By Press Desk on January 14, 2019
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JAMMU: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the grant of Rs 2 crore as financial assistance to the Real Kashmir Football Club annually for a period of three years, beginning 2018-19. Within two years of the formation of “Real Football Club […]
By Press Desk on January 14, 2019
JAMMU

JAMMU: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved locations for the establishments of 40 new Government Degree Colleges to be set up during 2019-20 and 2020-21. The government had constituted a High Level Committee to identify and examine the locations for these colleges approved […]
By Press Desk on January 14, 2019
KASHMIR

JAMMU: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the raising of two women battalions of Jammu and Kashmir Police along with creation of 2014 posts of various ranks for these battalions. The posts include 2 posts of Commandants, 6 posts of Deputy […]
By Press Desk on January 14, 2019
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Srinagar: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met here today under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik accorded sanction to the grant of Hardship Allowance @ 8% of basic pay in the revised pay levels in favour of Gazetted and Non Gazetted Police Personnel w.e.f 01.01.2019. The SAC also approved Hardship Allowance @ 10% […]
By Press Desk on January 14, 2019
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Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said that the party will register a remarkable victory during the forthcoming polls in the state and is this time confident of winning more seats than that of the previous elections. Addressing party functionaries, leaders and activists of Chadoora assembly segment, […]
By Press Desk on January 14, 2019
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SRINAGAR: Chief Engineer, EM&RE Wing, Kashmir today informed that 33 KV Rawalpora-Airforce and Rawalpora-Chapora lines would be shut down in order to carry out some emergency repair works. According to the official communiqué, Rawalpora-Chanpora Line will remain shut on 15th January 2019 from 2 pm to 4 pm, while as Rawalpora-Airforce line would be shut […]
By Press Desk on January 14, 2019
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Srinagar: Senior Congress leader and former union minister, Prof. Saifuddin Soz Monday said that the use of force in Kashmir will never produce positive results. “Immediately on his arrival on the scene, the Governor Satya Pal Malik had announced that he would open a dialogue with all manner of people of the Jammu & Kashmir […]
By Press Desk on January 14, 2019
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Srinagar: Militant outfit Hizb-ul-Mujahideen on Monday disowned the militant, Sarfaraz Ahmad Sheer who was arrested in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district today. Hizb Operational Spokesman, Burhan-u-Din in a tele-statement to KNS condemned the police claims, saying that Sarfaraz was not affiliated with Hizb. He said that “police claims about the arrest of Hizb militant came as […]
By Press Desk on January 14, 2019
WORLD

Washington, : US President Donald Trump threatened to impose economic measures against Turkey if Ankara decides to attack the Syrian Kurds. “Will devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds. Create 20 mile safe zone. Likewise, do not want the Kurds to provoke Turkey,” Trump wrote on Twitter on Sunday. He also listed Russia, Iran and […]
By Press Desk on January 14, 2019
INDIA & PAKISTAN

Srinagar: The Delhi Police filed a chargesheet on Monday against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a sedition case lodged in 2016. The police also charged former JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya for allegedly shouting anti-India slogans during an event on the university campus on February […]