Delhi court seeks response from Tihar jail on Shabir Shah’s plea
New Delhi: A Delhi Court Monday sought response from Tihar jail authority on a plea of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Shah, arrested in two separate cases of alleged “terror financing”, seeking a separate cell in Tihar central jail in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. Special Judge Dharmendra Rana issued notice to the jail superintendent with […]
JKRTC imposes penalty of Rs 1.7 lakh on 2 conductors
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation on Monday imposed a total penalty of over Rs 1.7 lakh on its two conductors and suspended the services of a driver for negligence of duty, an official statement said. Managing Director, JKRTC, Angrez Singh Rana issued these orders on the recommendations and reports submitted by general […]
Geelani quits his Hurriyat
Srinagar: Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the lifetime chairman of the pro-Pakistan Hurriyat Conference, made a surprise announcement of completely dissociating himself from the 16-party amalgam on Monday, alleging lack of accountability and a brewing rebellion in the ranks. The 90-year-old Geelani, the most prominent of pro-Pakistan separatists in the Kashmir Valley, was a founding member […]
Geelani singularly responsible for pushing Kashmir into terror: Ram Madhav
New Delhi: The BJP said on Monday that Syed Ali Shah Geelani, who has announced his dissociation from the separatist outfit Hurriyat Conference, was “singularly responsible for pushing Kashmir into terror and violence and ruining lives of thousands of Kashmiri youths and families”. Coming down heavily on the separatist leader, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav […]
JKPSC members administered oath of office
JAMMU: Chairman, J&K Public Service Commission, B.R. Sharma, today administered oath of office to the four newly appointed Members. Two members, Subash Gupta and Sameer Bharti were administered oath at Jammu office, while Syed Iqbal Aga and Showkat Ahmad Zargar were administered oath of office at Srinagar through video conferencing mode. Images News Netwokthekashmirimages.com
‘Pak troops fire mortar shells at Indian positions along LoC’
Srinagar: Pakistani troops opened “unprovoked” fire at Indian positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector of north Kashmir on Monday in violation of a ceasefire agreement, an army official said. “On 29 June 2020, in the evening hours, Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation along the LoC in Tangdhar (in north Kashmir’s […]
Boy goes missing after flash flood hits rivulet in Poonch
Poonch: Swept by flash floods, a nomad boy is missing since Sunday evening after getting trapped in strong water currents in a rivulet in Surankote tehsil of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Locals said that two nomadic boys hailing from Kallar village of Mendhar sub division of Poonch district were grazing their cattle in […]
ReK teachers demand salary hike, regularization
Srinagar : A delegation of the Rehbar-e-Khel Teachers working in Youth Service and Sports today pressed the government for salary hike and regularization. “We Post Graduates, M.Phil. and Ph.D degree holders. We have been working in the department at paltry remuneration of Rs3000 per month as a result of which we are facing tremendous difficulties […]
Restoration of Statehood to J&K inevitable to address growing disconnect: JKAP
Ghulam Hassan Mir inaugurates Party office in Lal Chowk
SRINAGAR : Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) senior leader and former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir on Monday reiterated his party’s call for restoration of Statehood to J&K terming it inevitable to address the growing disconnect between the people and the present dispensation. Mir was addressing his party colleagues, after inaugurating JKAP office at The […]
Govt evacuates 1,72,728 stranded JK residents till date
JAMMU : The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,72,728 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures, reads a communiqué issued by DIPR-JK. As per the official […]
