Srinagar, Feb 13: Stating that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is quite different than portrayed, Member of Parliament Hasnain Masoodi Saturday maintained that the 2021 Reorganisation Act is “unconstitutional” while 80 per cent of the District Magistrates the erstwhile state are outsiders. Justice (Retd) Hasnain Masoodi, stood against the Jammu and Kashmir reorganization (Amendment) […]
Poonch, Feb 13: Two brothers allegedly stabbed a man, their maternal uncle, with knife over a land dispute in Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. They said that police received information that at around 1120 hours that one person namely Haji Mohammad Iqbal (60) son of Jaan Mohammad was stabbed with a knife by two […]
Poonch, Feb 13: Independent candidates won chairperson and vice-chairperson posts of the District Development Council (DDC) Poonch respectively on Saturday. Official sources said that Nazeem Akhter, an independent candidate, bagged the Chairperson post and got nine votes against his rival candidate from Congress— Nazia Ghani who got 5 votes. Mohammad Ashfaq, also an independent candidate, […]
Baramulla, Feb 13: Independent candidate Safeena Baigh wife of former Deputy Chief Minister of PDP Muzaffar Hussain Baigh was elected chairperson for the post of District Development Council (DDC) Baramulla. She won by the support of the People’s Conference led by Sajjad Gani Lone, the party which contested the elections as part of the People’s […]
Bandipora, Feb 13: People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Saturday bagged the chairperson and vice-chairperson posts of the District Development Council (DDC) Bandipora in north Kashmir. Official sources said that PAGD candidate Abdul Gani Bjhat was elected as chairperson while Kounser Shafeeq as Vice-Chairperson. They said that Bhat from National Conference got seven votes […]
Srinagar, Feb 12: The School Education Department Friday said some Chief Education Officer’s (CEO’s) and in-charge officers were sanctioning Government Provident Funds (GPF) advances in respect of Central Services Rules while they were supposed to sanction it only from ordinary GPF advances. The department ordered the officers not to sanction any GPF advance in contravention […]
Srinagar, Feb 12: A parliamentary panel has recommended to the Centre and administration of Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory to sort out the problems due to which the airlines are not interested in operating international flights from Srinagar. The department-related standing committee on Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has made the recommendation after Centre submitted […]
Anantnag, Feb 13: Two members of a family were found dead on Saturday morning purportedly due to ‘suffocation’ in Soaf Shali village of Kokarnag of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Official sources said that mother-son were found dead at their home early this morning. The deceased have been identified Ishrat Jan (23) wife of Shabir Ahmad […]
Srinagar, Feb 13: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a top TRF militant from Samba district of Jammu who was allegedly involved in the killing of three BJP workers and a policeman in Kulgam district of South Kashmir last year. Inspector-General of Police, Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar said that a team of Police from […]
Uri (Baramulla), Feb 13: At least three CISF personnel sustained injuries when a vehicle they were travelling in, skidded off the road in Uri in Baramulla district on Saturday. Reports said that a vehicle (JK-05 7458) on its way from NHPC-II Chandayan towards Uri when it met with the accident near Salamabad Uri, resulting in […]
