JK Bank promotes 1026 Banking Associates to officers’ cadre
Srinagar Oct. 07: J&K Bank has promoted 1026 Banking Associates to Associate Executive (Scale I) cadre yesterday. A few months back, the Banking Associates were screened through the bank’s given career progression route and were found eligible for promotion to Associate Executive level. While commenting on the promotions, the Chairman & CEO Parvez Ahmed, said, “During […]
Qazi Yasir called for ‘Redwani Chalo’ on October 12
Srinagar: The Chairman of Ummat-e-Islami and Mirwaiz of South Kashmir, Qazi Ahmed Yasir has called for Redwani Chalo on October 12 against the establishment of Army camps in South Kashmir. He also said that Ummat-e-Islami will enact ballot boxes at all the main squares of South Kashmir where people will be asked to chose between […]
Four year old killed, another injured in a mishap at Bandipora
Srinagar: A mishap in a paddy field in north Kashmiri’s Bandipora area left a four year old boy dead while as another was injured. Reports said that the four-year-old boy died while another was injured after a tractor ran over them in a paddy field near Watapora in Bandipora. An official said that two minor […]
Petrol, diesel prices on the rise again
New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) Within a day of the one-off excise duty cut and PSUs subsidising fuel, petrol and diesel prices are on the rise again and have hit a three week high. Petrol and diesel prices were cut by a minimum Rs 2.50 on October 5 when the government’s only second cut in […]
Search operation underway in Shopian district
Srinagar, Oct 7 (PTI) Security forces launched a massive cordon and search operation (CASO) in several villages of Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday, police said. Joint teams of police, CRPF and Army launched a cordon and search operation in six villages of Shopian district of south Kashmir early this morning, a police official […]
US viewing Pakistan through ‘Indian lens’, alleges Islamabad
Islamabad: Top Pakistan minister Saturday alleged that the United States is looking the country through “India lens”. “It will not be appropriate to view our (US-Pak) relations going as far back as seven decades from the Afghan perspective or the Indian lens,” said Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, as reported by Dawn.com. Qureshi’s comment […]
Earthquake jolts Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar: An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale jolted Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, although there were no reports of casualties or damage to properties. An official of the state disaster management department said: “The tremor occurred at 8.09 a.m. Its coordinates are latitude 36.7 north and longitude 74.5 east. The depth of the […]
Security stepped up ahead of local body polls in Kashmir Valley
Srinagar: Government forces have intensified checking and area domination as part of an elaborate plan for the smooth conduct of local body polls in the Kashmir Valley, officials said Sunday. The first phase of the polls starts Monday. “An elaborate security plan has been put in place for the smooth conduct of the polls, a […]
Road mishap on Jmu-Sgr national highway leaves 21 dead, 15 injured
Banihal/Jammu: Twenty-one persons were killed and 15 injured when an overcrowded mini-bus fell into a 200-ft-deep gorge on Saturday after its driver lost control over the vehicle on Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district, officials said. Among the dead were four women and the driver. Ten critically injured passengers were airlifted from the accident site […]
Public holidays in poll-bound areas on polling days: Govt
Srinagar: The government on Saturday announced public holiday in areas going to the municipal polls. According to an order issued by GAD, “Public holiday shall be observed within the limits of the respective Municipal Corporations/Councils/Committees on account of Municipal Elections-2018, on the date of polls as per the dates indicated…” The poll dates in Kashmir […]
