Srinagar: Chairman Teachers Joint Action Committee Ab Qayoom Wani on Sunday has threatened government to resolve the issues of the teachers or face agitation. He remarked his words during a meeting with the teacher fraternity. They showed their anguish over the delay in implementing 7th pay commission in favour of SSA teachers, Head teachers and […]
SRINAGAR: Governor N N Vohra’s on Sunday has said that the focus of the government during the period of governor rule, has been on reinforcing administrative discipline to ensure punctuality, accountability, transparency, probity and responsiveness in administration. Within a month of the proclamation of Governor’s rule, J&K has started witnessing a discernible turnaround in governance through […]
United Nations: Voicing deep concern over the latest flare-up of violence around Gaza, the United Nations chief has urged all sides to “step back from the brink of another devastating conflict”. “I am gravely concerned over the dangerous escalation of violence in Gaza and southern Israel,” said Secretary-General António Guterres in a statement on Saturday. […]
Jaunpur: Six people died on the spot while three others were severely injured in a road accident here in Jalalpur area here in Sunday. Police sources here said that a trailer- truck moving towards Varanasi rammed two motorbikes and two bicycles near Jalalpur Chaumuhani at Jaunpur-Varanasi highway on Sunday morning. While six people died on […]
Srinagar: Vehicles carrying Amarnath pilgrims were stopped at different places for security reasons on the 300-km-long national highway, connecting Kashmir valley with the rest of the country, following killing of three militants in an encounter early on Sunday morning by government forces. No Amarnath pilgrim vehicle was allowed to move towards Jammu from base camps […]
New Delhi: Reminding members of the newly-constituted Congress Working Committee, the role of Congress as the ‘Voice of India’, AICC President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday called on party workers to rise and fight for the country’s oppressed sector. Chairing the first meeting of the revamped CWC, Gandhi described it as an institution, comprising experience and […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said the three militants killed in a gunfight with the forces in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district were involved in the abduction and killing of police constable Mohd Saleem yesterday. “In a significant breakthrough, concerted efforts of the security forces resulted in the elimination of the prime accused involved […]
Srinagar: Pilgrimage was progressing smoothly as fresh batches of pilgrims left base camps for holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas. Over 2.31 lakh pilgrims had paid obeisance since the commencement of 60-day-long yatra from June 28. About 1,000 pilgrims, including women and sadhus, have darshan of the self-made Ice-Shivlingam since early this morning […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Sunday suspended train service between Srinagar and Banihal amid fears of protests against the killing of three militants in a gunfight in Kulgam district. No train will chug on Srinagar-Banihal line but trains will run on Srinagar-Budgam to Baramulla in north Kashmir as per schedule. The decision, official sources said have been […]
Srinagar: Government forces on Sunday launched search operation in Lolab Valley of Kupwara district after militants attacked an army patrolling party in wee hours. Militants opened fire upon a patrol of army’s 28 RR in Khumrial forest area of Lolab of the border district, police sources said. Following the ambush, he said, the army and […]
