Govt. impresses upon employees to desist from associating with unlawful associations
JAMMU, APRIL 16: The Government today impressed upon all the employees to desist from associating, directly or indirectly, with unlawful associations in any manner and has advised them to desist themselves forthwith. An circular issued in this regards here today by the General Administration Department has impressed upon all the Administrative Secretaries, heads of the […]
Man gets 10-yr RI for raping minor girl
Hyderabad, Apr 16 (PTI) A local court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old girl in August 2012. First Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Suneetha Kunchala found the man guilty of kidnapping and raping the girl under relevant sections of the IPC. The man was sentenced to seven years […]
35-year-old man dies of electrocution in Rajouri
Rajouri, April 16: A 35-year-old man died due to electrocution in Budhal area of Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. A police officer said that Mohd Zaid son of Late Jalal Din of Phalni village in Budhal area of Kotranka received an electric shock when an iron rod he was carrying on his shoulders […]
AG’s office establishes new revision sections for pensioners
Srinagar: To cater to the huge rush of pension revision cases, new pension revision sections have been created in both Srinagar and Jammu offices of Accountant General (A&E) in Jammu and Kashmir in addition to existing sections. Additional Staff has been posted for these sections for early settlement of the cases, a spokesman of the […]
Terror funding: ED attaches Rs 6.19 cr Kashmir-based assets of Watali
New Delhi, Apr 16 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday said it has attached Rs 6.19 crore assets of Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Ahmad Watali in a money laundering case related to funding of terror and separatist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. The agency also charged Watali and Hurriyat leaders of receiving funds from Pakistan through conduits and […]
US asks its citizens to reconsider travel plans to Pakistan due to ‘terrorism’
Washington, Apr 16 (PTI) The US has advised its citizens to reconsider their travel to Pakistan due to terrorism and asked them not to travel to restive Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), identified as the most dangerous areas due to terror attacks. While Pakistan in general has been placed in “Level Three” category […]
Smart buses for bad roads
Two ills are affecting the transport sector in Jammu and Kashmir. One is the bad and highly uncomfortable medium of transport and the other is bad and unmanageable roads. Though the governments from the past few years have been trying to rid us of the latter, the former is still a concern which needs to […]
Elections and our moral bankruptcy!
Javeed Ali The moment I started writing on this topic, I was not getting the exact starting line then I just flipped the pages of Nahjul Balagha where I came across the following sermon of Imam Ali (A.S.). “O people! Certainly this world is a passage while the next world is a place of permanent […]
An old lady who dies a silent death…..
Peer Faizan Bashir As I strolled a few steps away my home, a very old woman, infirm and frizzled, appears before my very eyes, going to and fro in the midst of road. Her ‘senility’ is clearly seen, the ‘tattered’ cloak down to the toe, but these are hardly understood by people. Everyone is busy […]
Masood Azhar: Albatross around China’s neck
KANCHAN BASU China is finding itself increasingly isolated due to its blind support to Pakistan in repeatedly thwarting the ‘United Nations’ efforts to declare Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Chief, Masood Azhar, a ‘Global Terrorist’. The United States’ decision to discuss the issue of Masood Azhar in the open UN General Assembly has put China in a very […]
