Kabul: The United States and Taliban negotiators are making headway on a deal in which the US would withdraw troops from Afghanistan in return for a pledge by the Taliban not to allow the country to host terrorist groups like Al Qaeda, senior Taliban officials and Western diplomats said on Thursday. The new round of […]
Jammu, Jan 25 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik headed State Administrative Council on Friday accorded sanction to the promotion of IPS officers Shri Sudhanshu Verma and Sandeep Gupta of 2015 batch to the Senior Time Scale of IPS (Level 11 in the Pay Matrix) w.e.f 01.01.2019. The State Administrative Council also accorded […]
Srinagar: The authorities have placed under suspension two officials pending regular enquiry against them into the case relating to unauthorized centre changes and illegal appearance of four candidates in bi-annual 2018 examination in summer zone Jammu division’s Poonch and Mendhar The candidates bear roll numbers 4502232 and 4504162 in secondary school Examination class 10th and 4105960 […]
Srinagar: Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has claimed eight grenade attacks across Kashmir on Friday. A spokesperson of JeM in a statement issued to GNS said its men carried out grenade attack at police station Srigurwara area of Anantnag in which “one personnel was killed and several others injured”. He said JeM carried out grenade attack on security forces’ […]
Srinagar: A day ahead of the R-Day function in Kashmir, militants on Friday carried several attacks on government forces in various places in Kashmir Valley including in this summer capital of the state. A policeman and a civilian were injured after militants lobbed a grenade in police post near bus stand in Anantnag town of south […]
Srinagar: A police constable was wounded as two grenade blasts rattled soth Kashmir’s Islamabad town Friday afternoon. A grenade attack took place at a police post at Bus stand Islamabad in which a police constable Sajad Ahmad was wounded. The injured policeman was shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment. Minutes before, the militants hurled […]
Srinagar: Around 2 lakh leprosy cases continue to be reported every year in the world with India accounting for more than half of them, the WHO said Friday, adding leprosy-related “discrimination, stigma and prejudice” were the most powerful barriers in ending the disease. WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia Poonam Khetrapal Singh also lauded India […]
New Delhi: The CBI and Enforcement Directorate Friday asserted before the Delhi High Court that custodial interrogation of Congress leader and former Union minister P Chidambaram was required in the INX Media cases. The submission was made before Justice Sunil Gaur who was hearing the plea of Chidambaram seeking anticipatory bail in the corruption and […]
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday questioned the silence of rights organisations across the globe and in India that stand for upholding the rights of prisoners especially those that are in prisons for their political beliefs as the political prisoners from J&K. Addressing Friday congregation at historic Jama Masjid Mirwaiz said it is […]
Srinagar: A man died and seven others including a policeman were injured in two separate accidents in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, police said Friday. A person died and four others were injured when their car skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge on Ramban-Gool road near Dharamkund, they said. In a separate […]
