Sextortion case: 1 more person arrested from south Kashmir

Sextortion case: 1 more person arrested from south Kashmir

  Srinagar, Oct 03: Jammu & Kashmir Police has arrested one more person from south Kashmir in connection with a sextortion case. Police sources said  that Salman Shah, a friend of main accused Nadeem Nadu, was detained last night. “He was later sent to police remand,” they said. In her complaint to the police, the […]

SIU Kulgam conducts raids at two locations

SIU Kulgam conducts raids at two locations

Kulgam, Oct 03: Continuing its crackdown, the SIU Kulgam on Monday conducted raids at two locations related to a case against the killing of a teacher Rajni Bala at Gopalpora, Kulgam The raids were conducted at the residential houses of two accused persons at Village Bumrath who are involved in case FIR 49/2022,U/S 302 RPC,7/25 […]

Taj Mohi-ud-din, Chib appointed office bearers of DAP

Taj Mohi-ud-din, Chib appointed office bearers of DAP

Srinagar, Oct 03: Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday appointed two former ministers as office bearers of his newly launched party Democratic Azad Party in Jammu and Kashmir’s. According to a communique, former ministers Taj Mohi-ud-Din and R S Chib were appointed as Treasurer and General Secretary respectively of the DAP. Notably, former chief minister of […]

Chorus grows against pooling 50 percent PG seats: Doctors’ bodies, civil society oppose Govt move

Chorus grows against pooling 50 percent PG seats: Doctors’ bodies, civil society oppose Govt move

Srinagar, Oct 03: The government’s proposed move to pool 50% post-graduate (PG) seats from Government Medical College (GMC) and all seats of Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences besides 15 percent undergraduate seats for all-India quota this year is going to affect health care services in Jammu and Kashmir, doctors said on Monday. Resident Doctors Association […]

Govt to set up high-level panel for recommending premature release of convicts

Govt to set up high-level panel for recommending premature release of convicts

Srinagar, Oct 03: A high-level committee headed by the administrative secretary of J&K’s Home department would be constituted to consider the eligible life convict prisoners for their premature release. The new jail manual accessed lays bare that a committee shall be constituted by the Jammu & Kashmir Government for considering the eligible life convicts for […]

APHC expresses concern over critical health of Altaf Shah, demands release of Kashmiri political prisoners from Indian jails

APHC expresses concern over critical health of Altaf Shah, demands release of Kashmiri political prisoners from Indian jails

Srinagar, Oct 3: All Parties Hurriyat Conference expressed serious concern and worry about the critical health condition of Altaf Ahmed Shah lodged at Tihar jail since 2017. As per the tweets of his daughter  Ruwa Shah, her father has been diagnosed with renal cancer that had metastasized and spread to other parts of his body, […]

Anonymous complaints to be discouraged: Govt issue instructions for lodging complaints against public servants

Anonymous complaints to be discouraged: Govt issue instructions for lodging complaints against public servants

Srinagar, Oct 3: The government on Monday called for ‘discouraging’ the ‘culture of anonymous or pseudonymous’ complaints even as it issued a slew of instructions for lodging and disposal of the complaints against a public servant. “In order to eradicate corruption for providing robust service delivery mechanism and increase participation of citizens in governance at […]