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Devastated: Families groping in dark to put life back on track

Pulwama/Shopian: The faceoff between security forces and militants is proving dearly for the people whose property gets damaged in encounters that follow. In the...

Taking on life: 75 year old man, crippled-yet takes challenges of life head on  

Srinagar: This is not about Ernest Hemingway’s 'Old Man and the Sea', where there is hope and light at the end, but it is...

MeT predicts light rain, snow in higher reaches

  Srinagar: With the improvement in night temperatures throughout the state on Wednesday, weather office has forecast light rain and snow in the higher reaches...

Four drug peddlers held

Jammu: Four alleged drug peddlers, including a resident of Punjab, were arrested along with heroin and intoxicant capsules in Jammu and Samba districts, a...

Is logic taking a back seat when it comes to NHM employees?

National Health Mission (NHM) contractual employees are now on strike for last many days, demanding regularization of their services. The response that they have...

Editorial: Amnesty for stone pelters

Srinagar: Just weeks after the government announced to grant amnesty to first time stone pelters in Kashmir Valley by withdrawing cases against them that...

Employees of SDH Sopore protest against ‘baseless’ reports

Sopore: Scores of employees at the Sub-District Hospital Sopore Wednesday staged protest against what they termed as ‘baseless allegations’ against their colleague. Earlier, reports with...

Don’t portray Govt employees as terrorists: NC to Govt

Srinagar: Opposition National Conference (NC) Wednesday cautioned the PDP-BJP Government against portraying lakhs of hard-working Government employees of the State as terrorists and anti-social...

Media Gag on Govt employees

Handwara: The Langate lawmaker, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Wednesday rejected the social media gag on government employees, stating that the move is ‘an...

Withdraw ‘gag’ order, it is authoritarian and undemocratic: Tarigami

Jammu: CPI (M) State Secretary Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami today lashed at the Government for its order barring the government employees to use social media...

CS reviews implementation of School Safety Policy-2016 of NDMA

Jammu: Chief Secretary, B B Vyas on Wednesday chaired a meeting here to review the implementation of the guidelines on School Safety Policy, 2016,...

JK safest tourist destination, especially for women, says Minister

  Chennai: Inviting people from South India to experience the magnificent Jammu & Kashmir, Minister of State for Tourism Priya Sethi today said the state...

LS gives nod for GST cess hike on luxury cars to 25%

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha today approved a bill to hike cess on luxury vehicles from 15 per cent to 25 per cent with...

Speaker inaugurates Job Fair at JU

Jammu:The Speaker J&K Legislative Assembly, Kavinder Gupta today inaugurated a Job Fair organized by Department of Employment here on University of Jammu campus. The Speaker,...

Ministers call for strengthening Cooperative Societies 

Rajouri: Minister for Cooperative and Ladakh Affairs, Chering Dorjay Wednesday said that the Government is committed to revive Cooperative societies in the State.  He...

VC SABDK reviews performance of Fisheries sector

Jammu: Vice Chairman, J&K State Advisory Board for Development of Kissans, Daljit Singh Chib today convened a meeting to review the performance of fisheries...

Armed forces geared up to face any challenge: Govt

New Delhi: The government today said the armed forces are geared up to protect the country's borders and uphold its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Replying...

Tassaduq, Mir likely to be inducted into JK Cabinet tomorrow

Jammu: Nearly a year after formally joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) founded by his father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, 45-year-old Tassaduq Hussain Mufti is...

Dineshwar Sharma meets Governor

JAMMU: Dineshwar Sharma, Special Representative of the Government of India for the Dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir, met Governor N.N. Vohra at the Raj...

Children up to 5 years exempted from passport biometrics: Govt

New Delhi: Infants and minor children up to the age of five years have been exempted by the Ministry of External Affairs from giving...

Interlocutor Sharma meets CM Mehbooba Mufti

Jammu: The Centre's Special Representative for Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma today met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti here in Jammu. During the meeting, Mr....

PDP appoints 9 district chiefs

Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today appointed new district presidents for nine districts of Jammu and Kashmir. "In order to stream line grass root network and...

ISI trying to revive Khalistan movement: Govt

New Delhi: Operatives of Pakistan's espionage agency ISI are making efforts through moral and financial support to revive pro-Khalistan elements for anti- India activities,...

JK Govt should withdraw order on employees use of social media: CPI(M)

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Triple talaq Bill unacceptable if against Quran: AIMWPLB

Lucknow: A day ahead of the tabling of the triple talaq bill in Parliament, some Muslim women's organisations said today that the proposed legislation...

APMCC wants to meet Centre’s special representative in Kashmir

Jammu: An organisation of the displaced Kashmiri Pandits said today that its members want to meet the Centre's special representative on Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma,...

China hopes India, Pak can peacefully resolve their disputes

Beijing: China today expressed hope that India and Pakistan can continue to make efforts to resolve their differences through dialogue and consultation. Chinese Foreign Ministry...

Wild life employees terms SRO-520 as a Cruel Joke

Srinagar: Terming the just-issued  SRO-520 by Jammu and Kashmir Government as a “ cruel joke” with the daily wagers and unconfirmed employees,  President of...

Stone-pelting incidents have come down in Jammu and Kashmir: Govt tells RS

New Delhi: Incidents of stone-pelting in Jammu and Kashmir had come down significantly -- from 2,808 in 2016 to 1,198 till November this year...

SHRC seeks report on woman’s killing in Shopian

Srinagar: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Wednesday directed Deputy Commissioner and Senior Superintendent Shopian to submit reply to a petition regarding a...

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