Arrears and time barred claim
Mohammad Hussain Khan To understand the referred rules in the contents of the circular issued by Finance Department under circular No. A/23 (08)-I-B-184, dated. 18-02-2021. I felt it necessary to define a claim, becoming of due claim, Arrears and time barred claim. First of all let us define a claim. A claim is a demand […]
Sri Lanka to ban burqas, close over 1,000 Islamic schools
Colombo (Sri Lanka): Sri Lanka on Saturday announced plans to ban the wearing of burqas and said it would close more than 1,000 Islamic schools known as madrassas, citing national security. Minister of Public Security Sarath Weerasekara said he signed a paper on Friday seeking the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers to ban burqas […]
Encounter breaks out in Shopian village
Srinagar, Mar 13: An encounter broke out between militants and government forces in Rawalpora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday. Reports said that a joint team of Police and Army launched a cordon and search operation in Rawalpora. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired […]
Three covid-19 deaths, 99 fresh cases reported in JK
Srinagar, Mar 13: Thirty travellers were among 99 fresh covid-19 cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir even as three persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. Among the fresh cases, 24 were from Jammu Division and 75 from Kashmir Valley, taking the total tally to 127535. Among the […]
Police releases list of 8 wanted militants operating in Sgr, city outskirts
Srinagar, Mar 13: Jammu and Kashmir Police Saturday released the list of eight wanted militants operating in Srinagar and city outskirts stating that the anyone who provides information about these militants will be “suitably rewarded.” A lookout notice framed by the J&K Police reads that Wasseem Qadir Mir of Shahzadpora, Nowgam Srinagar, who joined militancy […]
Amarnath Yatra 2021 to begin from June 28
Anantnag, Mar 13: The 56-day-long annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in South Kashmir Himalayas will commence on June 28 and will conclude on August 22. Officials said that the decision over the commencement of Amarnath pilgrimage from June 28 this year was taken in a meeting of the board of Shri […]
Four killed as Myanmar forces continue crackdown on protesters
Mandalay (Myanmar), Mar 13 (AP) Security forces in Myanmar on Saturday again met protests against last month’s military takeover with lethal force, killing at least four people by shooting live ammunition at demonstrators. Three deaths were reported in Mandalay, the country’s second-biggest city, and one in Pyay, a town in south-central Myanmar. There were multiple […]
20 lakh jabs on Friday, highest so far: Govt
New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI) The Health Ministry said on Saturday that more than 20 lakh vaccine doses against the coronavirus were administered across the country the previous day, the highest single-day count so far. As many as 16,39,663 beneficiaries — healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) — were vaccinated for the first dose […]
Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha joins TMC
Kolkata, Mar 13 (PTI) Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, a bitter critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi regime, on Saturday joined Trinamool Congress days ahead of the high- octane West Bengal assembly polls. Sinha, who served in the cabinet of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had quit the saffron party in 2018 after having […]
Grenade blast in Sopore, no injuries reported
Bilal Ahmad Sopore, Mar 13: Suspected militants Saturday afternoon lobbed a grenade at police post Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. However, no damage was reported. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Sopore, Javaid Iqbal said that a grenade was lobbed at Police Chowki sopore. “Grenade was lobbed and there are no reports of injury from […]