JAMMU: Giving a major relief to the employees of the State Government, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today launched a web based application-Genprofit-which would enable them to access their G P Fund details through online mode, including SMSes. This service will facilitate the employees easy access to information regarding GP Fund withdrawals, monthly contributions and […]
New Delhi: There is no proposal from Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti seeking a dialogue with Pakistan for bringing peace in the state, the government informed the Rajya Sabha today. Union minister of state for home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said the government has clear and consistent position that it desires “normal neighbourly” relations […]
New Delhi: Separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s son as well as the son of noted businessman Zahoor Ahmed Watali have been listed among the “prosecution witnesses” by the National Investigation Agency in a case related to ‘terror’ funding. The NIA, which filed a charge sheet in the case in January this year, have named […]
Srinagar: At least three militants have been killed in an ongoing gunfight with the government forces in Sunderbani area of Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. “Sunderbani encounter: 3 terrorists killed as per reports. Forces on the job for suspected 4th. #Rajouri,” Deputy Commissioner Rajouri Shahid Iqbal Choudhary tweeted. The gunfight […]
Ahmedabad: The Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) Wednesday apprehended nearly 24 Indian fishermen from Gujarat in the Arabian Sea, said a fishing association official. “We have learnt that around 24 fishermen, who set sail from Porbandar in Gujarat four days ago, were apprehended by the PMSA near the international maritime border,” said Manish Lodhari, the […]
Srinagar: A militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight with the government forces in Sunderbani area of Rajouri district on Wednesday, reports said. The gunfight started hours after a sentry of paramilitary CRPF camp repulsed an attack on battalion headquarters in the border district of Rajouri in Jammu division. Official sources said that a […]
Srinagar: Scores of undergraduate students from Government Degree College for women today held a protest demonstration in the college ground in South Kashmir’s Islamabad area against Kashmir University demanding reduction of syllabus of their 5th and 6th semesters. Raising Slogans, ‘We want justice’, Reduce syllabus by 50 per cent for 5th and 6th semesters’, ‘Conduct […]
Srinagar: A cordon and search operation has been started by government forces at Palpora Wasoora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district and Chowan Keller area Shopian district. Official sources said the government forces including 55-RR and Pulwama Police launched the search operation in Palpora Pulwama while as 44-RR and Shopian police launched the search operation […]
Handwara: The students of Government Higher Secondary School Behnipora in north Kashmir’s Handwara area on Wednesday protested against the non-availability of the required teaching staff in the school. Reports said that the students took a 6 km protest march from the institution. Protesting students said that they are suffering due to non-availability of teachers saying […]
Srinagar: Mother of a Srinagar youth Wednesday appealed her son to shun the path of militancy and return home, a day after his picture with an AK-47 rifle surfaced on the social media. Mymoona, the mother of Fahad who has reportedly joined Lashkar-e-Toiba militant outfit, appeared in the Press Enclave and appealed her son to […]