Pakistan likely to exit FATF’s grey list during global money laundering watchdog’s October 20-21 plenary: report

Islamabad, Oct 17 (PTI) Pakistan is likely to exit the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) this week after it was placed in the infamous category since 2018 for failing to check money laundering and terrorist financing, a media report said on Monday. Pakistan was included in the increased monitoring list in […]
Protest outside Hurriyat office in Srinagar against killing of Kashmiri Pandit

Srinagar, Oct 17 (PTI) A group of people, including social activists, staged a protest outside the Hurriyat Conference office here on Monday against the killing of Kashmiri Pandit farmer Puran Krishan Bhat by terrorists last week, officials said. The protesters assembled outside the office of the Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat at Rajbagh here and held […]
MeT forecasts dry weather in JK today

Srinagar, Oct 17: The weatherman here on Monday forecast mainly dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir for the next 24 hours. A meteorological department official here said that light to moderate rain and snowfall over high reaches at isolated places was expected on October 18th and at scattered places of Jammu and Kashmir on October […]
BJP’s Javid Quershi, 10 others disqualified by ECI from contesting election

Srinagar, Oct 17: BJP leader Javid Quershi and ten others from Jammu & Kashmir figure in the list of candidates who have been disqualified by the Election Commission of India (ECI) from contesting any election till July 2023. In an official communication to chief electoral officers of States and Union Territories on October 13, 2022 […]
Man held after setting two vehicles ablaze at Poonch

Poonch, Oct 17: Police have arrested a person after he allegedly set ablaze two vehicles, damaging them substantially while some others parked nearby were damaged due to heat in Surankote area of Poonch district, officials said on Monday. They said that the person whose name has not been official revealed also tried to set ablaze […]
Azad calls for restoration of statehood to J-K ahead of assembly polls

Kathua/Jammu, Oct 17 (PTI) Stressing the need for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir before the holding of assembly elections, Democratic Azad Party (DAP) chairperson Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday urged his party activists to launch a mass contact programme to mobilise public support for the party. The former chief minister said his party […]
India reports 2,060 new coronavirus cases, 10 more fatalities

New Delhi, Oct 17: India reports 2,060 new coronavirus cases, tally rises to 4,46,30,888; 10 more fatalities push death toll to 5,28,905: Official data
All liquor licences issued to domiciles of J&K; beer at departmental stores part of initiative to discourage high content alcohol: Excise Commissioner

Jammu: Dismissing accusations about the liquor mafia having taken control of the trade in Jammu and Kashmir after the introduction of e-auction, a top excise official said 100 per cent of the liquor licences for wine shops have been issued to domiciles of the Union Territory with revenue realisation touching an all-time high of 217 […]
PM Modi dedicates 75 Digital Banking Units to nation

Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday dedicated to the nation 75 Digital Banking Units, including two of Jammu and Kashmir Bank, via video-conferencing. Of the two Digital Banking Units (DBUs) of Jammu and Kashmir Bank, one is the SSI branch at Lal Chowk in Srinagar and the other is the Channi Rama branch in […]
Movement focussing on all-round development of students on in JK: Union Min Sarkar
Srinagar: There is a movement going on in Jammu and Kashmir focussing not only on education but all-round development of the students, which has resulted in the Union Territory improving its rank from 17 to 8 in school education in the last five years, Union Minister Subhas Sarkar said on Sunday. Sarkar was talking to […]