Erring traders fined
Ganderbal: The Court of Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-Adjudicating Officer, Syed Shahnawaz Bukhari today imposed a fine of Rs 4, 68, 000 on erring traders during an inspection drive for violating various provisions of Food Safety and Standards Act. The ADC asked the food business operators to strictly adhere to set regulations. He directed the concerned authorities […]
Shopian killings reverberate in Assembly, Question Hour adjourned
Jammu: Noisy protests in the Assembly on Monday forced the Speaker to adjourn the Question Hour to discuss death of two civilians in alleged firing by security forces in Shopian district on Saturday. Amid noisy scenes from the Opposition benches, the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti requested the speaker Kavinder Gupta to allow the discussion, leading […]
Jan 2018 witnessed killing of three students, another civilian
Kulgam/Shopian: The southern districts of the Valley witnessed four civilian killings in just 29 days of the New Year (2018), shattering the dreams of four families comprising over 20 members-for a life time. Three students among four civilians were killed since the inception of New Year (2018). The first civilian killing in Southern districts was […]
BJP demands withdrawal of FIR against army
Jammu: The coalition partner of the state government, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded the withdrawal of an FIR lodged against the army men involved in the killing of two civilians in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. BJP’s RS Pathania while speaking in the Assembly said that the government should withdraw the FIR against the Army personnel […]
Arrest soldiers named in FIR, demands NC
Jammu: National Conference (NC) on Monday demanded the accused soldiers named in the FIR in connection with the killing of two civilians should be arrested immediately. Senior NC leader and former minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Sagar said that with regard to the civilian killings by army in the Shopian, the inquiry […]
Will take army’s version of Shopian incident into account: DGP
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police chief S P Vaid said registration of FIR in the Shopian incident is just the beginning of the investigation and the Army’s version would be taken into account as well. Two civilians were killed when Army personnel fired at a stone-pelting mob in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on […]
Police concludes probe in Amarnath Yatri attack case
Srinagar: Police on Monday filed a charge sheet against the Pakistan-based Lashker-e- Taiba terror group and 11 people for conspiring and carrying out the July 2017 Amarnath Yatra attack in which eight pilgrims lost their lives. The 1,600-page charge sheet was filed under various sections of Ranbir Penal Code (similar to the Indian Penal Code) […]
Udhampur-Banihal national highway: NGT forms committee to examine soil dumping
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal Monday appointed a committee to inspect the status of dumping of soil in Chenab and Tawi rivers for construction on a stretch of Udhampur-Banihal national highway in Jammu and Kashmir. A bench headed by acting Chairperson Justice U D Salvi constituted a committee comprising a senior scientist from the […]