A year when courts failed to hear petitions and left jailed Kashmiris at the mercy of the government
Last year on August 5, recalls 27-year-old Faisal Aslam Mir, he had stepped out to buy medicines for his mother. Kashmir was already under a blanket of restrictions – all communication lines had been snapped, an undeclared curfew was in place, paramilitary troops had taken over the streets, Srinagar had disappeared in a haze of […]
Cricket world’s richest board BCCI hasn’t paid its star players in 10 months
THE WORLD’S richest cricket board hasn’t paid some of the world’s richest cricketers their dues for close to 10 months now. The BCCI’s 27 elite contracted players are yet to receive the first of the quarterly installments due since October last year. The board has also not disbursed match fees for the two Tests, nine […]
New Delhi denies Dhaka claim on India-China LAC tensions, says it was ‘fully briefed’
New Delhi: Dhaka was “fully briefed” about the India-China tensions in Ladakh, a top Indian official told ThePrint a day after Bangladesh Foreign Minister A.K. Abdul Momen said New Delhi had not sent them any verbal notes on the Galwan Valley clash. “Bangladesh was fully briefed (about the India-China border tensions). They even conveyed in confidence that they are […]
Amar Singh passes away: ‘Corporate Thakur’ who once had friends everywhere
Home India Cities Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh passed away on Saturday. Singh, 64, died in a Singapore hospital, where he had undergone a second kidney transplant. Singh’s political career was known for his contacts across sectors, his managerial skills and fund-raising capabilities. In his SP heydays, he was said to have Mulayam Singh Yadav’s […]
Indian Army prepares to maintain current strength in eastern Ladakh during winter months
New Delhi: The Indian Army is preparing to maintain its current strength of troops, tanks and other weaponry in all key areas in eastern Ladakh in the harsh winter months as a resolution to the border row with China in the mountainous region shows no signs of early resolution, people familiar with the developments said on […]
NO LIFTING OF CURBS
The government has informed the top court that the committee set up by them on the directions of the court has decided to keep a ban on the high speed internet for another two months. This development has come amid the growing demands of doctors and students here for the restoration of 4G internet services […]
Class IV posts: JKSSB’s Portal records 3,99,150 registrations; 2,05,110 candidates submit online application so far
JAMMU, AUGUST 01: Till today morning, 3,99,150 Registrations have been done by the candidates on JKSSB’s Online Portal, since the commencement of online application submission from 10th July, 2020 and 2,05,110 candidates completed their online application submission process for Class IV posts. Also 44,180 applications have been submitted online for the post of Accounts Assistant. It […]
COVID-19: 613 new cases in J-K, tally reaches 20,972
Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday reported 613 novel coronavirus cases, taking the overall tally to 20,972 in J-K. Among them, 145 were reported from Jammu and 468 from Kashmir. Giving district-wise details, unnamed official sources told a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) that Srinagar reported 305 cases, Baramulla 23, Pulwama 58, Kulgam 4, […]
Lt Governor extends Eid-ul-Azha greetings
SRINAGAR, JULY 31: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu has conveyed his warm greetings to the people of J&K in general and to the Muslim brethren in particular, on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. In his message of felicitations, the Lt Governor observed that this festival endorses the spirit of sacrifice, benevolence and generosity towards others. […]
COVID-19 infections cross 16 lakh mark in India with record single-day spike of over 55k new cases
New Delhi: With a record single-day surge of 55,078 infections, India’s COVID-19 caseload raced past 16 lakh on Friday, just two days after it reached the 15-lakh mark, while the number of recoveries rose to 10,57,805, according to Union Health Ministry data. The country has so far registered 16,38,870 instances of the coronavirus infection. The death […]
