3 IAS, 2 KAS officers shifted

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday ordered the transfer of three IAS and two KAS officers in the interest of administration. According to two separate orders, Baseer-ul-Haq Chaudhary (IAS), has been appointed as Sub-Divisional Magistrate Dudu against an available vacancy. Sachin Kumar Vaishy (IAS) has been appointed Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Khaltsi, against an available vacancy […]

3 IAS, 2 KAS officers shifted

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday ordered the transfer of three IAS and two KAS officers in the interest of administration. According to two separate orders, Baseer-ul-Haq Chaudhary (IAS), has been appointed as Sub-Divisional Magistrate Dudu against an available vacancy. Sachin Kumar Vaishy (IAS) has been appointed Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Khaltsi, against an available vacancy […]

JRL calls for complete shutdown on 27th October

Srinagar: While terming the 27 October as black day and the day of mourning for the Kashmiris, Joint resistance leaders comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik called for complete shutdown on Friday October 27, 2017.  “71 years back India without any constitutional and moral justifications forcibly occupied the state of Jammu & […]

Newly-appointed interlocutor to take decision on J-K issues: Rajnath

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday said that decisions regarding issues related to Jammu and Kashmir would be taken by newly- appointed interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma, reports said. “Dineshwar Sharma is appointed as the Government of India’s special representative in Jammu and Kashmir, now what has to be done and how, it will be his decision,” […]

Masarat Alam produced before Srinagar court

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) leader and Muslim League chairman, Masarat Alam Bhat was Tuesday produced before a Srinagar Court in connection with a 2010 case, reports said. Masarat, who is lodged in Kot Balwal jail Jammu was produced before the Court of the Third Sessions Judge, Srinagar. The Court said that the next hearing of […]

CM to take charge of Information Department

Srinagar: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said that she will hold the charge of Information Department, withdrawing the portfolio from Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali. An order, issued today by the government in Srinagar, read: “In pursuance of Rule 5 of the Jammu and Kashmir government Business Rules, I, Mehbooba Mufti, Chief Minister, Jammu and Kashmir, […]

P L Gupta appointed Chief Vigilance Commissioner, Gazanffar Hussain VC

Srinagar: Former Director General of Police Prisons, P L Gupta, was on Tuesday appointed as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and former bureaucrat Gazzanfar Hussain as Vigilance Commissioner. “In exercise of the powers vested in me under Section 4(1) of the Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Commission Act, 201 1 (Act No. 1 of 201 […]

NIA arrests Salahudin’s son in New Delhi

New Delhi: Shahid Yousuf, son of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, who was summoned by the NIA in a case related to money laundering was formally arrested by the agency in New Delhi, reports said on Tuesday. Shahid was summoned by the probe agency to Delhi in connection with the investigation in the alleged funding […]

Man’s beard chopped off in Batamaloo

Srinagar: Unidentified persons chopped off the beard of a man in Batamaloo area of Srinagar Tuesday morning. According to the reports, the beard of Farooq Ahmad Bhat alias Shakoori was chopped off when he was opening his shop at Kashi Mohalla area. Reports said that Bhat was opening his shop when three persons used some […]

NIA summons UJC chief Salahuddin’s son to New Delhi

Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) summoned Shahid Yousuf, son of Hizbul Mujahideen founder and chief of United Jihad Council (UJC) Syed Salahuddin, to New Delhi for questioning in a case registered against Hizbul Mujahideen in Delhi in 2011. The summons, served to Shahid through SSP Budgam, has been issued by Ajeet Singh, Superintendent of […]