SC reinstates Alok Verma as CBI Director
New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside the Centre’s October 23 decision divesting CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma of his powers and sending him on leave. The top court reinstated Verma but restrained him from taking any major policy decision till the Central Vigilance Commission inquiry into corruption charges against […]
Militants attack army patrol party, searches started
Pulwama: Suspected gunmen on Tuesday attacked an army patrol party in Pulwama district of South Kashmir. According to initial reports Army’s patrolling party was moving through Choudribagh Litter area of the district when militants opened gunfire on them. Reports said that the army patrol party belonged to 55 RR unit. They said that soon after […]
Trade unions go on two day nationwide strike, key services to be hit
NEW DELHI: A two-day-long nationwide strike has been called by central trade unions against the alleged repressive policies of the Narendra Modi-led union government beginning Tuesday. The 48-hour-long strike is likely to have a major impact in Left-dominated states of Kerala and West Bengal. The strike has been called by ten major trade unions to […]
Modi, Trump talk over phone, discuss key bilateral issues
New Delhi, Jan 8 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump held a telephonic conversation during which they took positive note of bilateral cooperation in areas of defence, counter terrorism and energy, officials said. During the conversation, they exchanged new year greetings and expressed satisfaction at the continued growth of the India-US […]
Improving grievance redressal mechanism
Every other day the government issues statements about the number of complaints received by various departmental heads and grievance sections set up by the government against various government departments. We also get the number of complaints resolved and an impression is given that the grievance redressal mechanism is working with utmost perfection and commitment. But […]
JK Bank jumps to 3rd place among the banks across India in digital transactions
Srinagar: In continuation to the mission of moving towards ‘Digital India Campaign’ and strengthening its digital footprint further, J&K Bank has scaled to number three position in achieving targets in digital payment transactions upto third quarter of current financial year. The data available from ‘DigiDhan Dashboard’ platform of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government […]
Class 12th Results: Students of Govt Schools come out with flying colors
Bag all top positions in Science, Arts streams
Srinagar: Students of the government schools have again come out with flying colors in Higher Secondary Part-II (12th class) examinations in Kashmir division bagging top positions. Displaying extraordinary performance in Arts stream, the students of government-run educational institutions have walked away with first 5 positions scoring between 98.6% and 98% marks. Hadia Noor of Government Girls […]
Willing to mediate in resolving tangled Kashmir issue: Norwegian PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg on Monday said her country was willing to mediate between India and Pakistan to solve tangled Kashmir problem provided both sides wanted the same. In an interview with NDTV, Solberg said the Kashmir problem could not be solved only from a military standpoint, and that popular support […]
J&K seeks adjournment of hearing on plea challenging resettlement Act-1982
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Monday sought adjournment of the Supreme Court hearing on a plea challenging the validity of the sensitive J&K Resettlement Act of 1982, saying that there is no elected government at present in the state which is under the President’s rule. It said that since the challenge is to the state […]
