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 […]
SRINAGAR — All India Congress Committee (AICC) Wednesday accepted the resignation of JKPCC Vice Presidents and Budgam Incharge District President. Congress high command taking cognizance of the resignation tendered by JKPCC Vice Presidents G.M.Saroori, Gulam Nabi Monga, Mohd Anwar Bhat decided to accept their resignation, with immediate effect. Party high command also accepted the resignation […]
NEW DELHI — Team India Test skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday (December 15) said no prior communication happened between him and the selectors before he was removed as the captain of the ODI team. Rohit Sharma was named India’s new ODI skipper last week and he takes the reins from Kohli as India gear up […]
SRINAGAR — Personal Security Officer with a BJP activist and his “associate”, who had fled couple of days ago with two weapons in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, were arrested on Wednesday. Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar responded in affirmative to GNS when asked about the development. During intervening night of December 12 and […]
SRINAGAR — Mehbooba Mufti, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir state and (PDP) People’s Democratic Party President has reacted sharply to the arrest of a woman and her daughter for raising slogans in the aftermath of the Rangreth shootout. The former Chief Minister said that the arresting of women in Kashmir marks a new […]
SRINAGAR — Several former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders are seeking re-induction in the party as the party president Mehbooba Mufti’s is gaining popularity due to her criticism of New Delhi’s unpopular policies. Sources in political circles reveal that several political leaders who left the PDP after the abrogation of Article 370 and joined other […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested the mother-daughter on charges of raising Anti nation slogans after an encounter in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Official sources said that the mother, daughter identified as Afrooza wife of Mushtaq Ahmad Sofi and her daughter Aisha daughter of Mushtaq Ahmad Sofi both resident of Rose enclave Wanbal Rawalpora […]