Bullet-ridden body of militant commander’s cousin found
Shopian: A bullet-ridden body of a young woman was recovered from SuganDragad area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday morning. Locals said that the bullet-riddled body of the woman was recovered from CherbaghDragad, the place where funerals of slain Zeenat-ul-Islam and Dr Shams-ul-Haq were held last month. “We heard around 10 to 15 gun […]
After brief opening, highway closed for vehicular traffic for 2nd day
No fresh traffic will be allowed today: Traffic authorities
Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only all weather surface link between Kashmir and rest of the country, was closed for vehicular traffic for the second consecutive day Friday due to fresh snowfall and landslides, officials said. Due to fresh snowfall and landslides in Jawahar tunnel-Banihal-Ramban section and a landslide in Ramban stretch, the highway […]
Ahead of PM’s JK visit, security put on maximum alert
Srinagar: Security has been beefed up across Kashmir ahead of Prime Minister NarendraModi’s visit on February 3, officials said here on Friday. Police and paramilitary personnel have been deployed in strength around the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre, the venue for Modi’s engagements in the valley, a senior police official said. He said the entire area […]
Trade Union leader Qayoom Wani to join PDP
Srinagar: Senior trade union leader and President Jammu and Kashmir Teachers Forum (JKTF) Abdul QayoomWani on Friday sought voluntary retirement from government services and resigned from the basic membership of all the forums he was heading or was a member. The move came amid rumors that Wani is all set to join the Peoples Democratic […]
Wani’s resignation leaves several forums ‘orphaned’
Srinagar: Following the decision of Abdul QayoomWani to join hands with a mainstream political party, several forums have been left orphaned in the state. He submitted his resignation on Friday to the department. A teacher turned top trade union leader, Wani was heading several employees unions in the state and was always seen at fore […]
Pak invites India to visit Indus basin on its side: Official
New Delhi: Pakistan has invited India to undertake a visit to the Indus basin on its side as mandated under the Indus Waters Treaty, a senior official of the Water Resources Ministry said Thursday. The invitation was extended after the Pakistani delegation led by its Indus commissioner concluded a four-day site visit to the Chenab […]
Eye on elections, Modi govt presents ‘populist’ Budget
Rs 5 L income exempt from tax, Rs 6,000 cash to small farmers
New Delhi: Making a big populist push in its final budget before elections, the NarendraModi-government Friday exempted people with an earning of up to Rs 5 lakh from payment of income tax, announced an annual cash dole-out of Rs 6,000 to small farmers and provided a monthly pension of Rs 3,000 to workers in the […]
Govt to invest hugely on improving border infrastructure, police modernization
MHA gets Rs 1.03 lakh crore for the project
New Delhi: For the first time, budgetary provisions for the Home Ministry has crossed the Rs 1-lakh crore mark and is pegged at over Rs 1,03,000 crore for the next fiscal, with special emphasis on improving border infrastructure of police forces. The ministry has got Rs 1,03,927crore for 2019-20 which is 4.9 per cent more […]
Why a phone call was taken so serious
We are witnessing yet another low in the India-Pakistan relationship especially after a phone call details between MirwaizUmerFarooq and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah MahmoodQureshi were made public. The phone call took place earlier this week. India reacted to the phone call quite aggressively and wasted no time to summon the Pakistan envoy SohailMahmood in New […]
