40 polling booths with zero votes
Srinagar: Home turf of former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, the Bijbehara assembly segment under the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat, reported highest concentration of polling stations where zero votes were cast. Among the 65 booths in Anantnag where zero votes were cast, 40 were located in Bijbehara, one of the six assembly constituencies where voting took […]
Highway blockade: Fruit traders announce indefinite strike from April 29
Mutton dealers also stage protest, say trucks carrying livestock stopped by police
Srinagar: Fruits and vegetables are likely to get dearer in Kashmir valley as dealers at the Fruit Mandi Parimpora are planning to go for an indefinite strike from Monday April 29 to protest against the routine stopping of fruit and vegetables-laden vehicles on the Jammu Srinagar Highway near Udhampur. Meanwhile, mutton dealers have also alleged […]
JRL sponsored strike calls disrupts normal life in Kashmir
Srinagar: Normal life in Kashmir was affected Tuesday due to a strike called by separatists against the alleged ill-treatment meted out to jailed JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik. Shops, business establishments, schools, colleges and other educational institutions remained closed due to the strike while public transport remained off the roads in most parts of the […]
Excelling in academics, school in Sopore village fails in facilities
Srinagar: Contradicting the tall claims of the successive regimes to fill in the infrastructural gaps in the educational institutions across the state, hundreds of schools across Jammu and Kashmir are functioning without permanent buildings. Not only SSA schools, scores of state-run schools are yet to get their permanent campus since their establishment in the state. […]
Paramilitary troopers to get more mine-protected vehicles in JK
New Delhi: The government will soon procure mine-protected vehicles for the movement of paramilitary troops in the Naxalism-hit areas and Jammu and Kashmir and remotely operated vehicles to help anti-terror commando force NSG in encounter sites, officials said Tuesday. Expenditure sanction for Rs 613.96 crore has been issued to paramilitary forces such as CRPF and […]
Former ISI chief Durrani approaches court
Appeals against Pak Army's decision forfeiting his pension, other benefits
Islamabad: Pakistani spy agency ISI’s ex-chief Lt Gen (retd.) Asad Durrani has appealed to the high court here against Pakistan Army’s decision of forfeiting his pension and other benefits after he was found guilty of violating the military code of conduct for co-authoring a controversial book with India’s former intelligence head. Durrani, who headed the […]
Pak gives a miss to Indo-Chinese fleet review
Beijing: Two Indian battle ships, including the biggest indigenously built stealth destroyer INS Kolkata, on Tuesday took part in the Chinese navy’s fleet review as the world’s fastest growing navy celebrated its 70th anniversary. A total of 32 vessels of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) sailed in six groups, and 39 warplanes of the […]
Green flags spread hate, create a perception of being used in Pakistan: BJP leader
Begusarai: Union minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh on Tuesday said the Election Commission should ban the use of green flags, often associated with political and religious bodies associated with Muslims, alleging that they spread hate and create a perception of being used in Pakistan. Known for his hardline Hindutva views that have often triggered […]
J&K Bank inks MoU with NIT Srinagar
Director NIT hails socially empowering collaborative vision of JK Bank
Srinagar: Strengthening further its long-standing association with National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, J&K Bank under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program today commissioned a water treatment plant at NIT Hazratbal. The bank also donated 60 Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) units for computers donated by NIT to five government schools, thus contributing to computer literacy […]
