JAMMU — In view of increased threat perception, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday decided to immediately post Kashmiri migrants employed under prime minister’s special package and other employees belonging to the Jammu division in “secured locations” in the Valley by June 6, officials sources said. The decision comes after a series of targeted […]
SAMBA — Protests against the killing of a Hindu school teacher in Kulgam continued to rock several parts of Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts of Jammu and Kashmir on the second consecutive day on Wednesday. Rajni Bala (36) was shot dead by militants following which Kashmiri Pandits, employed under the PM package, had threatened to […]
NEW DELHI — A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and the Bar Council of India (BCI) to establish the Bar Council in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The plea has alleged that failure to provide Bar Council to lawyers from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is nothing […]
NEW DELHI — India has underscored that its projects are fully compliant with the provisions of the Indus Water Treaty and it is committed to bilateral resolution of issues and suggestions given by Pakistan during a meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission, sources said. The discussion was held during PIC’s 118th meeting, comprising Indus Commissioners […]
NEW DELHI — The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday summoned Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her MP son Rahul Gandhi for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper, officials said. The case was registered recently to probe alleged financial irregularities in the party-promoted Young Indian that owns the National Herald newspaper. […]
SRINAGAR — Tashafee Masoodi – a Grade 12 student from Delhi Public School Srinagar, has earned an admission and full scholarship worth 70,000 dollars (About 51 lakh rupees) at the prestigious Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. The 18-year-old Tashafee, a student of Humanities has been offered a place at the university to […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir is likely to experience partly cloudy sky with afternoon thundershowers on Wednesday, as per the MeT department. The weather remained partly cloudy in the union territory during the past 24 hours. “Partly cloudy sky with afternoon thundershowers are likely to occur in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official […]
BUDGAM — A 12-year-old boy died after receiving a high-voltage electric shock in Mamat area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. An official told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that one Riyaan Ajaz, son of Ajaz Ahmad Mir, resident of Mamat received an electric jolt at his home during night hours of Tuesday and Wednesday. The […]
KOLKATA — Well-known Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, died in Kolkata on Tuesday night, officials said. He was 53, and survived by wife and two children. KK performed at a concert organised by Gurudas College at Nazrul Mancha in south Kolkata for almost an hour in the evening. He was “feeling heavy” […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi government will provide free electricity connections to shops run by Kashmiri Pandits in INA market here, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Tuesday. All expenses from installation of transformers to electricity connections will be borne by the Kejriwal government and the entire work will be completed within a month, […]