J-K municipal committees, councils accuse govt of not providing funds
Srinagar, Dec 23 (PTI) Newly elected municipal committees and councils in Kashmir accused Sunday the government of not providing funds and other facilities required for development of wards. The local bodies have decided to approach Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Governor S P Malik to seek help in this regard, Anantnag […]
PDP appoints Aga Mohsin as party’s Additional General Secretary
Srinagar: A senior Shia leader Aga Mohsin was on Sunday nominated additional general secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the party president Mehbooba Mufti. The party chief Spokesman Rafi Ahmad Mir said, “PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday appointed Aga Mohsin as additional general secretary of the party.” When asked about the deliberations that […]
Company sealed for tax evasion
JAMMU: State Taxes Department on Sunday exposed a major tax evasion during an inspection to the Silk Expo at Jehlum Resort, Jammu and sealed the company to stop further tax evasion. A team from the sales tax noticed that a total value of the material for sale was disclosed at Rs 18 lacs only by […]
JK Bank conferred the prestigious SKOCH award
Srinagar: J&K Bank Chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmed received the prestigious SKOCH Award in Banking and Finance Silver Category for the establishment of thirty-five J&K Bank Easy Payment Units in Leh Ladakh Region leading to a revolutionary inclusive banking and rural expansion, which was recognized at the 55th SKOCH Summit held at the Constitution Club […]
Death toll from Indonesia tsunami rises to 222: officials
Jakarta, Dec 23 (AFP) The death toll from a volcano-triggered tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 222, with more than 800 people injured, officials said Sunday. “222 people are dead, 843 people are injured and 28 people are missing,” Indonesia’s national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said. “This number is predicted to increase because not […]
Panun Kashmir bats for homeland with UT status within valley
Jammu, Dec 23 (PTI) Panun Kashmir, an organisation advocating the cause of displaced Kashmiri Pandits, Sunday reiterated its demand to carve out a separate homeland for the community in the valley with union territory status. The organisation’s chairman Ajay Chrungoo told reporters here that restructuring of Jammu and Kashmir was an “imperative necessity” to defeat Pakistan […]
Tral killings: JRL holds funeral prayers in absentia
Srinagar: On JRL call, funeral prayers in absentia were held at many places in which leaders and activists along with common people participated in large numbers. Notably, Joint Resistence Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Shah Geelani. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik had asked people to offer funeral prayers in absentia for the slain Tral […]
Pakistan Army chief backs Imran Khan’s peace initiatives
Karachi: Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has backed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s peace initiatives, saying the new government has extended a hand of peace and friendship towards India with utmost sincerity but it should not be taken as Islamabad’s weakness. Addressing the passing out parade of Midshipmen and Short Service Course at the […]
India most tolerant country in the world: Rajnath
Lucknow, Dec 23 (PTI) Rebuffing allegations that intolerance was rising in the country, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday said there was no nation in the world as tolerant as India. Singh, who was here to attend the 114th foundation day of King George’s Medical University, told reporters: “The tolerance that exists in India, I don’t […]
Missing specially abled girl reunited with family in UP
JAMMU: In an effort to reunite a missing child with her family, Children Welfare Committee (CWC) Jammu successfully sent a differently-abled girl to her parents in Uttar Pradesh after tracing their details. The differently-abled girl named Tulsi was found by ‘Childline’ in Jammu about four years back and was housed in Children Home Channi Rama. […]
