KV Impact: Absentee migrant employees asked to report to DSEK
The Government has asked has asked the migrant employees, who left Kashmir in 2016 due to unfavorable situation, to report to Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) within week’s time failing which disciplinary action will be taken against them. “Some migrant employees working in the Department of School Education as Teaching/Non-Teaching employees left the Valley […]
‘Terror Funding’: Shabir Shar arrested
Senior separatist leader Shabir Shah was on Wednesday flown to Delhi following his arrest by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials here on Tuesday night. A top police official said ED officials executed a non-bailable warrant issued against Shah, issued by a Delhi court. “Shah was shifted from his uptown Sant Nagar residence to Humhama police station […]
Shah, others arrest tantamount to kidnapping of the leaders: JRL
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Wednesday said the BJP led government is working on pushing from all ends to crush the people’s movement towards what they term the “final solution.” According to the joint statement issued here, JRL including Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yaseen Malik said “an ensuing crackdown against […]
SICOP registers business turnover of over 286 Cr: Govt
The J&K Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (SICOP) has achieved a business turnover of Rs 286.22 crore during the first quarter of the current fiscal. This was stated at the 86th Board of Directors (BoD) meeting of the Corporation held at Civil Secretariat on Wednesday under the Chairmanship of Minister for Industries and Commerce Chander […]
Categorization of newspapers to be done by August 2017: Minister
The government is mulling to create a separate entity for bifurcating the Public Relations work and distribution of advertisments to approved newspapers in the state. A meeting chaired by the information Minister, Chaudry Zulfikar Ali discussed creation of a “New Independent Mechanism” for distribution of government advertisements to the newspapers, and to seek its delinking […]
SC seeks Status Report on foreign prisoners
Supreme Court of India Wednesday sought a status report on foreign prisoners especially from Pakistan, Pakistan Administered Kashmir, and Afghanistan, languishing in different jails of India without trial. According to the statement issued by Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP), a Division Bench of the Supreme Court of India comprising A.K. Sikri and […]
Locals fume as work on Tral Dadasara road inches to nowhere
People in South Kashmir’s Tral area are facing tough times as construction work on Tral Awantipora road is going on with snail’s pace. Tral Dadsara road is an important road as it connects Tral town with the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway and rest of the state, locals said. “Since the road link is vital for […]
DGP visits Baramulla, reward Jawans and officers for their contribution
Director General of Police (DGP), Dr. S.P Vaid today visited Range Police Headquarter Baramulla to reward and honour the Jawans and Officers, who had contributed in anti-militancy operations in Baramulla-Kupwara-Bandipora Range. These Jawans and Officers were hounoured at an impressive Darbar held in District Police Lines Baramulla. The Darbar, among others was attended by […]
Deputations call on CM, demand redressal of grievances
Scores of deputations today met the Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti here today and apprised her of their day to day problems and sought their redressal. A deputation of manufacturers and dealers of willow products sought relaxation in GST charges on the products manufactured by them. Another deputation of traders from Jammu also sought rolling out […]
Div Com reviews Independence Day arrangements
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Baseer Ahmad Khan today convened a high level officers’ meeting here to review the arrangements for the upcoming Independence Day Celebration in the districts of Kashmir valley and Ladakh region. DDC Srinagar, IGP Traffic, DGP Central zone, Medical officer, RTO Kashmir, Chief Engineers of various departments, senior civil and police officers, officers […]