Pak High Commissioner offers ‘chadar’ at Ajmer Shrine shrine
Jaipur, Mar 27 : Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood today offered a ‘chadar’ at Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti’s (RA) shrine at Ajmer Sharif. “The High Commissioner offered a chadar and prayed,” secretary of the Anjuman committee (body of khadims) Wahid Hussain said. He said the High Commissioner offered the ‘chadar’ on […]
Mamata meets Pawar, oppn leaders; says time for BJP to “pack up and go”
Exploring federal front option …
New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today met NCP chief Sharad Pawar and leaders of some regional parties as well as NDA ally Shiv Sena to explore a “federal front” option to take on the BJP in the next Lok Sabha polls, mooting a “one-to-one” fight in all the states. […]
Fake job racket unravels in Kashmir
Have arrested one person, probe is on and details will follow soon, says police
Sopore: Attracting gullible job-seekers through job advertisements in newspapers and later cheating and duping them has for long been a time-tested tactic with fraudsters – and now Valley too seems getting share of this trickery. Here is a case to prove the point. Recently a company named J&K Dogma Soft Ltd., claiming to be working […]
KEG delegation visits late Maqbool Sahil’s family
Delivers Rs. 5 Lakh from CM; 2 Lakh from KEG to bereaved
Srinagar, Mar 26: A delegation of Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) visited the residence of late Maqbool Sahil in Adhal Kokernag on Sunday. The delegation met his family members and expressed sympathies with the bereaved family. The delegation while paying tributes to the late writer, poet and journalist Maqbool Sahil, interacted with the family members comprising […]
Act as conciliators, not adjudicators: HC tells Lok Adalats
Sets aside two orders passed by the Chairman Tehsil Legal Services Committee, Handwara, (CJM)
Srinagar, Mar 26: “Lok Adalats should resist the temptation to play the role of judges and constantly strive to function as conciliators,” the J&K High Court said today while setting aside the orders by such an Adalat at Handwara. The High Court set aside two orders passed by the Chairman Tehsil Legal Services Committee, Handwara, […]
SC seeks Centre’s response on plea against polygamy, Nikah Halala
New Delhi, Mar 26: The Supreme Court today agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the prevalent practices of polygamy and ‘Nikah Halala’ among the Muslims and sought responses from the Centre and the Law Commission. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission that an earlier five-judge constitution bench, in its […]
GoI begins process of selling enemy properties; issues guidelines
New Delhi, Mar 26: In a bid enrich its coffers by about Rs 1 lakh crore, the government has started the process of monetisation of more than 9,400 enemy properties by issuing guidelines and directing the office of the custodian to submit a list of all such movable and immovable assets within three months, officials […]
CM orders rehabilitation of Jammu street vendors
Reviews Jammu city beautification
Jammu, Mar 26: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today stressed on ensuring proper rehabilitation for street-vendors relocated to ease traffic movement in Jammu city and adjoining areas. Chairing a meeting to review the beautification of Jammu city here today, the Chief Minister directed identification of appropriate spots where the street-vendors could be shifted so that their […]
CASO launched in Shopian
Srinagar, Mar 26: Government forces launched a cordon and search operation in a village in Shopian district of south Kashmir following a brief exchange of fire with militants today, police said. “Exchange of fire took place at Kachdoora in Shopian district after which the area has been placed under cordon,” a police official said. No […]
New office timings notified for valley
Srinagar, Mar 26: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir today directed that the working hours in all the government offices, and institutions in the Valley, except for educational institutions, shall be from 10 am to 4 pm from April 01, 2018. The timing shall remain operative up to 31 October 2018, an official press release informed. Images […]
