Jammu: The Assembly was rocked by opposition members alleging malpractice in the opening of new ration depots as they pressed for taking into confidence concerned legislators in the allotting of new fair price shops. The government has opened 1085 new fair price shops during the past two years across the state, out of the […]
Jammu: The J&K government on Wednesday informed the Legislative Assembly (LA) that it has spent an amount of Rs 32.40 lacs on at least 20 non-government organizations (NGOs) in the state. This was revealed in a written reply to a query raised by independent MLA Er Abdul Rashid during the question Hour of the Legislative […]
Srinagar: A court in New Delhi Wednesday granted bail to a Kashmiri businessman arrested for his alleged involvement in the Red Fort attack case of 2000. Additional Sessions Judge Sidharth Sharma granted bail to businessman Bilal Ahmad Kawa, 37, asking him to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and a surety of like […]
Sopore: Inhabitants of Rampora and Rajpora villages of Sopore’s Zaingeer belt in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district here have expressed resentment against the Public Health Engineering (PHE) for failing to provide adequate potable water to them. The villagers said that they are facing acute shortage of drinking water since the last 15 days, resulting in […]
Srinagar: A Kashmiri student was assaulted by a group of locals at Ambala area of Haryana on Wednesday, barely four days after two students from Rajouri district were beaten to pulp in the north Indian state. Reports said that a student of B.Sc Radiology, identified as Mudasir Ahmad, a resident, of Soura Srinagar suffered injuries […]
Srinagar: Awami Itehaad party (AIP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Wednesday said that it would have been quite impossible to take the freedom struggle of India to its logical end without the support of Muslims. Reacting over the ‘threatening’ statement of BJP MP, Vinay Katiyar to Indian Muslims, he said […]
Srinagar: Belying the claims that a higher rate of literacy can be achieved with availability of infrastructure and other facilities, Ladakhis have proved that even with the least facilities available they have achieved what others would envy. The state’s most backward and difficult terrain area has topped the literacy list in Kashmir division with […]
Srinagar: Claiming that the father of Kashmiri Nation, Muhammad Maqbool Butt is the corner stone of resistance against ‘illegal occupation’, Chairman, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Muhammad Yasin Malik Wednesday announced various protest programmes on Feb 11 to commemorate the death anniversary of the late leader. Malik who is being held at central […]
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency has arrested an alleged hawala operator from Uttarakhand in connection with its probe into the activities of Pakistan- based Lashker-e-Taiba in India, an official spokesperson said here Wednesday. Abdul Samad, the fifth person arrested in the case, was arrested in Haridwar yesterday and brought to Delhi, the spokesperson said. […]
Jammu: Members of the Legislative Council were angered over the “poor” coverage of the House proceedings by the state-owned media. As the assembly proceedings began for the day, several members of the National Conference (NC), Congress, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) raised the issue of “poor coverage of the House proceedings […]