PULWAMA — A day-long seminar on ‘Crime against Women’ was held at Government Women’s College Pulwama on Wednesday in which hundreds of students participated. Noted writer and Researcher Dr Tanveer Hayat called for “introspection” to find out causes and solutions to the “burgeoning problem” of crime against women. “We have been always talking about the […]
SRINAGAR — Terming latest order issued by Deputy Commissioner Jammu regarding inclusion of non-local voters in revised electoral rolls as arbitrary, CPI (M) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami on Wednesday said that it is beginning of a wider plan to reduce the weightage of locals in order to change electoral demographics. In a statement, Tarigami said […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) leader and MP Anantnag Hasnain Masoodi on Wednesday said DC Jammu’s order reinforces the party’s apprehensions of disempowerment of local people of J&K. In a statement, Masoodi, who is also the convener of 14 member Committee constituted by the political parties that attended the meeting at Jammu in September to […]
SRINAGAR — Reacting to the directive issued by DC Jammu to facilitate registration of non-locals as electors, Peoples Conference (PC) Wednesday said that the order is highly suspicious and the onus of proving the suspicions wrong yet again lies on the ECI and the J&K administration. “The directive issued by DC Jammu authorising revenue officials […]
PULWAMA — Principal Secretary, Information and Higher Education, Rohit Kansal, Wednesday visited Pulwama to review the overall developmental scenario in the district. He took first-hand appraisal of all central and UT government developmental and social security schemes besides assessing performance of different departments. Principal Secretary, who is also Secretary In-charge for Pulwama district, also assessed […]
JAMMU — The election for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) will be held on October 21. According to a notification issued by secretary JMC, the election for these posts will be be held on October 21 These posts had fallen vacant after BJP asked Chandra Mohan Gupta and […]
SRINAGAR — Union Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a special focus on Kashmir due to which peace is visible on the ground. The MoS stated this while chairing a meeting with business and industry stakeholders to discuss various issues related to them here at Banquet Hall. […]
BANDIPORA — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today visited Bandipora and chaired a high level meeting to review the developmental scenario in the District. The Lt Governor appraised implementation progress of Central & UT Government schemes and developmental projects on the ground. During his visit, the Lt Governor inaugurated and laid foundation stones of various projects […]
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that those who are outsiders should not be allowed to cast their vote in the Union Territory. “People outside shouldn’t cast their vote in the UT. Only local voters should be allowed. They can vote in their states in a sealed […]
NEW DELHI — In the past nine months, security forces have observed the illegal entry of 191 drones into Indian territory from neighbouring Pakistan, raising major concerns in terms of internal security in the country. The central government recently shared the input from the security forces deployed at the India-Pakistan border to maintain such illegal […]