SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will begin its nine-day autumn session on Thursday. According to an official communication, the proceedings will commence with obituary references to several prominent leaders, including former Governor Satya Pal Malik. As per the list of business issued by the Assembly Secretariat, Hon’ble Speaker Mr. Rahim Rather […]
JAMMU — A court in Jammu and Kashmir has sentence a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl in Udhampur district and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on him. Police secured the conviction of the accused in a sensitive POCSO case registered at Police Station Ramnagar in 2020 wherein […]
JAMMU — Authorities have ordered the disconnection of electricity and water supply connections to an alleged illegal settlement of Rohingyas following complaints by residents in the Jammu capital city. The large chunk of plots of land, on which scores of shanties have been set up to house Rohingyas, belongs to a resident of Rajouri district, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Assembly speaker has admitted two private member resolutions by PDP leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Para, one of which seeks restoration of J&K Waqf Board and handing it over to a religious conglomerate headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. The second private member’s bill is about restoration of J&K cadre of IAS, IPS, KAS […]
JAMMU — From a young entrepreneur to a political hopeful, 30-year-old Devyani Rana has stepped into the electoral arena of Jammu and Kashmir’s Nagrota Assembly constituency, determined to carry forward the legacy of her late father and senior BJP leader Devender Singh Rana. Riding high on a wave of public sympathy and goodwill, she has […]
JAMMU — Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh distributed free laptops to the top-performing female students of his constituency. He said that the Modi government has introduced several dedicated schemes for women, and in the wake of Diwali, laptops could be the ideal gift for meritorious girl students. Dr Jitendra Singh, in his address, said, “In […]
SRINAGAR — The autumn session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly scheduled to begin on Thursday is expected to be a stormy affair as issues like statehood, reservation policy and regularisation of thousands of daily wage workers in the union territory are set to dominate the proceedings. The nine-day assembly session will begin with the […]
JAMMU — A three-metre-long python was captured in Rajal village of Rajouri district after an operation that lasted for hours, officials said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, locals informed the wildlife department about the presence of a large python in a cattle shed in Rajal village of Nowshera tehsil. A team from the department rushed to […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Secretariat has admitted a resolution moved by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Mir Mohammad Fayaz, representing the Kupwara constituency, seeking a “one-time exemption of all outstanding dues on account of electric tariff to domestic consumers.” According to an official communiqué issued by the Assembly Secretariat, the […]
LAHORE — In a significant shake-up ahead of Pakistan’s three-match ODI series against South Africa from November 4–8 at Faisalabad’s Iqbal Stadium, pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi has been appointed as the new one-day international (ODI) captain replacing wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Monday. The PCB confirmed that Shaheen’s appointment was […]