Srinagar: The State Administrative Council (SAC), which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Shri Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the release of additional installment of 2% Dearness Allowance (DA) to the State Government employees and pensioners w.e.f 1st July, 2018, over the existing rate of 7% of the basic pay / pension. The […]
Srinagar: Suspected militants on late Wednesday evening hurled a grenade at a Naka party of army’s 55 Rashtriya Rifles outside Tahab camp in Southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Reports said that the grenade exploded with a bang and army soldiers on duty retaliated the attack by firing some shots in the air. However, no loss of life […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday removed a Station House Officer (SHO) and suspended four constables after two drug peddlers fled from custody in Udhampur district. Police said that Iftikhar Ali and Parvinder Singh, the drug peddlers escaped from the Udhampur police station on Monday night. Taking cognizance of the incident, Head Constable […]
Srinagar: Government on Wednesday suspended a teacher in northern Kashmir’s Kupwara district after charges of molestation. The teacher has been as Hilal Ahmad. Ahmad, an ReT allegedly tried to molest a girl student at Government Girls Middle School Lilam in Kupwara where he is posted. The Chief Education Officer (CEO) Kupwara, Shafiq Nabi War said […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary BVR Subrahmanyam has refuted the news reports about the deferment of panchayat and municipal polls in the state. Addressing a function in SKICC here, the chief secretary said the polls will be held as per schedule. “There will be no change in the date of [municipal and panchayat] […]
Srinagar: Former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz and son-in-law retired captain Mohammad Safdar were released from Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail on parole hours after his ailing wife Begum Kulsoom Nawaz passed away in a London hospital on Tuesday. All three were released on a 12-hour parole, which is likely to be […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee on Wednesday said that the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir is not favorable for holding Panchayat and Local Body elections. “The Panchayat and Municipal polls were declared in Jammu and Kashmir without taking stock of the ground situation,” state Congress Chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir said addressing a […]
WASHINGTON: The U.S. State Department on Tuesday expressed deep concern over China’s “worsening crackdown” on minority Muslims in the Xinjiang region, as the Trump administration considered sanctions against Chinese senior officials and companies linked to alleged human rights abuses. Discussions have gained momentum recently within the U.S. government over possible economic penalties in response to […]
Srinagar: A moderate intensity earthquake hit Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday morning, though no damages have been reported. An official said that an earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale hit the region at 0515 hrs. “The epicentre was located 199 km north of Kargil town in the Ladakh region”. He said that no loss […]
Srinagar: Handwara district in northern Kashmir is observing a complete shutdown on Wednesday to mourn the militant killings. Two militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba were killed in the wee hours on Tuesday in Giloora village of Langate in Handwara. The two were identified as Furkan Ahmad, a resident of Handwara and Liyakat Lone a resident of Sopore. […]
