Mehbooba concerned over damage to Hazrat Baba Fareed (RA) shrine at Uri
JAMMU: Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has expressed concern over the reports of damage caused to the Holy Shrine of Hazrat Baba Fareed (R.A.) at Garkote, Uri in Baramulla district today due to a lightning strike. The Chief Minister has directed the Baramulla Deputy Commissioner and other concerned officers to visit the shrine complex and take […]
On CM’s intervention, Railways open another halt station at Naina Batpora
JAMMU: The Ministry of Railways has accepted the recommendation of Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti to open up a halt station at Naina Batpora in Pulwama district on the Baramulla-Banihal rail line. With this all six halt points on the Baramulla-Banihal Rail line, as recommended by the Chief Minister for the convenience of general public of […]
SDMA issues Medium Danger SDMA issues Medium Danger Avalanche warning
JAMMU: On the basis of information received from SASE, Medium danger avalanche warning has been issued for Kupwara-Chowkibal-Tangdhar, Baramulla, Gulmarg, Furkian-Z Gali, Gurez, Bandipora. Low danger warning has been issued for Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi, Ramban,Doda, Kishtwar Udhampur, Anantnag, Kulgam, Badgam, Ganderbal, Kargil, Leh districts and Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. People living in these avalanche prone areas […]
Voters are angry with BJP: Rahul after by-election result
New Delhi: Congratulating the winners of the Lok Sabha by-elections, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said it was clear that people were angry with the BJP and would vote for any non-BJP candidate with the potential to win. He also said the Congress was keen to rebuild the party in Uttar Pradesh but that would […]
Altaf Bukhari chairs maiden review meeting of Finance Department
JAMMU: Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari chaired maiden review meeting of the Department after taking over the charge of Finance Ministry, here last evening. Speaking at the meeting, the Minister took detailed review of functioning of the department, including status of spending in core sectors, interventions introduced to bring in fiscal discipline besides matters concerning judicious use […]
Why was PAO good a month ago and bad today, says NC
Srinagar: National Conference on Wednesday said the sudden rollback of the Pay and Accounts Office (PAO) System by the Jammu and Kashmir Government had exposed PDP’s moral smokescreen over the sacking of Former Finance Minister Dr. Haseeb Drabu. In a statement issued from Party Headquarters, NC Provincial President Nasir Aslam Wani and State Spokesperson Junaid […]
Increase retirement age of SC, HC judges : Par panel
New Delhi: A parliamentary committee has urged the government to hike the retirement age of Supreme Court and high court judges to tide over their shortage in higher judiciary. The parliamentary standing committee on law and personnel said that to reduce the pendency of cases, the existing vacancies for judges need to be filled up […]
‘Only 8 per cent of children in 0-5 age group registered under Aadhaar in JK’
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Bihar bypolls: RJD retains Jehanabad, BJP holds on to Bhabhua
Patna: The RJD today retained the Jehanabad assembly seat and the BJP the Bhabhua constituency in bypolls in Bihar. In the Araria Lok Sabha segment bypoll, the RJD has established a lead of more than 18,000 votes after the 13th round of counting of votes, election office sources said here. In the Jehanabad assembly seat, […]
UP Bypolls: Will go back to drawing board, say BJP leaders
Lucknow: Stung by the unexpected reversals in two crucial Lok Sabha bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP said today it will go back to the drawing board and revisit its strategy ahead of the general elections next year especially with the SP and BSP drawing closer. “We had not seen the Samajwadi Party and BSP […]
