Finance deptt issues clarification

Group Mediclaim Health Insurance scheme

Srinagar, Nov 30: Following various media reports regarding Group Mediclaim Insurance Scheme, the Finance department Friday clarified that the notice for foreclosure of the Insurance Agreement has been served to the insurer with effect from 31 December 2018. “Till the midnight of 31 December 2018, any employee or their family members enrolled in the scheme […]

Explain attempt to form govt in JK through ‘proxies’: Omar asks Jaitley

Srinagar, Nov 30:  National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Friday said Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley should explain BJP’s attempt to form a government in Jammu and Kashmir through “proxies and defectors” rather than commenting on the NC’s seriousness to support the PDP in government formation. “Jaitley Sb would be well advised to explain his party’s […]

3174 booths going to polls in Phase-VI today

Jammu, Nov 30: Polling for Phase-VI of Panchayat Polls-2018 will be held Saturday at 3174 polling stations including 410 in Kashmir division and 2764 in Jammu division from 8 am to 2 pm. According to the Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, Shaleen Kabra, 771 polling stations have been categorized as hypersensitive including 410 in Kashmir division […]

Army commander reviews security situation in Kashmir

Srinagar, Nov 30: The Army’s Northern Command chief Lt Gen Ranbir Singh reviewed the security situation in Kashmir and was briefed about the recent anti-militancy operations in the Valley, a defence spokesman said Friday. The Northern Army Commander arrived in Kashmir Valley on Thursday to review the prevailing security situation, the spokesman said. “Accompanied by […]

JU lands in trouble over Bhagat Singh remark

Jammu: A professor of Jammu University triggered a controversy by allegedly referring to freedom fighter Bhagat Singh as a “terrorist”, prompting authorities to set up a panel to probe the matter. While delivering a lecture at the Department of Political Science on Thursday, Prof Mohammad Tajuddin allegedly made the reference. Soon after students took up the […]

Stop discrimination against transgenders: HC tells Govt

Srinagar, Nov 30: Following complaints that the transgender community is being maltreated in Jammu and Kashmir as they are being allegedly refused protection by the police and treatment by the hospitals, the court directed “the authorities should ensure that that no police personnel; doctor or hospital administration denies equal treatment to the transgenders”. No police […]

Govt order probe into functioning of JKPCCL

Jammu, Nov 30: Government has ordered setting up of a panel to probe the functioning of J&K Projects Construction Corporation Limited (JKPCCL) including alleged diversion of funds and irregularities in appointments. The Governor’s administration accorded sanction to the constitution of a fact-finding committee to look into the working of JKPCCL, officials said Friday. According to […]

Man sentenced for three years in sodomy case

Srinagar, Nov 30: A trial court in south Kashmir’s Awantipora has sentenced a man to three years’ rigorous imprisonment for sodomizing a minor boy. The Court of Additional Special Mobile Magistrate Awantipora convicted Javid Ahmad Dar, a resident of Aghanjipora, for sodomising a four-year-old boy. A police spokesperson said the convict after employing deceitful means […]

Man arrested for sending ‘obscene content’ to girl

Srinagar, Nov 30: Police have arrested a resident of Rajouri district for allegedly threatening and sending obscene content to a Srinagar girl on her phone. Reports said a man approached Police Station Nishat with a complaint that one Muzafar Ahmed Mughal, a resident of Rajouri, was sending obscene content to her daughter on her phone. […]