SRINAGAR: The Governor’s Administration has amended the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Raj Rules-1996 slashing drastically the security deposit for candidates contesting the upcoming Panchayat Polls. According to a notification issued by the Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Department, the security deposit for the candidates contesting Sarpanch/Panch election has been reduced from Rs 1000 to Rs […]
Srinagar: Clashes erupted between youth and government forces on Sunday morning following a cordon-and-search operation at Zaloora village of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Official sources said that after receiving inputs about the presence of some militants in the village, the joint team of Army’s 22 RR, Special Operation Group of Police (SOG) and […]
Islamabad, Oct 28 (UNI) The government has strongly denied that a private business jet flew to Islamabad from Tel Aviv (Israel) via Amman (Jordan) and went back, but opposition parties, dissatisfied with official clarifications, called for a ‘convincing explanation’ on the matter. The editor of Israeli newspaper Haaretz’s English edition, Ami Scharf, started the controversy […]
Damascus: Islamic State (IS) militants killed at least 70 Kurdish-led, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters in a series of counterattacks in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, a war monitor said. The IS counter-offensive against the SDF has started on Friday and continued till Saturday, during which the terror-designated group recaptured areas it had […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Civil Secretariat Employees Union President (JKCSEU) Ghulam Rasool Mir on Sunday demanded a full-fledged inquiry into the appointment of nearly 600 political favorites in Jammu and Kashmir bank during erstwhile PDP-BJP regime and underlined that the chairman of the bank cannot escape responsibility for betraying the public trust. “Youth is upset […]
Srinagar: In a shocking revelation, Governor Satypal Malik has said that the previous PDP-BJP Government changed the complete selection list of 582 candidates in Jammu and Kashmir Bank so as to appoint political workers at their place. Also Read: Political favourtism galores in the ongoing recruitment of class IV employees in JK bank In an […]
Srinagar:A special police officer (SPO) was injured after fired upon by suspected militants at Chrawni area of Charisharif in Central Kashmir’s district on Saturday late evening. Official sources said that the gunmen fired upon the SPO, Mohammad Hafiz at Chrawni village this evening. In the incident, Hafeez, posted at SDPO office Charisharif, suffered serious bullet […]
GANDERBAL: The newly elected Municipal Councilors of Municipal Committee Ganderbal took oath of office at a swearing-in ceremony held here at Town Hall today. The oath was administered by Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC), Ganderbal, N A Baba to all the elected members including 6 women of 17 wards of Municipal Committee Ganderbal. Among others, Executive Officer, […]
Srinagar: CASO was called off after Several persons were injured in Dreed-Kalipora village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district, clashes erupted between the protestors and government forces during a cordon and search operation on Saturday. Reports said that scores of the youth assembled and pelted stones on government forces to disrupt the CASO in the area. […]
SRINAGAR: Acting on a specific information, a team of forest officials of Surasyar Block here laid a naka and sized illicit timber on the intervening night of October 26 and 27. During the naka, four horses loaded with illicit timber were spotted moving in the dark and the efforts were made to apprehend the armed smugglers, […]
