SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the Pulwama deputy commissioner to administer the oath of office as a DDC member to PDP youth leader Waheed ur Rehman Parra, provided there are no legal restrictions envisaged under the Panchayati Raj Act. Parra could not take the oath after being elected as a […]
JAMMU — Kashmiri Pandit government employees demanding relocation outside the Kashmir Valley in the wake of targeted killings by militants, suspended their 310 days long strike, saying they were “surrendering” as authorities had “stopped” their salaries. The protesters comprised Kashmiri Pandits working in different government departments under a prime minister’s employment package. The Jammu and […]
SRINAGAR — The General Administration Department (GAD), Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday ordered transfers and postings of nine officers in the interest of administration. According to an order, Mr. Atul Gupta, JKAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, is transferred and posted as Joint Director, Information, Jammu. Mr. Mohammad Aslam, JKAS, Joint Director, Food, Civil […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday attached property of a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant, who was killed last month in Pakistan, in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The property of Bashir Ahmad Pir, a resident of the Babarpora area of Kralpora in the north Kashmir district, was attached […]
NEW DELHI — Stressing that successive governments have committed the mistake of looking at Kashmir in black and white, without bothering to understand the nuances and improvise with the change in ground reality there, former RAW Chief AS Dulat feels it would do good for politicians in Delhi to realise that nothing can be taken […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Saturday forecast dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather was inclement during last 24 hours in the Union Territory. An official of the Meteorological Department said, partly cloudy dry weather is likely in J&K during next 24 hours. He said, Srinagar recorded 6.4 degrees […]
SRINAGAR — Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar has expressed resentment over the fact that a holy and important event like Shab-e-Baraat is not being held at Jama Masjid for the last four years because the Anjuman head Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq continues to be under illegal and arbitrary house detention since 5 August […]
NEW DELHI — Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has highlighted the problem of trolling “in an age where people are short on their patience and tolerance”. What leads to this problem is people’s unwillingness to accept opinion and perspective that are different from their own, Chief Justice Chandrachud said at an event on law […]
SRINAGAR — The residents of Padgampora village in Awantipora town of Pulwama district on Friday evening held a candle light march in memory of a soldier. The soldier namely Sep Pawan Kumar of 55 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) was killed in an encounter with militants at Padgampora village in Awantipora on Tuesday. The local residents were […]
JAMMU — In a major breakthrough in its drive against narco-terrorism, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday recovered seven kilograms of heroin, over Rs 2 crore cash and a pistol from the house of a notorious drug peddler along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, a senior police officer said. Additional Director […]