NEW DELHI — The home ministry on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha that non-agricultural land in Jammu & Kashmir can be transferred to “outsiders” – or people who are not permanent residents or having J&K domicile – by the UT government only for educational, charitable and medical ventures. “As per the adapted land laws of […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) has advertised more than 19000 posts of various cadres and categories relating to different departments under Accelerated Recruitment Programme in recent months. The Board has also successfully conducted the examination for about 12500 posts. To continue the selection process, the JKSSB has scheduled Computer Based […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to former BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay, who was arrested in connection with anti-Muslim slogans allegedly raised during a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar. Metropolitan Magistrate Udbhav Kumar Jain granted relief to Upadhyay, who is an advocate, on a bond of Rs 50,000. The accused was […]
NEW DELHI — No political party outside Jammu and Kashmir has protested against the revocation of Article 370, even two years after the decision, because of a broader national consensus on the issue, said Ram Madhav, member of the RSS national executive. In an interview to ThePrint’s Contributing Editor Jyoti Malhotra, Madhav, a former BJP […]
SRINAGAR — Watherman on Wednesday forecast light to moderate rain at widespread places of Jammu and Kashmir on August 14 and 15. Quoting a meteorological department official, news agency GNS reported that there were 60% chances of brief spell of light rain at scattered places of Jammu and Kashmir on coming Saturday. Also, there was […]
NEW DELHI — The government is taking steps to restore ancestral properties of Kashmiri Hindu migrants who had to run away from Kashmir in the wake of terrorist violence there and so far nine properties have been given back to the rightful and original owners, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Union Minister of […]
SRINAGAR — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha will preside over the main Independence Day function in Jammu and Kashmir while District Development Council (DDC) chairpersons shall be the chief guests in their respective districts. According to an order issued by the General Administration Department, the lieutenant governor will preside over the main Independence Day function to […]
KABUL — The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, putting nine of the nation’s 34 in the insurgents’ hands amid the U.S. withdrawal from the country. The fall of the capitals of Badakhshan and Baghlan provinces to the northeast and Farah province to the west put increasing pressure on the […]
BANDIPORA — The security forces on Wednesday recovered a cache of arms and ammunition near the Line of Control (LoC) in Tarbal village of Gurez in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district, official sources said here. Official sources told that the recovery was made during a search and cordon operation jointly conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir […]
NEW DELHI — A Jaipur family court has granted divorce to IAS couple Tina Dabi and her husband Athar Amir Khan. Family court No. 1 in Jaipur granted the divorce under Section 28 of the Special Marriage Act after deciding on their petition filed in November last year on mutual consent. The 2016-batch IAS toppers got married […]