New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a two day state visit to Republic of Rwanda from Monday, July 23 and among other agenda will participate in a local event on “Girinka -one cow per family” and gift 200 cows as a contribution from India. “An important element of the Prime Minister’s program would […]
SRINAGAR: Governor N N Vohra’s on Sunday has said that the focus of the government during the period of governor rule, has been on reinforcing administrative discipline to ensure punctuality, accountability, transparency, probity and responsiveness in administration. Within a month of the proclamation of Governor’s rule, J&K has started witnessing a discernible turnaround in governance through […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said the three militants killed in a gunfight with the forces in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district were involved in the abduction and killing of police constable Mohd Saleem yesterday. “In a significant breakthrough, concerted efforts of the security forces resulted in the elimination of the prime accused involved […]
Srinagar: Three militants were killed in a gunfight at Wani Mohalla in Khudwani area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district early Sunday, police said. Director General of Police (DGP) S P Vaid said that three bodies of the militants were recovered from the gunfight site. The identity of the slain militants was not immediately known. An […]
Srinagar: Director Rural development Kashmir has ordered officials to submit a detailed report over an alleged multi-crore scam regarding drawl of arrears by Multi Purpose Workers (MPW’s). The Director Rural development Kashmir issued an order on Saturday to the project officer wage employment, the district panchayat officer, the executive Engineer REW, the block development offices […]
Srinagar: There has been a 6 percent increase in the militancy related incidents in the Jammu and Kashmir,” the Government of India (GOI) revealed. In a written reply to a question, Minister for State in the ministry of home affairs, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, told the Rajya Sabha; “The increase in terrorism-related incidents from 322 in […]
Srinagar: The government has made it clear that the issue of permitting or not permitting telecast of any TV channel is not within the purview of the State Government “The powers to permit or not permit telecast of any TV channel are vested with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India and […]
Srinagar: Demanding investigation into awarding dredging of Wular Lake contract to Indo-Sino company, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that this is a fit case for Governor N N Vohra to send it to Accountability Commission (AC) and State Vigilance Commission (SVC). Taking to micro-blogging site twitter, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said, […]
Srinagar: In what’s termed as the ‘great salary scam in the history of Jammu and Kashmir’ Rural Development Department is investigating allegations of a multi-crore scam of almost 70 crore rupees by fake drawal of time bound promotion arrears in favor of Multipurpose workers. In its order joint director Rural Development, Jammu, Champa Devi Thakur, […]
Kupwara: A police constable of District Special Branch wing was hospitalised after he was severely thrashed during overnight protesters at batergam in district kupwara. “District Special Branch official who was discharging his duties during recovering the body of missing boy from gushi was thrashed by some youth present there,” Officials in police department said. He […]
