SRINAGAR — In order to prevent the Covid-19 cases from spreading, the major shrines and Masjids including historic Jamia Masjid, Hazratbal and others continued to remain closed for the mandatory Friday congregational prayers. Witnesses told that the Masjids and shrines especially those falling under the jurisdiction of Wakf board have remained closed for the mandatory […]
SRINAGAR — The Third Additional Munsif Judicial Magistrate Srinagar Thursday granted bail to the international athlete Nighat Bashir in a case filed against her at the police station Shergari stating that “I was not a habitual offender.” The learned counsel Advocate Tashveeq while pleading for the bail before the Third Additional Munsif Judicial Magistrate in […]
SRINAGAR — The Government Fee Fixation Committee (GFFC) has said that some schools have submitted false and concocted details pertaining to their fee structure. The Chairperson of the Committee Muzaffar Hussain Attar has said that some private schools were charging more fee but in the details submitted to the GFFC, they have submitted fabricated details […]
SRINAGAR — The School Education Department on Friday ordered the Head of Institutions (HoIs) of all government and private schools to observe the schedule of online and offline classes. It also said that the Heads of schools are permitted to conduct offline pre-board examinations for classes’ 10th and 12th session 2020-21. According to the government […]
SRINAGAR — As many as 287 cases were registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory during 2020. The data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows that J&K topped the chart in terms of cases registered under the UA(P) Act last year with the Union Territory alone […]
BUDGAM — A ten-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in Soibugh, area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Saturday evening. An official told that a ten years old boy identified as Aehran Showkat Mir son of Showkat Ahmad Mir, a resident of Haran village of Soibugh in Budgam was taken by a […]
SRINAGAR — Unknown gunmen suspected to be militants shot dead a non-local labourer in Neehama area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district late on Friday. Official sources told the 35-year-old labourer identified as Shankar Choudary of Bihar was brought to district hospital Kulgam from Neehama where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival. Dr Muzaffar Zargar, […]
SRINAGAR — CPI (M) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami Friday said that the latest orders of the Jammu and Kashmir administration that employee’s alleged involvement in militancy, subversion will lead to his termination and no passport will be given to employees till they get vigilance clearance are another set of arbitrary decisions, which needs to be […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) on Friday denounced the latest vigilance clearance rules for J&K employees, terming them arbitrary and dictatorial. Calling the new set of rules with regards to JK employees an upfront against the rights and privileges of employees, Party’s Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar in a statement said that the new government order […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference Friday termed the recently issued government directive pertaining to the character verification and antecedents of its employees yet another diktat aimed at trampling upon the democratic rights of the people and denying them and throwing the constitutional safeguards to the wind. PC spokesperson Adnan Ashraf Mir in a statement said that […]