Lt Governor reviews functioning of Industries and Commerce Department
Stresses on taking comprehensive measures to make the Industrial sector more vibrant
Jammu, February 28: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today chaired a meeting to review the functioning of Industries and Commerce Department here at the Raj Bhavan. The meeting was attended by BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Arun Kumar Mehta, Financial Commissioner, Finance ; Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Commissioner Secretary to the Government, Industries and Commerce Department; Er. […]
NIA arrests JeM’s operative involved in Pulwama attack: Official
New Delhi, Feb 28: In a major breakthrough, the NIA arrested on Friday an operative of Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) for his alleged involvement in the Pulwama terror attack last year, officials said. Officials said that 22-year-old Shakir Bashir Magrey, a furniture shop owner and resident of Hajibal, Kakapora in Pulwama, had provided shelter […]
Charge sheet filed against six officials in corruption case
Srinagar: A charge sheet has been filed against six Jammu and Kashmir government officials in a corruption case, the anti-corruption bureau said on Friday. It was filed before the special judge, anti-corruption, Baramulla, the bureau said in a statement. The then Kupwara district development commissioner, Itrat Hussain Rafiqi, is among the six government officials named […]
Substantial drop in number and activities of militants: DGP
Baramulla: Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh on Friday said that there is a substantial drop in the number of militants and their activities in Kashmir and the security situation has improved since last six months with sharp decline in violence related incidents. Asserting that police is on a mission to build peace in the […]
BJP appoints 7 district party presidents for Kashmir region
Jammu, Feb 28: The BJP appointed seven new district presidents of the party in Kashmir region on Friday. The party’s Jammu and Kashmir unit president Ravinder Raina in consultation with General Secretary (organisation) Ashok Kaul made the appointments, a party spokesman said. In south Kashmir, advocate Wajahat has been made Anantnag district president, Abid Hussain […]
Admin wants to undermine JK Bank’s autonomy: PDP
Jammu, Feb 28: Expressing concern over scrapping of the recruitment process for 1,450 posts in Jammu and Kashmir Bank, The PDP on Friday targeted the administration for a “scandalous bureaucratic infiltration” into the financial institution to undermining its autonomy. The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday had scrapped the recruitment process of 250 probationary officers […]
Bus, train collision kills 30 in Pak: report
Karachi, Feb 28: At least 30 people were killed and several others seriously injured when a passenger bus hit a train in Pakistan’s Sindh province on Friday, according to a media report. The accident happened at Rohri area in Sukkur district when the bus was trying to cross an open unmanned railway crossing and hit […]
Foreign Secy travels to Kabul ahead of signing of peace deal between US, Taliban
New Delhi, Feb 28: A day ahead of signing of a landmark peace deal between the US and the Taliban, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Friday travelled to Kabul and conveyed India’s unstinted support to a peaceful and stable Afghanistan. The foreign secretary held talks with acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Haroon Chakhansuri and […]
Delhi violence toll 42 as hit areas limp back to normality
Shrivastava to be next Delhi police commissioner
New Delhi, Feb 28: The death toll in Delhi’s communal violence has gone up to 42 now with four more fatalities being recorded at the city’s GTB Hospital on Friday, officials said. The number stood at 38 till Thursday. The Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital has recorded 38 deaths, the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital […]
US urges India to ‘protect and respect’ right to peaceful assembly
Washington, Feb 28: The US has urged India to “protect and respect” the right to peaceful assembly of people and hold accountable those perpetrating violence following the Delhi riots over the amended citizenship act, saying that Washington has raised the issue at the highest level with New Delhi. “We strongly condemn the recent violence and […]