‘ODOMOS’ is overdose of ‘only Modi only Shah’: Omar Abdullah
Shimla: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Monday coined a new acronym to target the BJP. Omar said that the country was suffering from too much “ODOMOS- overdose of only Modi only Shah”. “While the rest of the country suffers from too much ODOMOS – overdose (of) only Modi only Shah,” the former chief minister of […]
Pak to completely fence 2,600-km-long Afghan border by next year
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army has said that the fencing of a substantial portion of the over 2,600-km-long Afghan border has been completed and the rest will be finished by next year to check the movement of terrorists. Pakistan has spent billions of rupees for putting fence on the porous border. Army spokesman Major General AsifGhafoor […]
Reconsider order reversing previous govt’s decision exempting women from stamp duty: BJP to Malik
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP Monday urged Governor Satya Pal Malik to reconsider the Finance Department’s notification reversing the previous government’s “historic decision” of exempting women from paying stamp duty on registration of land. The statement comes days after former chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said Malik’s move to reverse […]
Police team attacked in Rajouri, four arrested
Jammu: A police team was attacked by locals with stones while it was tracking a gang of drug peddlers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said Monday. Acting on a tip-off, the police team led by Rajouri city in-charge Sub -Inspector Danish Maqbool raided a shop where the peddlers were present. The owner of […]
BSF’s ‘Bharat Darshan’ tour marks colourful closing ceremony
Jammu: A tour organised by the BSF for the students of Jammu and Kashmir’s remote border areas to various historical and cultural places in the country marked a colourful closing ceremony Monday. The ‘Bharat Darshan’ tour is organised by the Border Security Force (BSF) as part of the confidence building measures. A group of 40 […]
Guv Malik sees the return of ‘good old days’
Says Kashmir will once again be the 'paradise on earth'
Jammu: The militancy-hit Kashmir valley would once again become “the paradise on earth” as was once described by Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Governor Satya Pal Malik said Saturday, greeting the people on 70th Republic Day after unfurling the tricolour here. “I have no doubt that a day will come once again when Kashmir will be the […]
IWT row: Pak team to visit Chenab basin next week
New Delhi: A Pakistani delegation will visit the Chenab river basin in Jammu and Kashmir for inspection from January 28 to 31, as mandated under the Indus Water Treaty, sources said. Pakistan’s Indus Commissioner Syed Mohammad Mehar Ali Shah will arrive in India along with his two advisers, sources said. “This tour is an obligation […]
Mehbooba hits out at Guv for reversing decision on stamp duty
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik’s move to reverse the previous state government’s decision, exempting women from paying stamp duty on property registration, had negated her efforts toward women empowerment. Mehbooba led the previous PDP-BJP government in the state. “As far as empowering women is concerned, […]
