Lt Guv chairs high-level meeting of Public Sector Banks, financial institutions
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level meeting of Public Sector Banks, Administrative Departments and other Financial Institutions, Thursday at Civil Secretariat. The Lt Governor reviewed the action taken on the directions passed in the previous meeting on seamless credit to potential entrepreneurs and saturation of other government schemes aimed to facilitate the dreams […]
Fresh snowfall in Gulmarg, light rains lash plains in JK
Srinagar: The upper reaches including Gulmarg received light snowfall while rains lashed plains in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Thursday. The weather department has forecast intermittent snowfall on higher reaches and light rain in plains during the next 24 hours in J&K. A meteorological department official here said that in last 24 hours till […]
Always prepared to meet any challenge on borders: Army Commander
Jammu: Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Thursday said the Army was always prepared to meet any challenge and will spare no effort in ensuring the integrity of national borders. He was speaking at the northern command investiture ceremony organised at the Mathura military station with military precision and detail, the Army said […]
Hi-tech gadgets help CRPF in precision-based operations: IG-CRPF
Srinagar: Bullet-proof vehicles, wall-through radars and drones are some of the new gadgets inducted by CRPF into its counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir, leading to precision-based actions against terrorists. Several of these high-tech equipment were used in Tuesday’s operation in Pulwama against two ultras of the TRF allegedly involved in killing of Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Sharma, […]
NIA attaches property of Al-Umar Mujahideen chief Mushtaq Zargar
Zargar was released in Kandahar plane hijacking
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday attached property of terrorist Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar, who along with two other ultras was released in exchange of passengers of the hijacked Indian Airlines plane in 1999, officials said here. An NIA spokesperson said that Zargar alias ‘Latram’ was wanted in several terror related cases, including kidnapping […]
Adani-Hindenburg row: SC asks SEBI to probe allegations of manipulations of stock prices
Sets up panel to look into investor protection
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the SEBI to probe within two months allegations of stock price manipulation by the Adani group and any lapses in regulatory disclosures, and also set up a panel to look into protection of Indian investors after a damning report by a US short seller wiped out more […]
Srinagar man sets up forest area for birds in mother’s memory
Srinagar: Mohammad Yasin was living a cozy life in Switzerland before an urge to realise his late mother’s dream brought him back to Srinagar, where he set up a forest area for birds in the middle of the famous Dal Lake. A traveller, Yasin’s passion took him to several places before he ended up in […]
Amarnath Yatra: Lt Guv chairs meeting regarding widening of tracks
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday chaired a meeting of the officers from the UT administration and Border Roads Organization at Raj Bhavan here. K N Rai, Member of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board; Shailendra Kumar, Principal Secretary, Public Works (R&B) Department; Brig Saket Singh, Chief Engineer, BRO; Akshay Labroo, Additional Secretary to Lt Governor, Rahul […]
Ladakh LG says KVS recruitment exam scam worrying
Leh: Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Brig (retd) B D Mishra on Thursday reviewed the progress made in the investigation in the recently unearthed KVS recruitment online exam scam here, saying such incidents were worrying. Ladakh Police on Tuesday claimed to have uncovered Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) recruitment online scam with the arrest of one person. It […]
Misbehavior with doctors: FIR against Pulwama municipal council chairperson
Srinagar: Police have registered an FIR against the Pulwama Municipal Council’s chairperson for allegedly misbehaving with doctors at the Pulwama district hospital, officials said on Thursday. The incident took place on February 27 and videos of it went viral on social media. The FIR has been registered against Bilal Ahmad Rather based on a complaint […]
