‘Infiltration bid foiled on LoC’
New Delhi: Indian army on Tuesday claimed to have foiled an infiltration bid by militants on the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Noticing suspicious movement in Gohalan area, “alert troops fired forcing the infiltrating militants to flee back”, Defence Ministry sources said. “Pakistan Army started firing at […]
48 police personnel killed in line of duty in two years: Govt
Srinagar: The government Monday informed the legislative Assembly that 48 police personnel have laid their lives in the line of duty during the last two years. The government in a written reply to a question raised by the BJP MLA Rivender Raina said that during 01.01.2016 to 31.12 2016, 17 police personnel including two Assistant […]
Forces turned into ‘blood sucking vampires’ for Kashmiris: JRL
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Monday condemned the carnage by forces at Shopian, stating that Kashmir has been turned into a slaughter house where the lives of young and old, men and women and even children are not safe as forces have gone berserk and are slaughtering Kashmiris at will. JRL comprising Syed Ali […]
Debate on Shopian killing a fixed match: Er Rasheed
Srinagar: Ridiculing the debate over the Shopian killings in assembly, Awami Itehad Party (AIP) president and MLA Lanagte, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh Monday termed the whole debate ‘a match fixing exercise’. Er Rasheed as per a statement issued here said that neither NC nor PDP is sincere in ensuring to protect the life and honor […]
Introduction of additional subjects under consideration: Minister
Jammu: Minister for Education, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari Monday said that introduction of additional subjects is based on the demand and requires creation of posts of Lecturer(s) in the corresponding subjects. Responding to a Calling Attention Notice by MLC, Naresh Kumar Gupta seeking Government’s attention towards the situation that has arisen due to delay in […]
Efforts on to bring sustainable peace to JK: Govt
Jammu: The state government on Monday said that the efforts are on to bring sustainable peace to Jammu and Kashmir. Minister for Public Works Department, Naeem Akhtar said the government is making all efforts for bringing sustainable peace to Jammu and Kashmir. He expressed deep grief over the killing of civilians at Shopian in Army […]
LoC Trade: Traders peeved over reduction in agreed tradable items
Srinagar: The cancellation of 4 out of 21 agreed tradable items by Jammu and Kashmir government has invited sharp reaction from Salamabad Cross LoC Traders Union who have threatened to windup the business in case authorities don’t revoke their what they termed as ‘irresponsible and anti-traders’ order. While addressing a press conference here in Kashmir […]
Multi-faceted policy in place to harness State’s tourism potential: Govt
Jammu: Minister for Tourism, Tassaduq Hussain Mufti Monday said the state government has adopted a multipronged strategy to harness the tourism potential and position Jammu and Kashmir as the leading Global destination adding that the idea is to make the tourism sector as the principal engine of the State’s economic growth. Winding up the discussion […]
Technical Education Department instrumental in tackling unemployment: Minister
Jammu: Minister for Youth Services and Sports, Information Technology and Technical Education, Imran Raza Ansari Monday said Technical Education Department is instrumental in addressing unemployment issues in the State to a great extent. Ansari was addressing a gathering after launching departmental calendar, Technology news and promo during a function organized by Directorate of Technical Education […]
Panel constitutes to devise horticulture dev model
Jammu: The J&K government has constituted a Committee headed by Chief Secretary to study the scope and definition of horticulture as envisaged by the government of India and other states of the country. As per a GAD order, the committee headed by CS with administrative secretary Finance, administrative secretary Planning and Monitoring and administrative secretary […]