Srinagar: Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, previously CAPD, is one of the historic departments of Jammu and Kashmir. Created in 1931 by Maharaja Hari Singh, the department was meant to ensure that the people of the state get ration and other amenities at the affordable price, and also to control food prices. This historical […]
Srinagar: Former chief minister and President PDP Mehbooba Mufti Friday said that the alliance between NC, PDP and Congress is the need of the hour, in order to keep the forces that are hell-bent to divide the state at bay. Mehbooba was speaking in a seminar titled ‘Kashmir – The Way Forward’ which was organized […]
Srinagar: Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders, Syed Basharat Bukhari and Fayaz Mir are likely to leave the party, sources told The Kashmir Press. It will be a setback for the PDP which is yet to recover from the jolt of senior party leaving the party in past one month. Senior PDP leaders including Imran […]
Srinagar: About 3,000 vehicles, including those carrying passengers, remained stranded for the second day on Thursday due to closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway following fresh snowfall during the past 24 hours. The Mughal road, connecting Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region, remained closed for the fourth day today due […]
Srinagar: Two militants were killed in an overnight gunfight with the government forces in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. A police officer said that two militants were killed in the gunfight that broke out last night in Gund Brath village of Sopore. The operation, he said, was halted due to darkness last night […]
Srinagar:: Criminal and department proceedings can be held simultaneously except in cases where the Court has specifically restrained the Government from undertaking departmental proceedings, governor administration said in a circular issued here regarding the departmental inquiry. The government said there was lack of clarity regarding initiation of departmental proceedings in cases where criminal proceedings have either […]
Geneva:The United Nations said that about one million Syrian children were born in the neighboring countries they had sought refuge in since the beginning of the humanitarian crisis in Syria, increasing the requirements of its various agencies to address the humanitarian plight of Syrian refugees and their children. United Nations agencies and partner Non-governmental organizations […]
Srinagar: Buoyed by the win of the party in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee on Wednesday said the party will emerge as the single largest party in the upcoming elections. Addressing reporters in Srinagar, JKPCC president G A Mir said the Congress hopes to emerge as the single […]
Srinagar: A present and a retired army general have proposed creating indigenous social media platforms and deploying 5000 information warriors to reclaim the narrative lost to the secessionists. In a recent interview, published in the Indian Express Newspaper, Army’s Valley chief, Lt Gen A K Bhatt admitted that the social media in the valley was […]
Srinagar: Four policemen were killed after militants attacked a police post, guarding the minority community at Zainapora area of Shopian district of south Kashmir on Tuesday.The militants decamped with the service rifles of the policemen. Official said that a group of militants opened fire upon the police post, resulting into the on spot death of three […]
