Nirbhaya gangrape: Supreme Court gives death sentence to four convicts
The Supreme Court Friday upheld the death sentence of the four convicted in the Delhi’s Nirbhaya case. The death sentence was earlier awarded by Delhi High Court. The bench comprising Justice Dipak Misra, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan heard the plea by the four convicts – Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta, Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur. […]
Students protest continue in Sopore village, trigger clashes
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Mirwaiz placed under house arrest
Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has been placed under house arrest at his Nigeen residence by the government forces, sources said. Hurriyat (M) spokesperson, Shahid-ul-Islam, said that Mirwaiz was placed under house arrest to prevent him from leading the protest demonstration after Friday prayers in downtown Srinagar. Pertinently the joint resistance leadership had […]
UP accident: 10 killed, 24 injured
At least 10 persons were killed and 24 others injured after a mini truck overturned in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah, early on Friday morning, sources said. The accident took place in Sarai Neem area when the vehicle carrying the victims from a pre-wedding function overturned and fell into a roadside pit. Police has rushed to the […]
Shopian shuts against driver’s killing
A complete shutdown is being observed today in Shopian town in south Kashmir against the killing of a civilian driver Nazir Ahmad Sheikh. According to the reports, all the business establishments remained closed while traffic was off the roads in the main town. Nazir Ahmad Sheikh was killed when he was ferrying soldiers returning from […]
Stress on people centric approach in revenue offices: DC
To review the working of Revenue Department, Deputy Commissioner, Mohammad Aijaz today convened a meeting of Revenue officers here today. The meeting was attended by ACR, Vevaik Puri, SDM Gool, Pankaj Balotra, Tehsildars and other concerned officials. DC directed all Tehsildars to constitute Citizen Councils in their respective Tehsils for easy access to problems and […]
Minister takes stock of public grievances
Minister of State for Finance and Planning, Ajay Nanda today conducted an extensive tour of Bhabbar Brahmna, Kundra and Dera Baba areas and took stock of public issues. The Minister sanctioned 25 KV transformer to augment power infrastructure in Bhabbar area and instructed the engineers to prepare necessary DPRs for various components to improve delivery […]
Editorial: Is massive crackdown a way out?
Besieging a dozen odd villages in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on the night straddling between May 3 and 4, is a grim reminder of the situation that prevailed in Kashmir Valley in the early years of 1990s. Thousands of army and paramilitary troops and police personnel cordoned off the villages to conduct a door-to-door operation […]
800 Govt schools to have nursery classes soon: Minister
In a significant move, Government has decided to establish 800 more kindergartens in the state run schools to expand the outreach of preschool facility to maximum number of children. “In view of the huge public response and tangible results obtained with the introduction of Kindergartens, it has been decided to start nursery classes in more […]
Training program at SLRM centre inaugurated
Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, today organized one day training cum exposure visit of the officers and field functionaries of the department to First operational waste to wealth Solid liquid Resource management Center at Sehoura. Commissioner/ Secretary, Rural Development Department Panchayati Raj, Nirmal Sharma was the chief guest on the occasion. Director RDD […]