SRINAGAR — While condemning the arrest of mother-daughter duo, Jammu Kashmir Peoples Conference Chairman Sajad Lone on Thursday said that stick approach adopted by the government won’t yield any results. “It is condemnable and shameful act. We can’t live at a place where the government after every hour wants to convey a message to people […]
SRINAGAR — At a time when the political parties are gearing up to take part in the assembly elections, likely to be held next year, there would be no more than 10 percent of the Council of Ministers in the Legislative Assembly under the newly-established Union Territory (UT) of Jammu Kashmir. The political parties in […]
RAJOURI — An aircraft shaped ballon with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) mark over it has been found in a village of Nowshera in Rajouri district that has now been seized by police, officials said Thursday. Officials said that this ballon was found lying near a house in Dandani village of Nowshera sub division of Rajouri […]
PARIS — There are currently 488 media professionals imprisoned around the world, the highest number since Reporters Without Borders began counting more than 25 years ago, the NGO announced today. By contrast, the number killed this year – 46 – was the lowest since it began issuing annual tallies, due to the relative stabilisation of […]
DHAMTARI — A 26-year-old woman allegedly hanged her two minor sons to death and then committed suicide at their home in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday in Dhuma village, located about 50 km from the state capital Raipur, when the woman’s husband, a vegetable vendor, and other […]
SRINAGAR — Weatherman on Thursday forecast widespread “moderate to heavy” snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh from December 23 to 25. There are currently reports about light snowfall in Gurez, Sonmarg, Zojila-Drass axis, said an official of the MeT office here. “As on date, widespread moderate to heavy snowfall (at some places) is most […]
NEW DELHI — Army Chief Gen MM Naravane has assumed the charge as the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee that comprises the three service chiefs, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday. The post fell vacant following the death of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat in the IAF helicopter crash […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir home department on Thursday ordered transfer and postings of 27 police officers in the interest of administration with immediate effect. Javid Ahmed Koul, IPS, SSP Traffic City Srinagar, is transferred and posted as SO to ADGP, Traffic J&K with additional charge of the posts of DIG, Traffic, Jammu and DIG, […]
SRINAGAR — The number of Muslims killed by militants during the three decades of militancy is nearly 20 times more than that of Kashmiri Pandits, an RTI reply by the Jammu and Kashmir government suggests, The Telegraph reported. The revelation, if factually correct, threatens to unravel the Right-wing narrative that Pandits have faced “holocaust”, genocide […]
NEW DELHI — The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that “seven plots of land” have been purchased by persons from outside the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). “All the seven plots are located in Jammu division,” Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in a […]