Jmu-Sgr highway remains closed
Srinagar: The Jammu-Srinagar national Highway remained closed for traffic on Thursday, a traffic police official said. He said that the Highway will remain closed for all kinds of traffic due to heavy snowfall at Jawahar Tunnel and adjoining areas in South Kashmir. “Men and machinery have been pressed in to clear the roads but it’s […]
Class 3 student allegedly raped and strangled to death in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar
Jaipur: An eight-year-old Dalit girl, who had gone missing after she went to graze cattle, is suspected to have been strangled to death after being raped in a village in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district, police said Wednesday. The deceased, a Class III student, was missing since Tuesday night and her body was found in a mustard […]
Theresa May wins crucial confidence vote in leadership of Tory MPs
London: British Prime Minister Theresa May won a crucial vote of confidence in her leadership, with 200 votes cast in favour of her and 117 against out of a total of 317 of her Conservative Party MPs. The vote had been triggered earlier in the day after the required 48 MPs from her Tory party […]
Madras HC sets aside order transferring army man to J&K
Chennai: Observing that it is the duty of the Army to motivate youngsters to join the armed forces not only for good salaries but better service conditions, the Madras High Court has set aside an order transferring an army man in the last leg of his service. Justice S Vimala set aside the order transferring Havildar […]
Forces start search operation in Pulwama village
Jahangeer Ganaie Pulwama: Government forces on Thursday started a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Aglar Kandi village of Pulwama district in south Kashmir, sources said. Official sources said that after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area, a joint team of RR, CRPF and SOG from the JK Police launched […]
Two militants killed in Sopore encounter
Srinagar: Two militants were killed in overnight gunfight which broke out in Brath Kalan village of North Kashmir’s Sopore between militants and government forces on Wednesday evening. A senior police official said that two militants have been killed however, their identification is yet to be ascertained. The operation was earlier halted due to darkness and […]
Theresa May to contest confidence vote ‘with everything I’ve got’
London: (PTI) Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May will face a vote of no-confidence triggered by her own party lawmakers over her controversial Brexit deal, as she vowed to fight it out with “everything I have got”. May is set to face a vote of no-confidence in her leadership after the required 48 MPs from her […]
Rural Backlash in Assembly Elections: Centre Considering Farm Loan Waiver
New Delhi: Rural distress is being seen as a significant factor in the BJP’s defeat in the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. More than 70% of the population of these states live in rural areas and acute farm distress has been a cause for anger against the ruling BJP in all these […]
Lessons for the BJP
The humiliation that the ruling party BJP had to face in all the five states where assembly election results were announced on Tuesday has left the party red faced as the whole exercise has questioned the myth that the saffron brigade was invincible. The election results have thrown many a challenge for the party leadership […]
J&K Bank Editor placed Head Internal Communication & Knowledge Management Department
Stakeholders hail Chairman’s decision
Srinagar: J&K Bank has created a new department, Internal Communication & Knowledge Management Department. The Bank’s Editor, Sajjad Bazaz, has been placed Head of this department and orders to this effect were issued yesterday. Sajad Bazaz, who is also a well known columnist with more than three decades of experience at its back in the field […]