Dual accommodation to legislators, bureaucrats puts pressure on exchequer: CAG
State’s Estate Department while violating rules and regulations has been allotting dual accommodation to Member of Legislature at Srinagar and Jammu, and the brunt has to be faced by the already struggling state exchequer. As per the report, SRO 599 prohibits dual allotment of accommodation to Member of Legislature either at Srinagar or at Jammu […]
LeT militant held at Sopore
Forces on Tuesday arrested a new Lashkar-e-Toiba recruit in Sopore area of Baramulla district in north Kashmir, police sources said. They said that government forces including police, 22 RR and 179 CRPF laid a naka at Fruit Mandi Sopore and apprehended a LeT militant identified as Basit Najar of Sopore along with a pistol. Sources […]
Migrant employees ‘enjoy’ salaries without attending duties
It seems that the Jammu and Kashmir government has separate unwritten civil service rules for Pandit migrant employees who are paid salaries and are not being made answerable for performing official work. Sources within the social welfare department Kashmir told ‘Kashmir Vision’ that after the killing of militant commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani in July […]
Youth booked under PSA for the fourth time in 8 years
The only earning member of a family has been booked under the draconian Public Safety Act (PSA) by authorities in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Family members of the youth, Aatif Hassan said that police booked him under the PSA yet again and have shifted him to Kotbalwal jail in Jammu. Aatif Hassan, a resident of […]
Machil fake encounter: Military court suspends life sentence of five convicts
The Armed Forces Tribunal on Wednesday suspended the life imprisonment sentence awarded to the five Army personnel who were convicted by a General Court martial in 2014 for staging the Machil fake encounter. The army court granted them bail in the case related to the killing of three civilian in Kupwara district of North Kashmir […]
No talks till India withdraws from Doklam: China
Beijing on Wednesday made it clear that India’s pullback from Doklam on the border remained the “precondition” for any dialogue on the issue. The statement came on the eve of Indian NSA Ajit Doval’s China visit to attend the BRICS security summit, The Foreign Ministry said Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s remarks, who on Tuesday blamed […]
Arresting Hurriyat leaders has not mattered for people, says DGP
Director General of Police (DGP) S.P. Vaid said that the NIA’s action against the separatist leaders has not mattered much for the people in Kashmir. He said that the situation in Kashmir is under control. Talking to reporters during a function at District Police line Baramulla, the DGP said that there will be no […]
Number of stone-pelting incidents decreased in Kashmir, says DG CRPF
Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar on Wednesday said that the number of stone-pelting cases continue to decrease because of the planning and management of the officers in Kashmir valley. “This year, there have been 424 incidents related to stone-pelting. Last year, nearly 1,600 incidents were recorded. The number […]
Govt ready for talks with Kashmiri separatist groups: MoS Home
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir on Wednesday said that the government is open to talks with separatist leaders in Kashmir Valley. “The Government remains open to dialogue with those who eschew the path of violence and are willing to work within the framework of the Constitution of India,” Hansraj Ahir […]
Central govt attempting to amended Collection of Statistics Act 2008: Azad
Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad today demanded that the BJP-led government at the centre should seek consent of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly before amending the Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill, 2017, in the Parliament and Rajya Sabha. The Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill, 2017, was today put in the Rajya Sabha […]