Srinagar: J&K ERA has imposed a further penalty of Rs 2.00 crore on the Contractor (M/S Simplex Infrastructure Limited) executing work on the Jehangir Chowk –Rambagh Flyover for its failure to complete the 2nd Phase of the flyover i.e (Rambagh – Alochibagh stretch). Chief Executive Officer, J&K ERA Dr. Raghav Langer said that as per […]
Srinagar: Pakistan summoned India’s high commissioner on Thursday, a day after New Delhi summoned Islamabad’s representative in India to lodge a protest over Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s telephone call to Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Dawn reported. Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal during a weekly briefing on Thursday said that India had […]
Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate first ever business process outsourcing (BPO) unit in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday. The prime minister will visit to all three regions of Jammu and Kashmir on February 3 to lay foundation stones for host of projects. “(The) Prime Minister will be inaugurating BPO in Bandipora on […]
Srinagar:A probe led by the UN has unearthed mass graves in the western part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), UN said on Wednesday. The UN team from the joint UN Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) and UN mission in DRC (MONUSCO) involved in the investigation said the bodies of at least 535 people, who […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference working president Omar Abdullah Thursday said that if his party is voted to power in the upcoming assembly elections it will scrap the Public Safety Act. “Mein Eska Naam-o-Nishaan Mitadoonga (I will not leave a trace of it,” he said addressing a daylong convention in Pulwama. […]
Srinagar: Pitching for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the Shiv Sena on Thursday said the issue should not become as complicated as the Kashmir matter, which is still awaiting resolution. It also wondered why Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders were not holding the prime minister and other BJP leaders accountable for the delay […]
Srinagar: A woman was crushed to death in Dalian village of Nowshera in Rojaouri district of Jammu after she slipped from a passenger bus she was travelling in. Reports said that a lady identified as Phulan Begum, wife of Fareed Ahmad and a resident of Dalian slipped from the bus and then was crushed under […]
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Thursday expressed disappointment over the “politicizing” of the telephonic conversation between Pakistan foreign minister and Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and termed it “the lowest unsuccessful point in foreign policy of India”. Mehbooba toook to twitter and said: “Terming a phone […]
Srinagar: President Ram Nath Kovind Thursday said the Modi government was committed to equitable development of the three regions of Jammu and Kashmir and has created a favourable environment for it. Addressing the joint sitting of Parliament at the beginning of the Budget Session, Kovind also highlighted the peaceful conclusion of Panchayat elections in the […]
Srinagar: Saudi Arabia has announced the end of a high-profile anti-corruption probe that boosted the state coffers by more than $100 billion and has left dozens detained. The crackdown on graft launched in 2017 saw hundreds of elite princes, ministers and businessmen held at the luxury Ritz-Carlton hotel in the Saudi capital Riyadh, a media report […]
