SC refuses to accept Centre’s sealed cover note on payment of OROP dues
New Delhi, Mar 20 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to accept the Centre’s sealed cover note about its views on the payment of One Rank One Pension (OROP) arrears to ex-service personnel. “We need to put an end to this sealed cover practice in the Supreme Court… This is fundamentally contrary to basic […]
MeT forecasts generally cloudy weather with possibility of rain
Srinagar, Mar 20: Rains lashed most of plains in Jammu and Kashmir including Srinagar while Gulmarg received sleet in the last 24 hours, the weather department said on Monday. A meteorological department official here said that during the last 24 hours till 0830 hours today, Gulmarg received 15.8mm of sleet while Srinagar had 2.0mm of […]
Admin to organizes Job melas, says Div Com
Srinagar, Mar 20: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir V K Bidhuri on Monday said that the job melas are aimed at providing better employment opportunities to the youth and nearly 2500 youth to get jobs in the mela organized today in Srinagar. Talking to reporters here, Bidhuri said that the job melas are being conducted to provide […]
NEP 2020 accepted by all, whole country working to implement it: Amit Shah
Gandhinagar, Mar 20 (PTI) The new National Education Policy (NEP) has been accepted by all and the whole country is working to implement it, unlike the NEPs in the past which created controversies owing to ideological links, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said. Addressing graduating students at the 4th convocation of the Central University […]
Mud slide halts traffic on Jmu-Sgr highway
Srinagar, Mar 20: Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was stopped on Monday morning following a mudslide at Shalgari, officials said. “Traffic is still halted on NH-44 due to mudslide at Shalgari, Sherbibi. Commuters are advised to co-operate plz,” a traffic spokesman tweeted.
Salman Khan receives threat email; Mumbai cops file FIR against Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar
Mumbai, Mar 20 (PTI) The Mumbai Police has registered an FIR against gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar and another person after an e-mail threatening actor Salman Khan was received at his office in the city, an official said. The sender of the e-mail, written in Hindi, said: “Goldy Bhai (Goldy Brar) wanted to talk […]
India summons senior-most UK diplomat over pulling down of Indian flag at London mission
New Delhi, Mar 20 (PTI) India on Sunday night summoned the British deputy high commissioner and demanded an explanation over the complete “absence of security” after videos of pulling down of the Indian flag at the Indian mission in London during a protest by pro-Khalistan elements emerged on social media. In a strongly-worded statement, the […]
Terror case: SIU conducts searches at LeT commander’s residence at Pulwama
Srinagar, Mar 20: The Special Investigation Unit of Kashmir Police is conducting searches at Kakapora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday morning. Official sources said that searches are underway at Kakapora in the house of Abdul Aziz Dar son of Ghulam Mohammad Dar. Abdul Aziz is the father of active LeT commander Reyaz […]
In Jan, Feb 2023; 4.70 lakh tourists visited &K, says Lt Guv while inaugurating tulip garden
Srinagar, Mar 19: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Sunday said Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing tourism boom as in just the first two months of the year 2023, 4.70 lakh tourists have visited the UT as the administration expects another record number of tourist arrivals in the ensuing year. Addressing the gathering after inaugurating Asia’s largest […]
Magisterial inquiry initiated into policeman’s death in Kathua
Kathua/Jammu, Mar 19 (PTI) A magisterial inquiry was started on Sunday into the death of a policeman shortly after his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation on graft charges in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. Head Constable Mushtaq Ahmad, a resident of Billawar, was allegedly caught red-handed on Saturday while taking a […]
