Div Com constitutes DLTF to oversee youth engagement program
JAMMU: Acting on the directions of Advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar, Divisional Commissioner Jammu Sanjeev Verma today constituted District Level Task Force (DLTF) to oversee the youth engagement program. The District Level Task Force shall be headed by the concerned District Development Commissioner, while officers of Youth Services and Sports, State Sports Council, Department […]
Protests across Kashmir Valley against attempts to abrogate Article 35A
SRINAGAR, : Several trade, Hurriyat leaders and other bodies held separate protest demonstrations on Friday across the Kashmir valley against the attempts for abrogation of Article35. The demonstrations were held in response to a call by representatives of 27 Kashmir-based trade organisations which jointly formed an umbrella body recently and announced a week-long protest programme […]
Sehraie appealed people to observe historical shutdown on August 5 and 6
SRINAGAR,: Chairman Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH), Mohammad Ashraf Sehraie warned of a serious consequences, of New Delhi tempered with state subject law guaranteed by the Article 35-A. He said the real agenda behind the petition foil against the constitutional provision was no secret and actually a bid to merge internationally recognized disputed Jammu and Kashmir with the […]
Married women have ‘sexual autonomy’ like right to say ‘no’, says SC
New Delhi: If a woman has the right to say “no”, then it has to be accepted that she also does not lose her “sexual autonomy” after marriage, a Supreme Court judge said on Thursday. Justice D Y Chandrachud, who was part of a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra examining the penal […]
Tamil Nadu woman bites off husband’s penis, runs away with lover
New Delhi: A woman who bit off a chunk of her husband’s penis when he caught her with another man has been charged with attempted murder, police said on Friday. The 45-year-old Jayanthi, who uses only one name, had gone out with her farmer husband to watch a play in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore district Monday, but […]
RBI organizes workshop for BCs of Ladakh Division at Leh
Srinagar, : In its continuous endeavour to reach out to the people living in remote and far-flung areas and facilitate banking services to, Reserve Bank of India, Jammu organised a workshop for Business Correspondents (BCs) at Leh for the districts of Leh and Kargil. Regional Director, RBI Thomas Mathew inaugurated the workshop attended by General […]
Militants trapped in Behrampora Sopore
Police said that government forces were engaged in a fierce encounter at Behrampora Sopore after the forces were sealing the area for cordon and search operation on Friday morning. Police said that they have sent more reinforcements on the ground to ensure that trapped militants doint get any passage to escape. Reports said that government […]
2 men rape 15 yr-old Dalit girl in moving car in Haryana’s Yamunanagar
Yamunanagar: Two men allegedly raped a 15-year-old Dalit girl in a moving car in Yamunanagar in Haryana, police said on Wednesday. Acting on a complaint lodged by the minor’s mother on Tuesday, a case was registered against Praveen, 37, and his friend. In her complaint, the woman said her daughter was in trauma since the […]
BJP playing dangerous game, communalizing situation for power: G A Mir
Srinagar:The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) on Thursday held, threadbare discussion over the socio, political and security scenario obtaining in the State in the backdrop of the confrontational attitude adopted by the BJP towards the people. The Party also cautioned the Centre government of any misadventure, saying that provocative measures won’t address any […]
Lack of public toilets for women, tourists in Srinagar distressful
SRINAGAR, : Even in Lal Chowk, the busiest area in Srinagar, local women confide lack of clean and hygienic toilets makes it difficult for them to survive a usual day out on streets. Saima Hameed, who works as a sales girl in one of the malls in the city, shares, “That mall has only two washrooms […]
