External pressures should not affect Judges: CJI
New Delhi: Judges are often caught in the dilemma of morality versus legality in quest to deliver justice and it needs moral courage to render an opinion which might displease many, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana said on Wednesday while stressing that it is imperative for judges not to be swayed by these […]
SC indicates physical hearing may resume soon
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that physical hearing in the apex court, which is conducting proceedings virtually amid the COVID-19 pandemic since March last year, may resume soon. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said that physical hearing in the apex court may start within 10 days. The bench, […]
PSC on Home Affairs begins four-day JK visit
SRINAGAR: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs Wednesday held several meetings with select stakeholders on the subject ‘administration, development and people’s welfare in the UT of J&K’ for an in-depth understanding of their issues and problems. The committee held detailed interaction with the representatives of the grassroot institutions, viz, Panchayati Raj Institutions and Urban […]
Beating of Journalists: SHO Shergari PS transferred, attached to DPL Srinagar
Eight other police officers also face action
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday transferred several police officers including the Station House Officer (SHO), who thrashed several scribes yesterday while they were covering a Muharram procession at Jahangir Chowk. According to an order issued by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Srinagar, nine police officers have been transferred. “In the interest of administration, […]
‘Selling’ Pakistani MBBS seats: Four separatist leaders held, says police
Srinagar: Cracking the whip on secessionist movement, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday announced the arrest of four separatist leaders, including some constituents of the Hurriyat Conference, for “selling” MBBS seats in Pakistan to Kashmiri students and using the money to support and fund militancy, an official spokesperson said here. The Counter Intelligence (Kashmir), […]
Four PaK residents apprehended along LoC
Jammu: Four residents of Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) were apprehended by Army personnel on Wednesday after they intruded into the Indian side in Poonch district, officials said. The PaK residents, aged between 9 and 24 years, were taken into custody soon after they crossed over the Line of Control (LoC) in Chaka Da Bagh area. They […]
Covid-19: JCC demands special relief package
Jammu: Asserting that COVID-19 has badly hit tourism, transport and trade sectors in Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) on Wednesday demanded a special relief package for these sectors. The Chamber also advocated continuation of the bi-annual ‘Darbar move’, an age-old practice under which the J&K government functions six months each […]
Old explosive shell recovered in Rajouri
Jammu: Security forces detected and defused a mortar shell in Rajouri district on Wednesday, officials said. The rusted explosive shell was recovered from a water channel near Agrati area, they said. Security forces defused the shell safely. (PTI)
Money laundering case: Mehbooba’s mother appears before ED in Srinagar
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s mother on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here in a case related to money laundering, officials said. Gulshan Nazir, who is in her late seventies, came to the ED office in the civil lines area of the city with her daughter, they said. Nazir, […]
HC bans plastic material inside all parks, green spaces
Srinagar: Observing that “much more is required to be done first for the maintenance and development of the parks in existence”, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court prohibited the use of plastic and plastic material in all the existing parks and green spaces. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation, a division bench of Chief Justice […]
