JK Bank records net profit of Rs.174.30 Cr
Srinagar: J&K Bank Wednesday reported a Net profit of Rs 174 Cr for the nine months ended December 2017 as the Bank declared the reviewed results for the Quarter and nine months ended December 2017 subsequent to adoption of the numbers by the Board of the Bank in a meeting held in Jammu today. “I think […]
Editorial: Healthcare needs improvement
Srinagar: The healthcare facilities available in the state especially in Kashmir division speak volumes about how this critical sector is witnessing apathy at the hands of the government. The healthcare system has been blatantly misused by those who wield power and no plan has been put in place to ensure growth in this sector on […]
CM should helm all-party meet on panchayat polls: JK Cong
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief G A Mir today demanded that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti should helm the proposed all-party meet ahead of the panchayat polls, two days after the state government decided to hold such a meet. “If the government is sincere about the discussion regarding holding of panchayat elections, we propose that […]
Fire breaks out in Reasi forest
Jammu: A major fire broke out at a forest in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir today and efforts are on the douse the blaze, the police said. The fire broke out in the upper reaches of Reasi this afternoon, they said. Authorities are making efforts to put out the blaze, the police said.
Shopian civilian killings: Army files counter FIR against protesters
Srinagar: Hours after third civilian lost life to his injuries at SKIMS in Srinagar, the Army has filed a counter First Information Report, (FIR) over the ‘attack on its soldiers’ in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday last week. The Army said its men were attacked by the people with stones and forced them to […]
Mehbooba denounces call for separate state for Muslims
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today denounced a demand to have a separate state for Muslims, in an apparent reference to a top cleric’s suggestion made yesterday. “J&K was neither a party to the partition of our country nor did we support division on religious lines. We as a state opted for […]
India slips to 42nd place on EIU Democracy Index
New Delhi: India has slipped to 42nd place on an annual Global Democracy Index amid “rise of conservative religious ideologies” and increase in vigilantism and violence against minorities as well as other dissenting voices. While Norway has again topped the list, followed by Iceland and Sweden, compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), India has […]
KCC&I express concern over transfer of HMT Factory land to police
Srinagar: The president of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCC&I) today expressed concerns over the proposal of handing over the transfer of industrial land retrieved from HMT Watch Factory, Zainakot to the Police Department for housing colony. In a statement issued here, the President, KCC&I Javid Ahmad Tenga has expressed resentment and said […]
2 labourers buried in landslide in Samba; rescued
Jammu: Two labourers were trapped when a landslide took place during digging to lay cables along the Mansar road in the mountainous belt of Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district and were rescued later, police said today. The labourers, of a private company, were digging a 5- feet deep canal to lay cables, suddenly there was […]