Power transmission capacity for Kashmir increased by 70 pc: Sterlite
Srinagar, Oct 18 (PTI) Power transmission capacity for the Kashmir valley has increased by 70 per cent with the commissioning of the 414-km-long Northern Region Strengthening Scheme (NRSS) by Sterlite Power, a company official said. The NRSS-29, with a project cost of Rs 3,000 crore, connects the northern grid to Jammu and Kashmir and would […]
Onus on Pakistan to create conducive conditions for talks: India
New Delhi, Oct 18 (PTI) India Thursday said the onus was on Pakistan to create conducive conditions for talks by taking steps such as action against terrorists and terror infrastructure operating from its soil. During a media briefing, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar reiterated India’s stand that talks and terror cannot go together and […]
Transfers, Postings in Health Department
SRINAGAR: The Government today ordered transfers and postings in Health department. According to the order issued by the Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education Department, Dr Sameer Mattoo, Director Family Welfare, MCH and Immunization J&K has been transferred and posted as Director Health Services Jammu relieving Bhupinder Singh, Mission Director NHM of the Additional Charge. […]
District Administration Shopian acts tough on illegal mining, 20 vehicles seized
SHOPIAN: Acting tough on the illegal mining at Rambiara Nallah of district Shopian, District Development Commissioner Dr Owais Ahmed directed for seizure of vehicles and detention of the people involved. During the action against violators a total of twenty vehicles including tippers, tractors, JCB and excavators were seized in a single day. DDC Shopian Dr […]
Tackling crime: 8 states including JK join hands to cut crime rate
Chandigarh: Top police brass of eight northern states and some paramilitary forces proposed a slew of measures to enhance coordination among them to tackle crime in the region. The proposed measures included shifting of hardcore criminals to jails of other states and deploying paramilitary forces for prison security besides sharing real time inputs about criminals […]
Pak’s SC dismisses PML-N leader’s petition seeking Imran Khan’s disqualification
Islamabad, Oct 18 (PTI) Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a review petition filed by a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Imran Khan over non-disclosure of his assets and ownership of offshore companies. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar dismissed the review petition filed by PML-N […]
Pakistan’s revolutionary poet Habib Jalib’s daughter runs taxi to earn livelihood
Lahore, Oct 18 (PTI) Pakistan’s revolutionary poet Habib Jalib’s daughter runs private taxi in Lahore for the livelihood of the family after her mother’s stipend was stopped in 2014 by the Punjab government. Tahira Habib Jalib, a resident of Mustafa Town in Lahore, is serving as a captain of private taxi service in the city […]
116 Pakistan policemen suspended over 2014 firing incident
Lahore, Oct 18 (PTI) Authorities in Pakistan’s Punjab province have suspended at least 116 police officials, including top officers, in connection with the killing of demonstrators during a public protest here in 2014, according to a media report. The incident occurred in 2014 at Model Town area of Lahore where at least 14 people were […]
Oil companies cut petrol, diesel prices
New Delhi, Oct 18 (PTI) Petrol and diesel prices Thursday were reduced for the first time in over two months because of a drop in the cost of production, according to state-owned oil firms. Petrol price was cut by 21 paise per litre and diesel by 11 paise, a price notification issued by state retailers […]
J-K: Two bovine smuggling bids foiled, three held
Jammu, Oct 17 (PTI) Three persons were arrested and two separate attempts of bovine smuggling were foiled in Rajouri and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Wednesday. Three persons, travelling in a mini truck, were arrested after they broke a police checkpoint during a bovine smuggling bid in Rajouri district, a police official […]
