Oil companies cut petrol, diesel prices marginally
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices Thursday were reduced for the first time in over two months because of a drop in the cost of production, according to state-owned oil firms. Petrol price was cut by 21 paise per litre and diesel by 11 paise, a price notification issued by state retailers said. This is […]
GOC XVI Corps reviews security situation in Jammu region
Jammu: Lt General Paramjit Singh, the general officer commanding (GOC) of the Army’s Nagrota-based XVI Corps, who recently took over reviewed the security situation of hinterland in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts, a defence spokesperson said. Lt Gen Singh visited Surankote sector in Poonch district and Counter Insurgency Force (Romeo) at Palma in […]
LeT commander, accomplice killed in Srinagar gunfight
Civilian, cop also fall to bullets
Civilian, cop also fall to bullets
Militants don’t have much shelf-life: Guv Malik
Says militants should not expect bouquets if they fire bullets
Srinagar: Talking tough on militants, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik said that militants don’t have “much of a shelf life” with more than 40 being killed since August and should not expect bouquets if they fire bullets. Stone pelting has come down as has the number of local recruits in militancy, Malik said […]
More than half of municipal wards did not witness polling in Kashmir
Srinagar: The just-concluded urban local body polls in Kashmir recorded a poor voter turnout but it will perhaps be remembered for nearly 70 per cent of wards not witnessing any polling as there was no candidate at all or some of them had a lone contestant who won unopposed. According to data compiled by the […]
BJP seeks extension of 73rd and 74th constitutional amendment to JK
Jammu: State BJP president Ravinder Raina Wednesday advocated the extension of the 73th and 74th amendment of the Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir, saying it would strengthen the grass-root level institutions and help democracy flourish in the state. We request the governor (Satya Pal Malik) to strengthen Panchayati raj system by implementing the 73rd and […]
After suspension of students revoked, Kashmiri students stay put at AMU
Aligarh: Kashmiri students at the Aligarh Muslim University have deferred their decision to surrender their degrees and leave the campus ‘en masse’ Wednesday following revocation of the suspension order of the two students by the varsity. The suspension order was revoked Tuesday night after a three-member enquiry panel set up by the varsity exonerated Waseem […]