ReT teachers protest in Srinagar over pending demands
Amid rain, hundreds of Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers on Saturday protested here in Srinagar and demanded fulfillment of their long pending demands including streamlining of their salaries as the government has failed to release salaries for four months. The teachers under the aegis of Jammu Kashmir Rehbar-e-Taleem Teachers Forum assembled at press enclave here and were […]
2 Dalits killed in separate incidents in Rajasthan
Jaipur, Mar 3 : Two Dalits, including a teenage boy, were beaten to death in separate incidents in Rajasthans Bharatpur and Alwar district, officials said today. Jaswant Jatav (26), a Dalit labourer, was last night beaten to death and his thatched house set ablaze by three-four persons in Bharatpur, a police officer said. The incident […]
Traffic on Kashmir highway disrupted due to landslides
The Srinagar-Jammu highway was again blocked on Saturday due to landslides after heavy rains along the highway, reports said. An official said that due to landslide at Marog area, the highway was blocked and traffic came to halt” traffic officials said. Due to the landslide at Rambhan the traffic has been closed, this precaution has […]
Finance Department releases Rs 140 Cr for payment of SSA teachers
Srinagar:-The Finance Department on Friday released Rs 140 crore for payment of salaries to the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) teachers in the State. The spokesman quoted the Principal Secretary Finance, Navin Kumar Choudhary saying “with the release of the second tranche of funds for payment of pending salaries of SSA teachers, the Finance Department has […]
Traffic Police asks transporters to place copy of passenger fare list in their vehicles
Srinagar, Mar 02 (KNS): Following the reports of surcharging the passengers, the Traffic Police Srinagar City on Friday appealed transporters to place a copy of latest “passenger fare list” in their respective vehicles. “There are reports that some public transport vehicles surcharge the passenger while travelling in public transport. All public transport vehicles; be it […]
Cleanliness week to be observed in all schools of State from 20-27 March: Sec Edu
Srinagar, : Secretary Education Farooq Ahmad Shah along with Director School Education Kashmir, Dr. G. N. Itoo called an emergency conference of all the Chief Education Officers and DIET Principals and directed them to celebrate cleanliness week from 20-27March 2018 in all the Institutions of the State. He said that in order to ensure 100% […]
Wife wakes up late, does not cook tasty food, man moves court for divorce
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has dismissed a city resident’s plea for divorce from his wife on the allegations that she failed to be a dutiful wife since, among other things, she used to wake up late and that she did not cook tasty food. A bench of Justices KK Tated and Sarang Kotwal upheld […]
Bandipora court rejects bail for juvenile accused of Sodomy
Bandipora: A local court on Wednesday rejected the bail application of a juvenile accused of sodomy, in north Kashmir’s Bandipora District. Chief Judicial Magistrate Bandipora, Raja Muhammad Tasleem rejected the bail application stating that there was every apprehension that the juvenile would again fall in the association of known criminals and that there are apprehensions […]
Moral Decay: Newborn baby found on roadside in Old City Srinagar
Srinagar, Mar 02: In yet another of its kind shameful incident a newborn baby was Friday morning found in Old City Srinagar near a public park creating outrage among the people. The locals have yet to determine whether the boy was born there, or if he was transported there before being abandoned. On January 26th […]
Pakistan summons Indian envoy over ceasefire violations
March 2: Pakistan on Friday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) which it said left a civilian dead. Mohammad Faisal, who heads the South Asia wing in the Foreign Office, summoned the Indian envoy and “lodged a strong protest on the […]
