Governor administration mismanaging SKIMS: NC
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Wednesday expressed dismay over the slack attitude of the incumbent administration in mitigating day to day woes of people. In a statement issued from party headquarters party’s additional provincial spokesperson Sara Hayat Shah said that the recent news about the closure of Kashmir’s only PET scan facility […]
Woke up CMs of Gujarat and Assam, will rouse sleeping PM too: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said his party had managed to wake up the chief ministers of Assam and Gujarat to grant farm loan waivers and will rouse a sleeping Prime Minister Narendra Modi too. Gandhi’s comment came a day after he said he would not let Modi sleep till a loan waiver is […]
SHRC seeks report on houses damaged during encounters from Chief Secretary
Srinagar: The division bench of State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) comprising Dilshad Shaheen and Abdul Hameed Mir on Wednesday issued a notice to Jammu and Kashmir’s Chief Secretary asking him to file a detailed compliance report on number of houses damaged during encounters between militants and government forces this year so far. The notice has also […]
Srinagar-Jammu highway reopens, only stranded vehicles allowed to move
Agencies Srinagar :Traffic on Srinagar-Jammu Highway, connecting Kashmir valley with Jammu, was partially restored on Wednesday and only stranded vehicles were allowed to move. Historic Mughal road and Leh-Srinagar National Highway, connecting Ladakh with Kashmir, remained closed for the past ten days. A traffic police official told a news agency that the Srinagar-Jammu Highway was […]
BSF officer shoots himself to death in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch
Poonch, Dec 19 : An Assistant Sub-Inspector of Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday committed suicide by shooting self with his service rifle at Sabra area of Mendhar along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district. “ASI Satpal Jaswal (49) of 72 BSF D Coy posted at forward area near Checka Gali in Sabra today […]
Centre recommends President’s Rule in JK after December 19: Report
Agencies New Delhi/Jammu : The centre is learnt to have recommended imposition of President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir after the expiry of six-months of Governor’s rule on December 19. The decision has been taken after Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik sent a report to the central government recommending imposition of President’s rule […]
Sopore Vendor Abducted Last Week Released
Srinagar : A 32-year-old cart vendor who was abducted by unknown persons from Brath Kallan crossing in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district last week has been released this morning. Reports said that abducted cart vendor Tariq Ahmad Ganie (32) son of Ghulam Mohammad Ganie of Bomai, reached home early this morning after five days. […]
Former PDP leaders Basharat Bukhari, Peer Hussain join National Conference
Srinagar: Former senior Peoples Democratic Party leaders Syed Basharat Bukhari and Peer Muhammad Hussain on Wednesday joined the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference. Bukhari, a senior PDP leader and a former cabinet minister in Mehbooba Mufti led PDP-BJP government and Hussain, an ex-Wakf Board chairman were expelled by PDP on Tuesday for their ‘anti-party activities’ Bukhari […]
Govt announces winter vacation for colleges
Srinagar : The Government on Tuesday announced winter vacation in all Government Degree Colleges of Jammu and Kashmir. As per the Government order NO. 610-HE of 2018 issued by the higher education department, all government degree colleges of Kashmir division shall observe winter vacations from December 24, 2018, to February 11, 2019. “Vacations will be observed […]
Admin to hold hearing to resolve service-related grievances of employees
Jammu :The Jammu and Kashmir administration has decided to resolve the service-related grievances of its employees through a new committee which will hold its first hearing on Wednesday, officials said. The new Service Grievance Committee (SGC), set up by the administration to resolve the issues of its workers, will conduct its maiden hearing on December […]
