Srinagar: Doctors regularized in 2012 after fulfilling basic eligibility criteria of seven years of continuing adhoc services on Thursday urged government to clarify why there is no difference in number of years served by them as adhocees. “We want to ask the policymakers how they are equating seven years service with and 14 years,” chief […]
NEW DELHI: At least ten helicopters of the Indian Air Force will be pressed into service for swift movement of security personnel in each phase of upcoming general elections. The issue was discussed threadbare at a high-level meeting chaired by Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami and attended by chiefs of paramilitary forces and senior Home […]
New Delhi: Congress vice-president on Thursday criticised Union minister of external affairs Salman Khurshid for calling BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi “impotent” over the Gujarat chief minister’s handling of the post-Godhra riots in 2002. “I do not appreciate this kind of comment…the kind of language,” Gandhi said disapproving Khurshid’s remark. The Congress leader was […]
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has asked authorities of Amphalla Jail here to consider shifting of an inmate languishing for nearly two decades there to SK Institute of Medical Sciences Soura for treatment at earliest. Disposing of petition filed by Mohammad Amin Dar, a single bench of Justice Tashi Rabstan to consider his claim […]
SRINAGAR: Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) led by Parveena Ahengar Thursdayexpressed deep sorrow over the demise of Haleema, mother of Basharat Ahmad Shah who was subjected to disappearance in custody of forces in 1990. A statement issued by the APDP said that at the time of his illegal arrest and subsequent disappearance in […]
New Delhi: India and Pakistani officials are likely to meet here next month to review Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for trade along the Line of Control in the wake of the row over arrest of a truck driver hailing from Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) for allegedly smuggling ‘brown sugar’ worth Rs.100 crore. Trading relations between the […]
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said that in a molestation case the intention of the accused can be determined only by the trial court after hearing the victim. The HC made the observation while declining to quash a molestation case registered against Machindra Chate, Director of Chate Coaching Classes, and asked him to […]
Srinagar: Curbs, clashes and a shutdown continued in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district for the third consecutive day on Thursday over the killing of seven ‘foreign’ militants in Lolab forests on Monday. Reports said a complete shutdown was observed in many parts of the frontier district including Main Town, Lalpora, Lolab, Rigpora and some adjoining areas. […]
New Delhi: Central government servants under suspension, issued charge sheets or facing judicial proceedings on charges of grave misconduct will not be eligible for taking voluntary retirement, as per new rules notified by the Centre. The Ministry of Personnel has amended provisions of Fundamental Rule and notified Fundamental (First Amendment) Rules, 2014. According to the […]
Srinagar: Police on Thursday arrested four gamblers in Safa Kadal area of downtown Srinagar and recovered Rs 1.48 lakhs stake money from their possession. According to a local news agency CNS, Station House Officer Safa Kadal, Aftaab Ahmad, raided a place near Sakidafar Chowk and arrested four persons—Saleem Kazoo, son of Abdul Ahad, Showkat Nazar, […]