Restore J&K’s statehood and then hold Assembly elections: Azad to government
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday asked the government to bring a bill in Rajya Sabha proposing restoration of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking during the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Azad said, “I appeal to you, if Jammu and Kashmir has […]
Mehbooba alleges Para kept under ‘inhuman conditions and tortured’
Police say remarks 'unfortunate'
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday claimed her party’s youth wing president Waheed Para, arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police last month, was being kept under “inhuman conditions and tortured” to compel him to admit to false indictment, a charge denied by the police as “unfortunate”. The former chief minister of Jammu and […]
Man held for duping youth, running job racket
ACB registers disproportionate assets case against former AEE
Jammu/ Srinagar: The Crime Branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly forging government appointment orders to cheat unemployed youth in the union territory, officials said. Manzoor Hussain Qadri along with co-accused Mushtaq Ahmed Ganai and Fayaz Ahmed Dar used to lure unemployed youth on the pretext of arranging […]
Register as a cyber crime volunteer: Police
Jammu: J&K Police on Wednesday urged the people to register as “cyber crime volunteers” under the framework of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) programme — Cyber Crime Volunteer Framework — which can be accessed on URL http://Cybercrime.gov.in. Under this the initiative, according to a police press release here, any Indian citizen can get himself/herself associated […]
NRA to start conducting online test for govt jobs from Sep: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi: The National Recruitment Agency (NRA) would start conducting online test for select category of government jobs from September, Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday. The NRA will conduct the Common Eligibility Test (CET) to screen/shortlist candidates for jobs in government sector for which recruitment is currently carried out through […]
China’s attempts to transgress LAC since May last met with appropriate response: Govt
New Delhi: The Chinese military attempted to transgress the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in several areas since May last but these efforts were invariably met with an appropriate response from the Indian side, the government said in Lok Sabha on Wednesday. To address the issues arising out of such attempts, Minister of State for […]
J&K reports three more Covid deaths
Srinagar: Three more persons died of Covid-19 as 65 fresh positive cases were reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. With the three more deaths, the toll has reached 1,941 in the Union Territory while the tally of positive cases has reached 124,659 in the Union Territory. Out of 124,659 cases, 73,070 are from Kashmir […]
90-year-old man’s body found inside Kupwara hospital
Srinagar: Body of a 90-year-old man from Karnah Tanghdar area was found inside Sub-District Hospital Kupwara in north Kashmir on Wednesday morning even as police have recovered seventy thousand rupees from his possession. Quoting SHO Bazaar Post, Nazir Ahmad, news agency GNS reported that the nonagenarian, Raj Mohammed Ghorsi, son of Kaloo Ghorsi, residence Amrohi, […]
No timeline set for holding simultaneous Lok Sabha, assembly polls: Govt in Parliament
New Delhi: The government has not set any timeline for holding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies in the country, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. In written reply to a question, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice had examined the […]
Let’s Chicken Out!
As Avian Influenza makes its presence felt in Kashmir, Div Com asks people to avoid consuming chicken
Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Tuesday cautioned people against consuming chicken following confirmation of ‘Avian Influenza’ or bird flu in crow carcasses in parts of Kashmir including in Srinagar, Sopore and Anantnag. Div Com Kashmir also appealed people to avoid passing through the places where samples of dead birds have tested positive for […]
