NEW DELHI — Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation stone for 25 National Highway projects of total length 257 km with an investment of Rs 11,721 crores in Jammu on Wednesday. As per an official statement released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, these projects will […]
JAMMU — Over two dozen activists, including a PDP leader and a prominent trade union leader, joined the BJP here on Tuesday, a party spokesman said. Senior PDP leader Suresh Gupta, trade unionist Prem Chand Sharma and 23 other social activists were welcomed into the party fold by J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina and former […]
SRINAGAR — The main exam for prosecuting officer post will be held in the last week of December, the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) said on Monday. The detailed schedule of the exam will be issued separately, it has informed candidates. The preliminary phase of the prosecuting officer exam was held in August. […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri journalists on Tuesday organized a blood donation camp in the memory of the colleagues who lost their lives in the past few years, here at Press Club. The fraternity remembered the journalists- Mudasir Ali, Javed Ahmad, Shahid Bukhari and others who died at a very young age. Besides blood donation camp, a […]
SRINAGAR — Rights groups including the United Nations have criticised the arrest of a prominent Human Rights activist Khurram Parvez in Kashmir on terror funding charges. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday evening arrested Khurram Parvez after raiding his residence and office in Srinagar earlier in the day. Parvez has been booked under Unlawful […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Tuesday ordered registration of an FIR against BJP leader Sambit Patra for allegedly posting a doctored video of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on social media. Patra, in January this year, had shared an edited 17-second clip of the Aam Aadmi Party leader on Twitter, where he could be […]
SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference expressed deep anguish over the arrest of prominent Human Rights activist Khurram Pervez by NIA in srinagar. APHC in a statement said that the arrest of Parvez, Kashmir’s well Known and respected human rights activist has caused great concern among the people . Global rights organisations have also expressed […]
SRINAGAR — After terminating four teachers, the Jammu and Kashmir government again today ordered termination of two more teachers from government services for remaining unauthorizedly absent for a period of more than five years. Officials said that two teachers have been terminated from their services under Article 113 of J&K Civil Service Rules (Volume I) […]
ANANTNAG — Police on Tuesday said that during routine nake checking, a pistol was recovered from a vehicle even as driver along with the vehicle managed to flee from the spot. A police official told that one person boarding the vehicle was arrested and is presently being questioned. He said that during routine naka checking […]
NEW DELHI — The Modi government is thinking of increasing the salaries of lakhs of central government employees starting this month, according to a Zee Business report. After hiking the Dearness Allowance by 28 percent, the Finance Ministry stated that the employee will get a total DA of 31 percent, indicating a rise of 3 […]