommendation in this regard to the government. The historic City Chowk, the commercial hub in old Jammu, was renamed ‘Bharat […]
New Delhi: A special court in Srinagar on Monday sent former district magistrates of Kupwara — Rajiv Ranjan and Itrit Hussain Rafiqui to 10-day CBI custody a day after they were arrested in the arms licensing case, officials said. Ranjan, a 2010-batch IAS officer and Rafiqui were held by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) […]
ANANTNAG: Sluggish pace and poor quality of work on the vital Dialgam-Laalan road, here in Anantnag district, has been causing severe inconvenience to the general public. Dozens of villages are dependent on this road for connectivity and travel. The widening and black topping of the 5-kilometer road is being carried out under the Pradhan Mantri […]
SRINAGAR: Anganwadi workersworking in Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) on the post of helpers to supervisors on Tuesday held a protest here in Srinagar demanding release of their pending honorarium. The protesters from various districts of Kashmir valley assembled here under the banner of All Jammu and Kashmir Anganwadi workers and Helpers Union and chanted […]
PAMPORE: Illegal sand miners have turned compound of government primary school at Bujibagh village of Pampore area into dumping site for sand, which isaffecting functioning of institution. School staff and students told Kashmir Reader that sand diggers have been dumping sand illegally extracted from Jheluminto premises of the institution. “Sand in the compound has blocked […]
TRAL: Residents of Doodhmarg Gujjar Basti Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama on Tuesday locked down government high School here decrying deficiency of staff in the school. The residents locked the school and staged peaceful protest infront of school building and said that authorities were making mockery of the underprivileged class living in the far flung […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to refer petitions challenging the scrapping of Article 370 to a larger bench. The current 5-judge Supreme Court constitution bench, headed by Justice NV Ramana, will continue to hear the cases related to Article 370. The People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) and the Jammu and Kashmir […]
SC to hear on March 5 Sara Abullah Pilot’s plea
NEW DELHI: The Jammu and Kashmir administration informed the Supreme Court on Monday that National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has been detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) considering his “past conduct” and possibility of such conduct being repeated on his release, which may “prejudice the public order”. Terming Abdullah as “a very vocal critic” […]