JAMMU — A day after delimitation commission drafted a proposal for creation of seven more assembly seats, six in Jammu and one in Kashmir province, an important meeting of Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) has started at the Jammu residence of National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah. Former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]
SRINAGAR — The employees of the Power Development Department (PDD) have called off their indefinite strike on late Monday night following an assurance from the Jammu and Kashmir administration. With the J&K administration agreeing to all demands of the employees in principle, employees are currently on restoration work with immediate effect. The administration has agreed […]
SRINAGAR — There was “significant” improvement in minimum temperature in J&K and Ladakh but most places continued to reel under sub-zero conditions as the 40-day long harsh part of the winter started on Tuesday. Weatherman said that “gradual” rise was expected in the night temperatures in coming days due to approaching “feeble” Western Disturbance. A […]
SRINAGAR — Rights activists and relatives of the three men killed in the Hyderpora encounter last month have asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to make public the report of a magisterial probe into the incident. “It has been more than a month since the government had ordered a magisterial probe into the fake encounter […]
SRINAGAR — Soon after the Delimitation Commission proposed six additional seats for the Jammu region and one for the Kashmir division, the Kashmir-based politicians have condemned the move and termed it an “agenda of the Bhartiya Janta Party”. National Conference Vice president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday called the […]
SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Monday expressed serious concern at the Jammu and Kashmir authorities’ decision to privatize assets of the JK Power Department and merge it with the Power Grid Corporation of India. “At no other place in India has such kind of a merger taken place as the authorities are doing […]
SRINAGAR — Admitting that the people have suffered immensely in the last two days due to the strike called by the Power Development Department (PDD) employees, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said that 100 per cent electricity across Jammu and Kashmir will be restored by tomorrow. He, however, said that some people don’t want […]
PULWAMA — Police on Monday claimed to have arrested two militant associates of the Jaish-i-Muhammad outfit in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Pulwama police with the assistance of 55 RR and 182 Bn CRPF arrested two militant associates of outfit Jaish-i-Mohmmad involved in providing shelter, logistics, and other support to the militants as well as in […]
JAMMU — The Jammu University has cancelled all (UG) Undergraduate and (PG) Post-Graduate exams due to power crisis amid on-going strike by (PDD) Power Development Department employees in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory. According to notification by Jammu University, “due to strike by the Power Development Department personnel in J&K-UT, all UG/PG examinations (both offline/online) […]
SRINAGAR — The Delimitation Commission on Monday proposed six additional seats for Jammu region and one for Kashmir division. The panel in its draft presented before the associate members, has proposed nine seats for Scheduled Tribe and seven for Scheduled Caste as well. Sources privy to the development told that all the associate members were […]