UAPA charges dropped against 7 SKUAST students, court grants bail
Srinagar: Seven students, who were arrested under the UAPA for allegedly raising objectionable slogans and celebrating the Indian cricket team’s loss in the World Cup final, were Saturday granted bail by a court after police dropped charges under the stringent anti-terror law. The students of the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) in […]
LG visits slain soldier’s house in Poonch
Releases 2nd edition of “Kartavya Marg” Poonch/Jammu: Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday visited the residence of slain paratrooper Havaldar Abdul Majid at a village in Poonch and announced the intensification of anti-terror operations in the Union Territory. Majid was among five soldiers who lost their lives in a 36-hour-long gunfight with terrorists in the […]
Police, Army review security situation in south Kashmir
Srinagar: Senior police and army officers Saturday reviewed the prevailing security situation in south Kashmir at separate meetings. The security review meetings took place in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, V K Birdi visited south Kashmir’s Awantipora and chaired a security review meeting that focused on strategic […]
CBI conducts searches over ‘graft’ in contract for Rs 2,200-crore Kiru Hydro Power Project in J&K
New Delhi: The CBI is conducting searches at six locations in four cities in connection with the alleged graft flagged by former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik in awarding the contract for the Rs 2,200-crore civil work for the Kiru Hydro Power Project in Kishtwar in 2019, officials said on Saturday. The searches […]
Bills listed to extend provisions of women’s reservation law in UTs of J&K, Puducherry
New Delhi: The government has listed two bills for introduction in the Winter session of Parliament to extend the provisions of the women’s reservation law in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Puducherry. Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said here that since there is a provision in the Constitution, Delhi — also a […]
Mercury stays above freezing point at most places in Kashmir
Srinagar: The minimum temperature rose and stayed above the freezing point at most places in Kashmir owing to a cloud cover as the weather is expected to remain dry over the next week, officials said here on Saturday. The night temperature rose at several places in the Valley with Gulmarg and Pahalgam being the only […]
PIL on Sonamarg: HC directs BOCA to proceed with pending applications strictly in accordance with Master Plan
Srinagar, Dec 02: In the PIL on haphazard constructions in the ecologically complex Sonamarg hill resort, the J&K High Court has directed the Building Operations Control Authority (BOCA) Sonamarg to proceed with the pending applications strictly in accordance with the Master Plan. Chief Justice N Kotiswar Singh and Justice M A Chowdhary directed the BOCA […]
Crime Branch files charge-sheet against three brothers in land-fraud case
Jammu: Police’s Crime Branch on Saturday filed a charge-sheet against three brothers accused of duping a man of Rs 43 lakh after luring him to enter a deal for the sale of 2.5 kanals of their land in Samba district, an official said. The Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch (Jammu) filed the 253-page […]
Govt committed to 100% saturation of schemes, reaching out to the unreached: LG
Says integrated action and popular involvement could turn villages into viable economic centres and create opportunities for youth, women, farmers and vulnerable sections Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha attended ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra’ at Panchayat Dhok Waziran, Nagrota, today and reiterated government’s commitment to reach out to the “unreached” with welfare schemes, an official […]
Atal Dulloo takes over as new Chief Secretary of J&K
Jammu: Senior IAS officer Atal Dulloo on Friday took over as the new Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, and received a rousing reception from hundreds of civil secretariat employees here. Dulloo succeeded Arun Kumar Mehta who retired at the end of November. According to an order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Dulloo, […]
