Over 2.50 lakh pension cases pending in JK
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government today said that over 2.50 lakh pension cases, with respect to old age, specially-abled persons and widows, are pending under the National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) and Integrated Social Security Scheme (ISSS). In a written reply to a question by BJP MLA Jewan Lal in the Legislative Assembly, Social […]
Sections of 2 pvt hospitals sealed for non-compliance
Srinagar: Authorities today sealed a few sections of two private hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district for allegedly failing to comply with the norms laid down by the Health department. “The Directorate of Health Sevices, Kashmir, today sealed a few sections of Quality Care hospital and Ess Bee hospital in Kupwara district,” a spokesperson […]
Four drug peddlers arrested in Srinagar
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested four suspected drug peddlers in separate incidents here and seized large quantity of contraband substances from their possession. Acting on a tip off about movement of banned substances by drug peddlers, police yesterday set up temporary check posts at Noorbagh and Soura area of the city, a police […]
J K Assembly speaker says will talk to MLA after he alleges assault by marshals
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker Kavinder Gupta today said he would talk to independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid who yesterday announced his decision to boycott the remaining assembly session to protest against alleged assault by marshals. “Nothing like that (assault on Rashid) had happened. I will personally talk to him,” Gupta said after […]
Over 8 lakh pilgrims visited Amarnath shrine in last 3 yrs
Jammu: Over eight lakh pilgrims paid obeisance at the cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas in the last three years, the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was informed today. In a written reply to a question raised by National Conference MLA Mian Altaf Ahmad, Health Minister Bali Bhagat said while the highest number of […]
Dy speaker asks MLA Langate to join Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly
Jammu: Deputy Speaker, Nazir Ahmad Khan (Gurezi), on Wednesday asked independent legislator from Langate to join the assembly proceedings “for the interest of his people”. “Yesterday Er Rashid sahab held protests inside House and tried to waste time of the House and I had to order Marshals to take him out but he should come […]
210 complaints filed over encroachment of Hindu migrants’properties: J-K Govt
Jammu: Over 200 complaints were registered in connection with encroachment of lands and properties of Kashmiri Hindu migrants in the Kashmir Valley after their exodus in 1990, the Mehbooba Mufti government said today. As many as 210 complaints have been received from Kashmiri Hindu migrants in connection with illegal encroachment of properties, Minister for Relief […]
FTII to conduct one day awareness camp at DIPR Srinagar
Srinagar: Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in collaboration with Directorate of Information and Public Relation Jammu and Kashmir is conducting a one day awareness camp at DIPR auditorium Polo View Srinagar on Jan 20 regarding the courses being offered by the FTII Pune and Satyajeet Rai FTII Kolkata. The students pursuing graduation or […]
Freezing cold in Kashmir; rain or snow predicted
Srinagar: The Kashmir Valley continued reel under arctic conditions even as a cloud cover enveloped the region today. The MeT department predicted rain or snow at a number of places in the valley later in the day. The mercury stayed much below the freezing point in the cold desert of Ladakh. Kargil town in the […]
195 security personnel killed in ‘terror incidents’ in 3 yrs: Govt
Jammu: The Jammu Kashmir government today said 195 security personnel lost their lives in the last three years in militancy related incidents in the Kashmir Valley. In a written reply to a question of BJP’s Ramesh Arora, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti told the Legislative Council that 195 security personnel were killed in militancy related violence […]