SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Monday said that every penny of tax collected will be utilized positively for the betterment and development of Jammu and Kashmir. While talking to reporters on the sidelines of inauguration of Income Tax complex in Srinagar, LG said it is the responsibility of the […]
SRINAGAR — The Finance Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said that the funds for development and projects which have been provided to the people of JK post the abrogation of article 370 have made all aspirations of the people come true. Sitharaman while interacting with the officials of the Central Board of Indirect […]
SRINAGAR — Some provisions of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (DVA) 2005 are not being fully adhered to. And Protection Officers for victims of domestic violence as provided under this legislation remain confined to orders only, reveals a survey conducted by a group of law students. The survey conducted with 280 respondents further […]
JAMMU — A high alert was sounded and security stepped up in the bordering belt of Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir after a mysterious grenade blast outside an Army Cantonment in Pathankot district of Punjab. Jammu and Kashmir Police have sounded a high alert in all the areas sharing borders with neighbouring Punjab. The […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday raided the residence and office of Human rights activist in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Official sources told that sleuths of NIA carried out searches at the residence and office of prominent human rights activist Khurram Parvaiz here in Srinagar, in connection with case already registered at NIA. They […]
SRINAGAR — Freezing weather conditions continued unabated in Kashmir Valley as Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, experienced the coldest night of the season with temperature dropping as low as minus 1.6°C on Monday, the Met office said. A meteorological department official here told GNS that minimum temperature in Srinagar was minus 1.7°C below normal […]
JAMMU — A suspected fraudster was arrested from Delhi for allegedly duping a Jammu businessman of Rs 70 lakh three years ago, police said. The accused, Saleem Qureshi of Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, was arrested by a special team of the Jammu and Kashmir Police from Delhi’s Mundka, a spokesperson said. He said Jagdish Raj […]
GANDERBAL — Two girl students of Central University of Kashmir (CUK), hailing from Poonch district of Jammu division, were on Sunday found unconscious at their rented room in Saloora area of Ganderbal district. An official told that two girl students of CUK were found unconscious in their rented room in a residential house at Saloora […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department has terminated the services of four teachers for their unauthorized absence. The Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) in four separate orders said that the employees were found absent unauthorizedly and their services were removed. According to one of the DSEK orders, a teacher (Name Withheld) […]
NEW DELHI — The sale of marijuana on the Amazon e-commerce portal is not a new and first offence of Amazon, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said in a statement. Earlier in 2019, the chemicals for making the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) which were used in the Pulwama terror attack resulting in the […]