Jammu

Mehbooba Mufti urges action after attacks on Christian prayer meetings in J&K, Calls for communal harmony ahead of Christmas

JAMMU — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti expressed concern on Friday over recent attacks on Christian prayer meetings in Jammu and Kashmir, including one such incident in Kathua, and urged police to take immediate action to ensure communal harmony ahead of the Christmas season. She said action should be taken “before fear becomes the new normal”. […]

Jammu

LG to lay foundation for reconstruction of cloudburst-damaged houses at Kishtwar on November 3

JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha will reach out to the people of cloudburst-hit Chasoti in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district and lay the foundation for rebuilding houses and other infrastructure damaged in the mountainous belt on November 3, officials said on Thursday. A cloudburst struck Chasoti — the last motorable village en route to […]

Jammu

Employees suspected of narco-terror links should be prosecuted through courts: CM Omar Abdullah

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said any employees suspected of narco-terror links should be prosecuted through courts, as the current system of dismissals does not allow them the opportunity to present their case. Earlier in the day, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha dismissed two government employees for their alleged links […]

Jammu

Dismissal of two more employees by LG administration fuels concerns of ‘wider agenda to disempower Muslims especially Kashmiris’: Mehbooba Mufti

SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the dismissal of two employees by the Lieutenant Governor’s administration fuels concerns of a “wider agenda to disempower Muslims especially Kashmiris”. Her remarks came after Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha dismissed two government employees for their alleged links with terrorists. The LG terminated the […]