Mirwaiz placed under house arrest ahead of PM visit
Srinagar: Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest on Saturday, a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Jammu and Kashmir. The Mirwaiz has been put under house arrest for maintaining law and order as separatists have called for a complete shutdown on Sunday, officials said. A […]
Omar, Mehbooba condemn killing Pulwama woman
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti Saturday condemned the gruesome killing of a young woman by militants in Shopian district of the state. Ishrat Muneer, a 25-year-old woman from Pulwama, was shot dead at point blank range by militants in Shopian district on Thursday night. They made a video […]
PaK displaced persons stage protest in Jammu
Jammu: A group of Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) displaced persons Saturday staged a protest here, demanding their proper rehabilitation. The protesters assembled under the banner of SOS international at Bakshi Nagar, and staged the protest on the eve of Prime Minister’s Narendra Modi visit to the state. In November 2015, the Centre had announced a package […]
Case registered against revenue officials
Jammu: An FIR has been registered against two revenue department officials for damaging official records to illegally favour private beneficiaries in lieu of pecuniary benefits in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, an anti-corruption bureau spokesman said on Saturday. A formal case was registered at ACB Doda police station on Friday on the basis of […]
Assembly polls: EC team to visit JK next week, will take a call on polls
Kolkata: The Election Commission will visit Jammu and Kashmir next week to take stock of the situation there before deciding on the Assembly elections in the state, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora said Friday. Jammu and Kashmir is currently under President’s Rule. The commission will hold a meeting with the Ministry of Home Affairs […]
India objects to UK conference on Kashmir
New Delhi: India said it has “very strongly” taken up with the UK the issue of a conference on Kashmir being allowed to be hosted in London which is scheduled to be addressed by Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah MahmoodQureshi. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said India was expecting the British government to address its […]
Pak invites India to visit Indus basin on its side: Official
New Delhi: Pakistan has invited India to undertake a visit to the Indus basin on its side as mandated under the Indus Waters Treaty, a senior official of the Water Resources Ministry said Thursday. The invitation was extended after the Pakistani delegation led by its Indus commissioner concluded a four-day site visit to the Chenab […]
Eye on elections, Modi govt presents ‘populist’ Budget
Rs 5 L income exempt from tax, Rs 6,000 cash to small farmers
New Delhi: Making a big populist push in its final budget before elections, the NarendraModi-government Friday exempted people with an earning of up to Rs 5 lakh from payment of income tax, announced an annual cash dole-out of Rs 6,000 to small farmers and provided a monthly pension of Rs 3,000 to workers in the […]
Govt to invest hugely on improving border infrastructure, police modernization
MHA gets Rs 1.03 lakh crore for the project
New Delhi: For the first time, budgetary provisions for the Home Ministry has crossed the Rs 1-lakh crore mark and is pegged at over Rs 1,03,000 crore for the next fiscal, with special emphasis on improving border infrastructure of police forces. The ministry has got Rs 1,03,927crore for 2019-20 which is 4.9 per cent more […]
PSA law will be revoked if NC comes to power, says Omar
Srinagar: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah said Thursday the controversial Public Safety Act (PSA), under which a person can be detained without trial for six months, would be revoked if his party was voted to power in Jammu and Kashmir. Making the announcement at militancy-hotbed Pulwama district in south Kashmir, Omar Abdullah said: “I do […]