Jammu: A woman died on Friday when she was run over by a train here in city outskirts. “A woman identified as Usha Devi, 36, wife of Ashok Kumar, resident of Chak, Udhampur this afternoon was hit by a train near Channi railway track,” police here said. The lady died on the spot and the […]
New Delhi: Blaming the ‘Nehruvian blunder’ for the present impasse in the militancy-hit state, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday said ,’ Kashmir today, is a result of successive Congress governments’ mistakes in the state.’ The Minister said if then Prime Minister (Jawaharlal Nehru) has had not intruded into then Home Minister’s domain, situation would […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday criticised the authorities for what he said depriving people of the basic amenities in biting cold. He said that frequent cordon-and-search-operations (CASOs) were a collective punishment. Addressing a Friday gathering at the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, Mirwaiz said: “It is painful to see people of […]
Srinagar: The directorate of health services, Kashmir (DSEK) on Friday issued a health advisory as the cold wave intensified across the region with summer capital Srinagar recording minus 7.7 degrees Celsius – coldest in nearly three decades. The health department has issued the following dos and don’ts for the people: Wear warm clothes in layers. […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir police is set to get non-lethal pepper-ball launching systems and anti-riot gas masks to deal with law and order situations in the state, officials said Friday. The department has floated tenders for seeking technical bid from manufacturers and dealers of these two products, they said. A pepper-ball launching system, also […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Friday questioned the timing of the NIA arrests before the next year’s Parliamentary elections, saying “national security is best served by being just and inclusive, not suspicious of an entire community”. Mehbooba said though national security is supreme but declaring suspects […]
Srinagar: Government Friday ordered cancellation of Jammu and Kashmir Group Mediclam Insurance Policy for all state government employees including employees of PSUs, autonomous bodies, universities, pensioners and IAS officers. The cancellation will come into effect from midnight of December 31, 2018. A communique informed: “Sanction is accorded to the revocation, withdrawal of Govt order regarding […]
Srinagar: Hiba Nisar who became the youngest victim of pellets in Kashmir and probably in the world has featured among the ten ordinary people who faced extraordinary circumstances and made an impact in 2018 on Turkey’s TRT World. Besides Hiba others who are in the list include Amal Hussain, a 7 year old Yemeni girl who […]
New Delhi: All foreigners have to respect Indian law and those found in violation are liable to be punished but that does not mean they are blacklisted forever, a Home Ministry official said on Friday after a Reuters journalist was denied entry into India for allegedly violating visa rules. The action against Cathal McNaughton, chief […]
Srinagar: A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, working as Chief Photographer with global news agency Reuters at its Delhi office, has been denied entry back into India for alleged violation of visa conditions. Cathal McNaughton and his colleagues were awarded the Pulitzer Prize in May 2018 for their photographs that “exposed the world to the violence Rohingya […]
