116 employees of erstwhile Legislative Council shifted to various deptts
Jammu: The employees of the now abolished Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council (JKLC) on Tuesday were shifted to various department, officials said. As many as 116 employees, including one additional secretary, two deputy secretaries, three under secretaries and marshals, have been shifted and posted in departments of law, tribal affairs, election, women and child development, […]
Modi attacks Cong over Art 370, Ayodhya
Says it presided over corrupt governments
Jamshedpur/Khunti: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a two-pronged attack on the Congress, accusing it of procrastinating resolution of national issues like Article 370 and the Ayodhya dispute, and presiding over “corrupt and unstable” governments in Jharkhand. Stumping for BJP nominees for the Jharkhand assembly polls, Modi harped on the repeal of provisions of […]
No plans to issue single card for all utilities: Govt tells LS
NEW DELHI: The government has no plans to issue a single card to all citizens of the country for all utilities, it informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai, however, said the government has proposed to prepare and update the National Population Register from April 1, 2020, to September […]
99pc Muslims want review of SC judgment on Ayodhya dispute: AIMPLB
Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Sunday asserted that 99 per cent of Muslims in the country want a review of the unanimous Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya dispute. The AIMPLB, which was not a party to the law suit, has previously said a review petition will be filed by December […]
Cold tightens grip on most parts of J&K, Ladakh
Jammu: Night temperature across the two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh plummeted below the season’s average on Sunday with Leh town recording the coldest night of the season at minus 13.2 degrees Celsius, the MET office said. Srinagar and other places in Kashmir also recorded sub-zero temperature, while the minimum temperature in Jammu […]
Looked at situation in Kashmir carefully; hope for peaceful resolution: Japan
New Delhi: Japan on Sunday said it looked at the situation in Kashmir “very carefully” and hoped that a peaceful resolution to the issue will be found through dialogue. The comments by a spokesperson of the Japanese Foreign Ministry came a day after India and Japan held their first foreign and defence ministerial dialogue under […]
Gas cylinder blast: Two more succumbed, toll rises to six
Ramban/Jammu: Two critically injured minor siblings Saturday succumbed to burn injuries at a hospital, raising the death toll in a gas cylinder blast at a house in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir to six, officials said. With their death, Bishan Dass had lost his wife and five children — four daughters and a son — […]
Centre determined to implement all Central Acts in J&K and Ladakh: Singh
Jammu: The “prophets of doom” predicting “volcanos” in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 have “fallen silent” and the Centre is committed to implement all central laws in the Union territories of J&K and Ladakh, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Saturday. Urging people to cooperate with the government in the implementation of […]
