JK gram panchayats to get high-speed optical fibre connectivity: Chief Secy
Jammu: All 4,468 Gram Panchayats (GPs) in Jammu and Kashmir would get high-speed optical fibre connectivity, state Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam said here Thursday, though he did not give a deadline for completing the project. “There are 4,468 GPs in 6,553 villages across the state. The number of GPs to be covered in Phase-I through […]
2 boys booked in for ‘sensitive’ social media posts
Jammu: Two boys were booked in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district Thursday for allegedly uploading “highly sensitive posts” on the social media, a senior police officer said. “The boys shared two separate posts on their Facebook timeline and used highly sensitive remarks in their appeal to voters of a particular community in view of the ongoing […]
Snowfall, thundershower predicted in Himachal
Shimla, Mar 28 (PTI) The Meteorological Department has forecast snowfall and rain in the higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh on Friday and Saturday. Thundershowers have been predicted for the lower hill and plain areas, said the Meteorological Centre in Shimla. The maximum temperature in the state increased by 1 to 2 degrees Celsius in the last […]
83 pc Lok Sabha MPs are ‘crorepatis’, 33 pc have criminal cases: ADR report
New Delhi, Mar 28 (PTI) At least 83 per cent of 521 sitting MPs are ‘crorepatis’ and 33 per cent of them have criminal cases against them, according to a report by election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The ADR, an NGO working in electoral reforms, has compiled the report after analysing self-sworn affidavits of […]
75-year-old woman raped, beaten up in UP’s Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar (UP), Mar 28 (PTI) An elderly woman was allegedly raped by a 30-year-old man who also thrashed her when she opposed him in Kamruddin Nagar village here Thursday, police said. The 75-year-old woman had left home to relieve herself in the nearby fields when the accused, Rajiv, allegedly raped her and also beat her up […]
Syria calls Trump recognising Israel’s claim over Golan Heights a ‘dirty deal’
New Delhi (PTI) Syria on Thursday described US President Donald Trump’s proclamation recognising Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights as a “dirty deal” between him and Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu which will “not change anything on the ground”. Syria’s Ambassador to India Riad Kamel Abbas also said his country would welcome if India wants to play […]
‘Al Badr militant arrested along with arms and ammunition in South Kashmir’
Srinagar, March 28: Police on Thursday said that it has arrested a militant of Al Badr outfit from Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.Reports said that a joint team of police and SOG arrested the militant namely Rameez Ahmad Dar from Bijbehara area.Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir range S. P Pani confirmed the […]
HC stays criminal proceedings against Amit Shah
Kolkata, Mar 28 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court Thursday stayed criminal proceedings against BJP president Amit Shah in connection with an FIR that accused him of provoking violence in his speech in January. Questioning how Shah’s claim that the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal would fall on the day of counting of votes of the […]
1 arrested with charas in Bandipora
Srinagar, Mar 28 (PTI) Police Thursday arrested a man following recovery of 300 grams of charas from him in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir. “One person was arrested at a checkpoint at Papchan following an action targeting those involved in drug peddling in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district,” a police spokesman said. He said 300 […]
Article 35A constitutionally vulnerable, hampering development in J&K: Jaitley
New Delhi, (PTI) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday said Article 35A, which restricts non-permanent residents to buy property in Jammu and Kashmir, is “constitutionally vulnerable” and also hampering economic development of the state. The statement comes amidst the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pressing for early elections to the state assembly in the state. The state is […]
