Advisor Sharma for early settlement of employees’ HR issues

JAMMU: Advisor to Governor, Kewal Kumar Sharma, today directed formulating a comprehensive road map for solving all the Human Resource issues of the employees so that their promotions and other related issues are settled accordingly. The Advisor was speaking at a meeting convened to discuss the issues related to degree and diploma holding Engineers. The […]
One dead, seven injured in mishaps in Ramban

Ramban: One man died and seven others including a policeman were injured in two separate accidents in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, the police said Friday. A person died and four others were injured when their car skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge on Ramban-Gool road near Dharamkund, they said. In […]
Save the cheap shots: Omar to Sumitra Mahajan on remarks against Priyanka

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Friday criticised Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan for her remarks that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took the political plunge as Congress chief Rahul Gandhi could not handle his responsibilities. Reminding Mahajan that she was the Speaker of the lower house of Parliament, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir […]
CISF personnel learning to use ‘gulels’ to tackle monkey menace at Taj Mahal

The CISF personnel manning the Taj Mahal here are having to undergo training to use a novel weapon – ‘gulels’ (catapults), to tackle menace of a different type – that of monkeys. Central Industrial Security Force Commandant Braj Bhushan Singh told PTI that constables are being trained to use catapults to ward off monkeys from […]
R-day: 25 JK cops to be conferred Medals of Gallantary

New Delhi: Twenty five policemen will be conferred Medals of Gallentary on the occasion of the Republic Day this year. A total of 855 Police personnel have been awarded Medals on the occasion of the Republic Day this year. President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) have been awarded to three personnel, Police Medals […]
Anantnag: Cop injured in suspected militant attack, two blasts in ten minutes ahead of R-Day

Srinagar, Jan 25 (GNS): A day before January 26, a policeman was injured after militants lobbed a grenade in police post near bus stand in Anantnag town of south Kashmir. Reports reaching GNS said that the militants lobbed a grenade towards police post. In the blast, a policeman sustained splinter injuries and has […]
Over 1000 Kashmir-bound passengers stranded in Jammu, highway remains closed for 5th straight day

Jammu: More than 1,000 Kashmir-bound passengers are stranded here at General Bus Stand and other parts of the city as Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed for the fifth consecutive day due to snowfall on Friday. “Over 1000 passengers from Kashmir, including the labourers going to the valley, are stuck up at the bus stand […]
BJP minister in Bihar stokes controversy with remarks about Priyanka

Patna, (PTI): Stoking a controversy, senior BJP leader and Bihar Minister Vinod Narain Jha said Friday that newly appointed Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has no other quality except being “very beautiful” and the party should remember that beauty does not garner votes. The remark by Jha, who holds the Public Health and Engineering […]
RSS mother of BJP, wants to control all institutions in country: Rahul

Bhubhneshwar (PTI) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday charged that the RSS imprint was evident everywhere in the BJP-led NDA government and that the outfit wants to penetrate and control all institutions in the country. “You currently have one institution called the RSS, mother of the BJP, which believes it is the only institution in the country. […]
Over 25k security personnel deployed across Delhi for R-Day celebrations

New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI) Around 25,000 security personnel were deployed across the city and security beefed up at strategic locations in central Delhi, which were on the target of two arrested terrorists planning strikes during the Republic Day, police said Friday. Following the arrest of two suspected Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) members Abdul Latif Ganaie (29) […]