No proposal for PaK’s merger with Pakistan: FO
Islamabad, Jan 31: Pakistan has rejected reports that the government intended to merge Pakistan-administered-Kashmir with the country, saying there is no such proposal. Pakistani daily ‘Dawn’ reported that the speculation about the merger had been doing the rounds for a little over six weeks now. It started with comments attributed to Farooq Haider Khan that […]
JK Bank Q3 net dips 52pc to Rs 49cr
New Delhi, Jan 31: Jammu & Kashmir Bank on Friday said its standalone net profit fell by 52 to Rs 49.64 crore in the third quarter of 2019-20 as the abrogation of Article 370 in J&K impacted business activities and cash flows. The state-owned lender had posted a net profit of Rs 103.75 crore in […]
Newborn dies of alleged negligence at SDH Pattan
Family, locals protest, demand action against erring doctors
Baramulla, Jan 31: A new born died allegedly due to doctors’ negligence in Sub-District Hospital Pattan (SDH) sparking protests against the errant doctors including BMO Pattan. Taking to media-persons, distressed father Shafaat Ahmad Dar of Gund-e-Ibrahim Pattan, alleged that his new-born baby died due to the negligence of doctors at SDH Pattan. “Yesterday at 8 […]
Man detained from Srinagar airport
“Objectionable Content’
Srinagar, Jan 31: Police on Friday detained a man from Srinagar international airport soon after he arrived here on an Air India flight from Delhi, officials said. Mudasir Ahmad Teli, a resident of Habbakadal area of the city, is accused of posting “objectionable content” on social media platforms while he was away from Kashmir, the […]
Stray dogs maul 4 people
Baramulla, Jan 31: Four people including a 12-year-old girl were injured after they were mauled by stray dogs in Nutnusa helmet of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday. Locals said all the injured persons were rushed to District Hospital Handwara for treatment wherefrom two of them were shifted to a Srinagar hospital for advanced treatment. […]
Bukhari seeks 100% reservation to J-K candidates in PG seats in medical, dental colleges
Srinagar, Jan 31: Former minister Altaf Bukhari on Friday appealed to the Centre to issue a notification providing 100 percent reservation to candidates from Jammu and Kashmir in allotment of postgraduate seats in different medical and dental colleges of the erstwhile state. Bukhari expressed concern about the “obscurity” around the whole exercise of filling of […]
Politics of hate
A day when the entire country was observing the Martyrs’ Day to remember the father of the nation, Mahatama Gandhi who was assassinated on January 30, 1948, a young man brandishing a pistol emerged at Jamia Millia Islamia University, where students were peacefully protesting against controversial C.A.A and shot a student in his left arm. […]
Several delegations call on Lt Governor
Jammu, January 31: Several delegations including All J&K Panchayat Conference, Forum for Peace and Territorial Integrity J&K, Jammu and All J&K Guru Ravi Dass Sabha called on the Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu at the Raj Bhavan here today and projected their concerning demands. A delegation of All J&K Panchayat Conference headed by its President […]
Advisor Bhatnagar conducts maiden Public hearing at Jammu
Directs officials to fast pace grievance redressal process
JAMMU, JANUARY 31: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar today said that the government has greatly improved the grievance redressal mechanism to give the people a feel of good governance and accountability. The Advisor was speaking at Public grievances redressal camp organised in connection with government’s public outreach programme, here at the Convention Centre. […]
