Pulwama attack case: Father, daughter duo arrested from Lethpora
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a father-daughter duo from south Kashmir’s Lethpora. The development comes days after NIA arrested 22-year-old Shakir Bashir Magrey, a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative, who allegedly tracked the movement of security convoys and helped assemble the bomb used in the attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel in February last year. […]
Kejriwal calls on PM; Delhi riots discussed
New Delhi, Mar 3 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and the two leaders discussed the situation in the riot-hit Northeast Delhi. It was their first meeting after the Aam Aadmi Party returned to power in the national capital for a third consecutive term. The meeting, at the […]
Lok Sabha adjourned till noon amid uproar over Delhi violence
New Delhi, Mar 3 (PTI) Lok Sabha proceedings on Tuesday were adjourned till noon, amid uproar over the issue of Delhi violence as Opposition members sought an immediate discussion on the matter. As soon as the House met for the day, members from the Congress, DMK and other Opposition parties were on their feet, demanding a […]
Netanyahu gains majority in general elections: Exit polls
Jerusalem, Mar 3 (PTI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to gain majority in the unprecedented third parliamentary elections in the country with the exit polls projecting him to win 59 seats, just two short of the majority in the 120-member Parliament, according to media reports on Tuesday. Israelis voted on Monday for the third […]
Fighting encroachments
The administration in Srinagar and other districts as well in right now busy with removing encroachments from government land wherever it has been reported. In Srinagar district the administration has claimed carrying out an anti encroachment drive and removing illegal encroachments on several hundred kanals of prime government land. During the latest such moves the […]
Abrogation of Article 370: SC declines to refer pleas to larger bench
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday declined to refer to a larger 7-judge bench a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre’s decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 on August 5 last year. A 5-judge Constitution bench headed by Justice N V Ramana said there were no reasons to refer the […]
Omar Abdullah’s detention under PSA-It’s case of personal liberty, says SC
New Delhi: Terming it a case of personal liberty, the Supreme Court Monday said it will hear on March 5 a plea filed by Sara Abdullah Pilot challenging the detention of her brother Omar Abdullah under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA). “The matter pertains to personal liberty,” said a bench of Justices […]
Govt readies to deal with coronavirus threat in Kashmir
Abid Bashir Srinagar: Authorities at the Srinagar International Airport on Monday claimed that they have a “fool-proof mechanism” in place to screen the suspects for deadly Coronavirus. There are, however, no guidelines or a direction to stop travel of Chinese tourists to Kashmir, so far. China’s Wuhan province has been the epicenter of Coronavirus virus […]
Govt forms panel to examine seniority of KAS officers
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday constituted a committee to examine the seniority issue of the members of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service in a time-bound manner. The four-member panel has been tasked to examine in detail the seniority issue of the members of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service, appointed to the […]
70% of Srinagar’s sewerage goes into Dal Lake: Experts
Srinagar: A Committee of Experts, constituted by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court last year, has found Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) “heavily over-utilized and under-maintained” and their effluent “far below” the required standards as laid down in the Central Pollution Control Board norms. After the unabated flow of sewage into the Dal Lake which drastically […]
