JKBank opening 200 branches, aiming Rs 170000 Cr business in 2018-19: Parvez Ahmed
Srinagar, Jul 7: Our market share in the state is around 65 pc but that doesn’t make us complacent in any way. In fact, to increase our outreach we are going to open 200 more business touch points in J&K by the end of current fiscal. The Bank is on track to realise the organizational goals […]
Bihar: Teen raped by 15 students, principal and teachers for 7 months
Chhapra: A Class 9 girl from Bihar’s Chhapra area on Friday alleged that she was gang-raped by her school principal and two teachers for the last seven months. The minor girl’s horror did not end there as 15 students from the same school also gang-raped her during this period. The Bihar Police on Friday arrested […]
Guv’s Twitter handle gets complaints of corruption in Mufti govt, reports sought
Srinagar: Two weeks after he took over the reins in Jammu and Kashmir, Governor N N Vohra’s official Twitter handle has got several complaints of alleged corruption and other wrongdoings against the previous Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) coalition government headed by Mehbooba Mufti. The Twitter handle was set up on June 19, […]
APSCC APPEAL HURRYAT TO INTERVENE
Srinagar:All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) has asked the separatist leaders to come forward and play their part in resolving the crisis that has come up following the harassment meted out to a Sikh girl in the Tral area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. In a statement, APSCC Chairman Jagmohan Singh Raina said that some […]
Civilian, CRPF personnel injured in Hyderpora grenade attack
Srinagar;A civilian and a CRPF trooper were injured in a grenade blast in Hyderpora area of Srinagar on Saturday. Reports said that a grenade was lobbed at a CRPF party near a flyover in Hyderpora, leaving a civilian and trooper wounded. Official sources said that one paramilitary forces personnel identified as Ct Sadashiv Vipati of C […]
At least 38 killed, 50 missing as torrential rain pounds Japan
TOKYO: At least 50 people were missing and four in critical condition as torrential rain that has killed 38 people pounds western and central Japan, public broadcaster NHK said on Saturday, with more than 1.6 million evacuated from their homes. Japan’s Meteorological Agency retained special weather warnings for three prefectures in the main island of Honshu, […]
Teenage girl among 3 killed during clashes with security forces in Kulgam
kulgam: A teenage girl was among the three civilians killed in firing by security forces during clashes with stone-pelting protesters in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. According to reports, the girl has been identified as Andleeb and the other two civilians were Shakir Ahmed Khanday and Irshad Majeed. The civilians died of their injuries in hospitals […]
Islam will collapse if prayers in mosque not recognised, SC told
New Delhi: Islam is a congregational religion and it will “collapse and become irrelevant” if the practice of offering prayers in mosques is not recognised, argued senior counsel Rajeev Dhavan in the Supreme Court on Friday. Dhavan, appearing for the main petitioner M Siddiq, made this submission before a three-judge bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra […]
Yatra stalled for the second time due to heavy rains and landslides
Srinagar: On the directions of Governor N.N. Vohra, Chairman Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, to Shri Umang Narula, Chief Executive Officer of the Shrine Board, an evacuation rescue operations were launched early today to evacuate stranded Yatris from Panjtarni to Baltal. The virtually non-stop rainfall over the past several days has adversely affected the track conditions, […]
Various delegations call on Advisor Khurshid Ganai
SRINAGAR: Various delegations today called on Advisor to Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai and apprised him about various issues faced by them. The delegation from Chopan Mohalla Zone-ReshiChowkibal Kupwara apprised the Advisor about the nexus of timber smuggling, encroachers in the area. In this regard, the Advisor issued on spot instructions and directed Deputy Commissioner Kupwara […]
