Srinagar, Jan 27: Observing pension is not an ex-gratia but a payment for the past service rendered by an employee, Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday held entitled to retiral benefits 389 members of Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation Association. The petition was filed by the members comprising Sweepers, Helpers, Cleaners, Bus Washers, […]
Srinagar, Jan 27: Sleuths of Crime Branch Kashmir arrested an accused from West Bengal in connection with a case regarding fake application forms on National Scholarship Portal for Merit Cum Means Scholarship under Minority Quota for J&K students in 2018-19, officials said on Wednesday. “A team of Crime Branch Kashmir headed by Deputy Superintendent of […]
Srinagar, Jan 27: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday said the arrest of her party”s youth wing president Waheed ur Rehman Para was emblematic of the situation of Kashmiri politicians who are being “persecuted” by New Delhi for not toeing its line. Para was arrested on November 25, 2020 in connection with the […]
Srinagar, Jan 27: In a first militant attack this year, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast left a soldier dead while three other sustained grievous injuries in Shamsipora area along the Srinagar-Jammu highway in the Kulgam district. A soldier was killed three others sustained injuries in an IED explosion at Subhanpora, Shamsipora in South Kashmir’s […]
New Delhi, Jan 27: In United Kingdom, more than one lakh people have died with COVID-19. The toll has risen by an average of over 1,000 per day for the past seven days, the All India Radio (AIR) reported. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he took “full responsibility” for the government’s actions, saying they […]
Srinagar, Jan 27 : A man who was injured in a militant attack in Soura area of Srinagar succumbed to his injuries at a hospital on Wednesday. Official sources told that Nadif Hanief Khan, a resident of Soura was shot and injured by militants at his residence on 01 December last year. They said that […]
Anantnag, Jan 27 : Three soldiers were injured in “what appears to be an improvised explosive device” blast triggered by militants in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. In a first militant attack this year, three soldiers were injured, one of them seriously, in Shamsipora area along the Srinagar-Jammu highway […]
Srinagar, Jan 26: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said that the Statehood will be given back to Jammu and Kashmir soon, adding that the report about the delimitation process should be submitted at earliest. Pertinently, BJP observed 72nd Republic Day in Srinagar today where party’s General Secretary (Organization), Ashok Koul hoisted the tri-color. […]
Srinagar, Jan 26: The election for the offices of chairpersons of district development councils (DDCs) in Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory is likely to take place next month, sources disclosed. Highly placed sources revealed that proposal for the reservation of offices of DDC chairpersons is expected to be finalized in the first week of February. “The […]
Srinagar, January 26: J&K LG Manoj Sinha has said that the new land laws have been introduced for agricultural and industrial development in Jammu and Kashmir since the old laws were a hindrance to the development and hence, have been abolished. “In order to promote industries, a land bank is being created at a massive […]
