PDP’s Waheed Parra remanded to 15-day NIA custody
Jammu: PDP leader Waheed Parra was remanded to 15 days of National Investigation Agency (NIA) custody on Friday following his arrest earlier this week for allegedly conspiring with Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists to get their support during the 2019 parliamentary elections. Parra was taken to Jammu and produced before a designated NIA court in a case […]
Two Army men killed during shelling along LoC
Jammu: Two Army jawans were killed on Friday as Pakistani troops opened heavy fire and shelled mortars along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, a defence official said. He said the Indian Army immediately responded to the unprovoked firing from across the border. “The Pakistani army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire on the Line […]
ICMR nod for CCMB’s dry swab testing for COVID-19
Hyderabad: The Indian Council of Medical Research has approved a dry swab RNA- extraction-free testing method for the COVID-19 virus developed by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, CCMB said here on Friday. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is an important macromolecule that is present in all biological cells. In the conventional testing method, nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal […]
Don’t spare those who are involved: Bukhari
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president and former minister Syed Altaf Bukhari on Friday said those people involved in the Roshni scam must not be spared, asserting that the government should expose them for allegedly encroaching upon the state land illegally. However, he said, anyone who has availed the benefits of the scheme […]
Ceasefire violation: Pak summons senior Indian diplomat
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday summoned a senior diplomat from the Indian High Commission here to register its protest over the alleged “ceasefire violations” by the Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC). The Foreign Office said that due to “indiscriminate and unprovoked firing” in Bagsar Sector of the LoC on Wednesday, 33-year-old Ansar, a […]
China, India in ‘candid, in-depth communication’ to disengage troops: China
Beijing: China and India have maintained “candid and in-depth communication and coordination” to promote disengagement in areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh after the eighth round of talks to resolve the current standoff, the Chinese military said on Thursday. The Chinese and Indian militaries held the 8th round of Corps […]
JK gears up for first polls post Article 370 abrogation
Srinagar/Jammu: Preparations are on in full swing for the first elections in Jammu and Kashmir post abrogation of Article 370 and reorganisation of the erstwhile state with political parties making the last last-ditch efforts to woo voters. The first-ever district development council (DDC) elections will be held in eight phases to elect 280 members in […]
Roshini Land grab: CBI files FIR against former minister
New Delhi: The CBI has booked former Jammu and Kashmir Minister Taj Mohiuddin in connection with alleged illegal regularisation of encroached forest land in his name under the Roshni Act, officials said Thursday. Along with Mohiuddin, a former Congress minister in the erstwhile state, the agency has also booked Mohammaed Ramzan Thakur, former Deputy Commissioner […]
Bunch of SLPs filed in SC against scrapping Roshini act
New Delhi: A bunch of special leave petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court against a Jammu and Kashmir High Court order scrapping the Roshni Act that gave proprietary rights to occupants of state land, with the petitioners pleading that they never encroached on government land and were never made a party in the […]
Amused to see govt celebrate Constitution Day: Mehbooba Mufti
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Thursday attacked the Centre on the occasion of Constitution Day, saying she found it “amusing” to see them celebrate the day as they have already replaced the Constitution with the BJP’s divisive agenda. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister also said legislations like the Citizenship Amendment Act or the […]
