SRINAGAR — Amid growing chorus to restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP reiterated on Thursday that the situation at present is not conducive for it, the New Indian Express reported. On August 5, 2019, the Centre scrapped J&K’s special status and bifurcated the erstwhile state into two Union Territories – Jammu and Kashmir […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday condemned the grenade attack on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jasbir Singh and said perpetrators will be brought to justice. “Strongly condemn the cowardly attack in the house of a political leader in Rajouri in which a 2-year old child was killed &others were […]
SRINAGAR — The family of Bashir Ahmad Bhat, a 35-year-old shopkeeper in the Nadihal area of Bandipora district, alleges that he has been charged under the Public Safety Act (PSA) and shifted to a jail in Jammu because he had shot a video of an accident in which an elderly woman was run over by […]
TRAL — Security forces recovered and defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Dadsara area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A police official told that an IED was detected by joint team of forces at Dadasara area of Tral on late Thursday night which was later destroyed by the bomb disposal squad. He […]
SRINAGAR — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered an FIR against one Raja Ashraf Ali Khan, a Vocational Instructor in Technical Education Department Srinagar in a disproportionate assets case. As per an official spokesperson, an FIR under Prevention of Corruption Act was registered on outcome of a verification conducted by ACB into allegations of accumulation […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir government has formally set the ball rolling for the establishment of ‘high security prison’ in Jammu division. In this regard, the Jammu and Kashmir’s revenue department has issued a formal order transferring over 400 kanals of land situated at village Dhar Dharochan, tehsil Bhalwal, district Jammu in favour of the […]
JAMMU — A 4-year-old nephew of a BJP leader was killed while he along with seven other members of his family including 7-year-old baby suffered injuries in an explosion in Rajouri district on Thursday night. Reports reaching GNS that there was explosion at the house of the BJP leader Jasbir Singh near Khandli Bridge area […]
SRINAGAR — Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on the International Youth Day on Thursday said she missed the youth Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Waheed-ur-Rehman Parray.PDP president Mehbooba alleged that Parra was being punished for his commitment towards Kashmir cause. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter the Vice Chairperson of Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) […]
SRINAGAR — Retired Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar, who is Chairperson “Committee for Fixation & Regulation of Fee of Private Schools J&K (FFRC) Thursday directed management of Foundation World School, Humhama Budgam to return and refund Rs 50,000 to a complainant and all other parents from whom Admission Fee has been charged and collected within fifteen […]
JAMMU — Entering the Civil Secretariat premises in the twin capital cities of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will no longer be a ‘cakewalk’ for everyone as the Government will soon be issuing special QR Code printed Identity Cards to its employees. “To facilitate smooth entry of Civil Secretariat employees in both Jammu […]