New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for his party’s win in the Delhi assembly elections and wished him “the very best” in fulfilling the aspirations of the people of the national capital. “Congratulations to AAP and shri @ArvindKejriwal ji for the victory in the Delhi assembly elections. Wishing […]
SRINAGAR: Kashmir Valley on Tuesday remained shut to commemorate the death anniversary of Maqbool Bhat, the founder of banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF). Mobile internet services in Kashmir were also snapped as a precautionary measure to prevent any law and order disturbance. The low speed internet service was suspended early morning which remained […]
MeT predicts more snow, rains in Valley
Srinagar: Upper reaches in the Valley on Tuesday experienced fresh snow while rains lashed plains including Srinagar bringing down mercury. After a week-long dry weather, higher reaches of north Kashmir including Gulmarg, hills of Uri, Handwara, Kupwara and Bandipora received fresh snowfall from Tuesday morning. An official in Gulmarg said that the tourist resort received […]
Washington: US President Donald Trump will embark on a two-day visit to India from February 24 during which he will travel to New Delhi and Ahmedabad to further strengthen the strategic bilateral partnership and highlight the strong and enduring bonds between the American and Indian people, the White House announced on Tuesday. President Trump will […]
Directs him to continue exercise across Valley
Srinagar: The J&K High Court while appreciating the efforts of Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan in curbing menace of roadside parking directed him to continue doing the exercise to ensure that the object is achieved without fail. The court directed him to implement the directions in all the areas falling under his jurisdiction. The […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court directed government to implement on ground ‘transport subsidy scheme’ for replacement of 15-year-old buses and mini-buses by giving wide publicity to the scheme. The direction of imposing complete ban on the 15-25 year old commercial vehicles came in response to the direction submitted before court that a scheme under the […]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday took a dig at the dossiers prepared by the Police for applying the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) against Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, saying whoever drafted those documents deserved to be sacked and sent to law school. Former chief minister Omar Abdullah’s “considerable influence” over […]
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav on Tuesday sought to know from the government when former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and sitting MP Farooq Abdullah would be released from custody. Yadav raised the issue of Abdullah’s detention by the Jammu and Kashmir government in Lok Sabha during the Question Hour. “Our colleague […]
New Delhi: A total of 31,619 displaced families from Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) got registered after 1947 and of them, 26,319 families settled in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said in Lok Sabha that 5,300 more families initially registered with Jammu and Kashmir but […]
New Delhi: There are no restrictions on visit of any Indian citizen to Jammu and Kashmir, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday. In response to a question seeking to know the time by which the government proposes to allow Indian delegates to visit Jammu and Kashmir, Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy […]