Fuel price hike: Petrol hits Rs 82.03 mark in Delhi again, Rs 87.50 in Mumbai
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: Once again, the petrol price touched Rs 82.03 following a 21 paise increase in Delhi on Monday. It had crossed the Rs 82-mark on September 17, another Monday. The prices came down after the Centre slashed the rates by Rs 2.50 last week. Mumbai too witnessed a hike of 21 paise, […]
ULB polls: Voting underway for 422 wards amid tight security
SRINAGAR: Polling for the first phase of urban local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir is currently underway on Monday amid unprecedented security arrangements put in place by the state authorities and the election commission. Polling is being held in 422 wards spread over a dozen districts. The polling, which began at 7 AM, will […]
School in Baramulla found closed, staff suspended
Srinagar: On the directions of Director School Education Kashmir (DSEK) Dr G N Itoo, Zonal Education Officer Chandanwari today placed the staff of Middle School Drayan, Baramulla under suspension after the school was found closed during working hours. Meanwhile, DSEK asked the Chief Education Officer Baramulla to provide substitute staff to the school for its […]
Indonesia: Missing toll soars to 5,000 in engulfed quake neighbourhoods
Palu (Indonesia): The number of people believed missing from the quake and tsunami that struck Indonesia’s Palu city has soared to 5,000, an official said Sunday, an indication that far more may have perished in the twin disaster than the current toll. Indonesia’s disaster agency says they have recovered 1,763 bodies so far from the 7.5-magnitude […]
Teenager shoots himself dead over mobile phone
New Delhi: Enraged over an issue of a mobile phone with his sister, a 17-year-old boy allegedly shot himself dead with a country-made pistol on Sunday in Dwarka’s Bindapur area, police said. The deceased was identified as Gulshan, they said. Police were informed about the incident at 6.18 am by the hospital authorities. The injured was […]
Relaince General clarifies, says won J&K mediclaim policy contract after transparent process
Mumbai: Reliance General Insurance has said that it has won the contract to provide health insurance cover to Jammu and Kashmir government staff after a rigorous and transparent competitive tender process. The company’s statement came after Congress president Rahul Gandhi alleged that the general insurance company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Anil Ambani’s Reliance Capital, got the […]
ULB Polls: No restrictions tomorrow, says DGP
'Arrangements in place for peaceful conduct of polls'
Srinagar: Director General Police Dilbagh Singh on Sunday said that there will be restrictions whatsoever imposed anywhere in Kashmir valley on Monday and that people should exercise freely their right to vote. He also said that all arrangements were in place to ensure the free, fair, transparent and peaceful conduct of the first phase of […]
Rajnath says incidents of violence down in Kashmir
Lucknow: Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Sunday incidents of violence in Jammu and Kashmir have gone down and asserted that security forces were fully prepared to get the urban local body (ULB) polls conducted in the state. Elections to ULBs in Jammu and Kashmir will start from Monday and be held in four phases. Talking to […]
Search operation underway in Sopore
Bilal Ahmad Sopore: Forces on Sunday evening launched a cordon & search operation in New Colony area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that forces sealed New Colony area of Sopore and conducted door to door search, closing all entry and exit points leading the area. Officials, when contacted, told that operation […]
CJ terms mediation ‘cost-effective alternate’ mechanism of justice delivery
Srinagar: Chief Justice of J&K High Court, Justice Gita Mittal on Sunday described the ‘Mediation’ as a game changer alternate medium of delivering justice and called for its optimum use by the judges and lawyers. “The judges and lawyers should make earnest efforts to engage the parties to take the path of mediation in addressing […]
