Government publishes list of beneficiaries trigger controversies
By: Tariq Shah Srinagar On the instruction of J&K High Court, JK administration on Monday has released a long list of beneficiaries under Roshni Scheme which the court has described as a scam. In the list figure a lot of politicians’ bureaucrats, businessmen, etc. who influenced illegal vesting of state lands to regularize the plots […]
Farooq Abdullah not a beneficiary of Roshni Act, news attributed to sources spread with malicious intent: NC
The National Conference on Tuesday said that the party president Farooq Abdullah was not a beneficiary of the Roshni Act and that the news in the media suggesting so was completely false. “The news attributing to sources that Dr Farooq Abdullah is a beneficiary of the Roshni Act is completely false and is being spread […]
ACB files chargesheet against Ex-CEO Jammu, 34 beneficiaries
Srinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday said to have filed a charge sheet against a former Chief Education Officer Jammu, several other officials and 34 beneficiaries in connection with the “illegal” selections of Class-IV employees in Education Department in Jammu in 2014. The ACB said that it presented chargesheet in case (FIR No. 30/2014) U/S 5 […]
2 killed in Ramban accident
Jammu: A day after a vehicle rolled down into river Chenab in Ramban district, the police on Tuesday said that two persons onboard it have been killed and efforts are ongoing to retrieve their bodies from the vehicle. The vehicle Mahindra Bolero plunged into the fast-flowing water body last night near Mehar area along the […]
UNEQUAL TREATMENT
Both Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti two senior leaders of PAGD have through their tweets expressed dismay that their candidates were not allowed by the machinery of the government to campaign while as BJP and their supporters were having all the facilities available to move in the villages and campaign for the coming DDC elections. […]
“Solution of Kashmir issue lies with India, everything else is a lie”: Altaf Bukhari
President of Apni Party, Syed Altaf Bukhari, on Monday said that his party is not against the newly formed People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), but the lies alliance is spreading. While addressing party workers, Bukhari said, “The solution to Kashmir issue lies only with India and its leadership including Prime Minister and Home Minister. […]
NC will go to any extent to bring back Article 370: Akbar Lone
Senior National Conference leader and incumbent Member Parliament (MP) Muhammad Akbar Lone on Monday said that they would go to any extent to bring back Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Lone, who is also National Conference senior leader and former legislator from Sonawari constituency of Bandipora, said that if they come to power they […]
NIA questions PDP leader in Delhi in suspended DySP case
National Investigation Agency (NIA) Monday questioned the PDP’s youth leader Waheed ur Rehman Para in connection with the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Davinder Singh, and Hizbul Mujahideen commander Naveed Babu’s arrest case, in New Delhi. Para will be questioned for the second consecutive day tomorrow as well. A top NIA official told a local news […]
Abdullahs’ household staffer tests COVID-19 positive; Omar, Farooq to self isolate for another week
Srinagar: A staffer at the Srinagar residence of National Conference Vice President, Omar Abdullah has tested postive for COVID-19, six days after Omar isolated self along with father Farooq Abdullah upon coming in contact with a suspected disease carrier. The Abdullahs have extended their period of self isolation by another week and will get themselves […]
Infiltration Bid Foiled In Samba, One Killed
SRINAGAR: Border Security Forces on Monday shot dead a person who was allegedly trying to infiltrate the border along with Samba sector of Jammu region. SSP Samba Rajesh Sharma told news agency GNS 48 battalion of BSF foiled the infiltration bid along with the Samba sector. “Whether he is militant or a civilian was not immediately known. […]
