Police constable booked for ‘raping’ woman colleague in UP
Muzaffarnagar, Dec 27 (PTI) A police constable has been booked on the charge of raping his woman colleague in Budhana town of the district after promising to marry her, a police official said on Thursday. SSP Sudhir Kumar said Kesho Sharma, the accused constable posted at Budhana Police Station, was booked on Wednesday and suspended. According […]
LS adjourned amid protests over Rafale deal, other issues
New Delhi, Dec 27 (PTI) Lok Sabha proceedings were again disrupted on Thursday as vociferous protests and sloganeering over various issues forced Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to adjourn the House till noon. Despite repeated warnings from Mahajan, Congress, AIADMK and TDP members continued to stand in the Well of the House and sought to raise various issues, […]
Rupee slips 19 paise against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai, Dec 27 (PTI) The rupee weakened by 19 paise to 70.25 against the US dollar in early trade Thursday due to fresh buying of the American currency by importers and banks. A higher opening of domestic equity market, however, capped the loss, brokers said. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange, the rupee opened sharp lower at […]
Deep freeze worsens in Valley, Srinagar records minus7.6 degrees Celsius
Srinagar: Srinagar witnessed the coldest night of the season as the city shivered at minus 7.6 degree Celsius, the Met Office said on Thursday. After December 7, 1990, when the minimum temperature had dropped to minus 8.8 degree Celsius, the city recorded the coldest night of the season at minus 7.6 degree, breaking the December […]
Assembly polls may be delayed
As the ground situation in Kashmir Valley, especially in the southern districts continues to baffle the security agencies, the dilemma of holding the state assembly elections continues to haunt the officials related with the poll exercise. While the election commission of India hasn’t been, for the past two years, able to hold by-polls to the […]
Digitalized KAS Rumpus
By Mudasir Ahmad Gori Kashmir is always hurled with some issue day in and day out. There is hardly any day when we do not see resentment of people across the state. One of the recent episodes of resentment is that of Civil Service Aspirants (KAS). The JKPSC which pledges the utmost impartiality, objectivity and […]
Civilian killed in Pak firing along LoC in Rajouri
Jammu: A 55-year-old civilian was killed Wednesday in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, a defence spokesman said. “At around 1200 hours, Pakistan army initiated unprovoked firing in Noushera sector, resulting in fatal casualty of one civilian, Bodhraj, a resident of Deeing villagle,” Jammu-based Army […]
Illegal structures removed from Khushalsar
Srinagar: The Srinagar district administration Wednesday demolished illegal structures erected on state land forming part of the area of the Khushalsar waterbody. Tehsildar Eidgah GA Khan supervised the demolition of illegal structures which included a residential house, two tin-sheds and a plinth. The administration while warning against it said illegal encroachments among other such violations […]
Govt asks airports to make public announcements in local language too
New Delhi: The government Wednesday directed all airports to make public announcements in local language first, followed by Hindi and English, officials said. The latest move follows a directive from Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu. Officials said that the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has issued a directive to all aerodromes under its control to start […]
GPS enabled buses to hit Srinagar roads soon
Adding to SRTC fleet; support Pvt transporters: Div Com
Srinagar: The government is going to procure GPS (Global Positioning System) enabled hi-end buses to add these to Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transportation fleet as also to support purchases by private transporters for easing mobility and traffic congestion in the Srinagar city. In this regard, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan reviewed the procurement […]