Pro-Khalistan group threatens to disrupt flights at IGI airport
Security tightened with additional deployments
New Delhi: Security has been beefed at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport after a banned pro-Khalistan outfit, Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), threatened to disrupt two Air India flights scheduled to leave for London on November 5, police said on Wednesday. The US-based SFJ has issued a call to boycott Air India flights and urged the […]
Another low by SMC corporators
Srinagar mayor seals Joint Commissioner's office
Srinagar: Acting Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Parvaiz Qadri on Wednesday sealed the office of the Joint Commissioner, Planning at the civic body, accusing the head of the section for delaying building permissions to applicants leading to mushrooming growth in illegal constructions. “Yes, I have locked the office of Joint Commissioner, Planning. This officer […]
Two killed, one injured in mishap inside Nashri tunnel
Srinagar: Two persons were killed while another sustained severe injuries in a road accident that took place inside Nashri tunnel in Jammu division on Tuesday late night. An official said that an alto car bearing registration number JK14A-9978 was on way to Ramban from Udhampur when it collided with gate number 16 inside Chennani-Nashri tunnel. […]
Six transit accommodation for Kashmiri migrant employees set up
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday accorded sanction for the construction of transit accommodation for Kashmiri migrant employees at six places in the valley at a cost of Rs 201.60 crore under Prime Minister’s development package. A four-member committee headed by Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, has been set up to resolve all matters […]
Rename Srinagar airport, says BJP leader
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP vice president and former minister Sham Lal Sharma on Tuesday demanded renaming the Srinagar airport in the name of Major Somnath Sharma, the first Param Vir Chakra awardee who laid down his life while fighting tribal raiders from Pakistan to save the Srinagar airfield in 1947. “Due to the martyrdom […]
JK parties reject govt’s assertion on farm land transfer
Srinagar: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday rejected the Jammu and Kashmir government’s assertion that the bulk of the agricultural land will not be transferred to people from outside the Union Territory. The PAGD termed the earlier land laws of Jammu and Kashmir the most progressive, pro-people and pro-farmer in the entire […]
Pak Punjab minister removed for his ‘anti Hindu’ remarks
Lahore: The Information Minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province, Fayyazul Chohan, known for his derogatory remarks about the minority Hindu community, has been sacked again after Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed his displeasure over the provincial media team’s inability to counter the Opposition. Chohan, known to be a firebrand Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) leader, was first removed […]
