Number of SC judges needs to be increased, CJI writes to PM
Seeks increase in retirement age of HC Judges to 65
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to increase the strength of judges and raise the retirement age of high court judges to 65 years. Gogoi has also urged the prime minister to make tenure appointments of retired apex court judges and high court judges under […]
What an irony
Nothing can be more humiliating than to state that the state of Jammu and Kashmir has been run by mediocre political bosses who had no acumen of brining in reforms or betterment in the state’s administrative functioning. One such messy situation can be highlighted from the fact that the state’s bureaucracy manned by officers who […]
Where were these prominent Bengali Muslims earlier?
West Bengal has 27% Muslims and 71% Hindus. Mamata Banerji's strategy was to keep Muslims as ' milch cows ' for getting their votes
West Bengal has 27% Muslims and 71% Hindus. Mamata Banerji’s strategy was to keep Muslims as ‘ milch cows ‘ for getting their votes
Expedite providing hi-speed Internet facility to Gram Panchayats in JK, officials told
SRINAGAR: The Advisor to Governor, K Skandan Saturday asked the concerned departments to expedite the process to operationalize the Hi-Speed Internet facility to Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the State. He made these remarks while reviewing the status of Union Government’s National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) scheme in Jammu and Kashmir. The Advisor reviewed the strategy […]
Crackdown on illegal constructions, scores of tippers seized
SRINAGAR: The authorities in Srinagar late Friday night seized a large number of tipper trucks from various areas in a massive crackdown on land mafia involved in illegal constructions in the city. The seizure of over a hundred tipper trucks was made at different checkpoints set up across the Srinagar city in efforts to clampdown […]
DDC assesses hailstorm damage of orchards
PULWAMA: District Development Commissioner (DDC) Pulwama Syed Abid Rashid Shah Saturday visits various villages in the district to assess the damage of various fruit orchards in different areas of the district in south Kashmir. Orchardists in Gangoo, Tengpuna, Tanghar, Payer villages requested the DDC to order the Revenue and Horticulture Departments to assess losses suffered […]
In protest, locals plant paddy saplings on potholed Yaripora-Kulgam road
Kulgam: Residents of several villages of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday morning staged protested against the local administration for failing to repair the vital Yaripora-Kulgam road. Residents of Kanipora village chose a unique and creative way of exposing the failure of authorities to repair the road as they planted paddy saplings on the road […]
