JAMMU — Taking a serious note of publicity of the House business notices ahead of the Budget Session, Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Abdul Rahim Rather has asked the members to desist from the “breach of privilege”. He said it is improper to give unwarranted publicity to the notices of questions, Bills, resolutions […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi Saturday hit out at Jammu and Kashmir Police for removing anti-alcohol hoardings in Srinagar, saying the cops should not behave like a “colonial power”. Traders had on Friday put the hoardings outside their establishments, saying they welcome tourists with open arms but urge them not […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress on Saturday demanded a judicial probe into the recent death of three persons in Kathua district. The demand for the judicial probe was raised by Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra at a workers’ convention in the Kathua district. Roshan Lal, 45, and […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday launched a signature campaign here to garner support for a complete ban on liquor in Jammu and Kashmir. The signature campaign, aimed to garner support for a bill proposed by the party MLA Mir Mohammad Fayaz that seeks a complete ban on liquor in the union territory, was […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today here attended the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Jammu & Kashmir Annual Session-2025 titled “AMAZING J&K: Aspiring For New Growth Goals”. The event, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) J&K Council, brought together business leaders, industrialists, entrepreneurs, and other stakeholders to discuss strategic actions to […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Speaker, Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Abdul Rahim Rather, today convened a meeting with senior officers to review progress on construction of new Legislature Complex at Jammu. Secretary, PWD (R&B), Bhupinder Kumar; Secretary, Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs, Achal Sethi; DG, Budget, Mohammad Sultan; DG Codes, Mahesh Dass; Secretary, JKLA, Manoj Kumar […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said his government would make attempts to live up to the expectations of the people but all issues cannot be addressed in one go. “I know people have expectations (from us) and it will be our endeavour to live up to those. But you […]
JAMMU — Opposing the draft Advocates (Amendment) Bill, the Jammu chapter of the J&K High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) on Friday said it will stage a protest against the Central government’s proposed move on Saturday. The decision was taken at an urgent meeting of the advisory committee of the association at its office here, a […]
SRINAGAR — The CRPF on Friday flagged off a ‘Bharat Darshan’ study tour of 20 Kashmiri youths from the Budgam district as part of its civic action programme aiming to help them appreciate India’s unity in diversity. As part of the Civic Action Programme of the CRPF, commanding officer (CO) of the 43 Batalion R […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday directed jailed JKLF chief Yasin Malik to appear in a Jammu court from Tihar Jail through video-conferencing on March 27. A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the Jammu sessions court was “well-equipped” with the video-conferencing system enabling the virtual examination. The […]