Veeri reviews functioning of Haj & Auqaf department
Jammu: Minister for Revenue, Haj & Auqaf and Parliamentary Affairs Abdul Rehman Veeri, Tuesday asked the Auqaf authorities to properly utilize the Auqaf land and said that there is a need to take innovative steps to further improve the financial health of this important body. The Minister gave these directions while reviewing the functioning of […]
15-day youth festival concludes
Kulgam: A valedictory function was Tuesday held at Mini Secretariat here which marked the conclusion of 15-daylong Youth Festival 2017-18. Member of Parliament, Nazir Ahmad Laway, DDC Kulgam, Talat Parvez, SP Kulgam, Sridhar Patil and Principal GDC Kulgam, Prof Bashir Ahmad Rather were among the eminent dignitaries present at the concluding ceremony. The festival was […]
Assembly witnesses ruckus on day one
Jammu: The Budget session of the state Legislature began today on a stormy note as the Opposition staged a walkout during Governor N N Vohra’s address to the joint session to protest the alleged failure of the PDP-BJP government on all fronts, particularly security. As the Governor was about to begin his address in the […]
NC lists charges against the govt
Jammu: As soon as the joint session of the state assembly began in Jammu, opposition National Conference submitted a memorandum to Governor N N Vohra here, seeking a political dialogue to resolve the situation in the state. The memorandum’s release coincided with the start of the Budget session. It claimed that under the BJP-PDP government […]
Govt trying to widen constituency of peace: Vohra
JAMMU: Reiterating the need to regain the lost trust and negate the misgivings among certain sections of the society in the state, Governor N N Vohra today said the appointment of the Special Representative by the Union Government to hold talks with the people belonging to all shades of opinion is recognition of the concern […]
No plans to give general amnesty to militants in JK: Govt
New Delhi: The government has no plans to give general amnesty to the militants in Jammu and Kashmir and Maoists who give up violence and arms struggle, the Lok Sabha was informed today. “There is no proposal for general amnesty to the militants,” Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said in reply to a […]
Cong questions Govt’s Pak policy, slams it over Pulwama strike
New Delhi: Questioning the government’s Pakistan policy, Congress today accused it of failing to protect military installations from cross-border terror strikes and wondered why Prime Minister Narendra Modi was silent even after five soldiers were killed in Sunday’s Pulwama attack. Raising the issue, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia also slammed the government over National Security Adviser […]
Man-animal conflict witnesses decrease in north Kashmir
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Mindless planning: Authorities draw flak over cutting down of Chinar trees
SRINAGAR: After facing massive outrage online over the cutting of Chinars at a prime location in summer capital Srinagar, the authorities have stopped the construction work around the Chinars. According to the reports, the Public Works Department (PWD) at Polo View, Srinagar had started cutting the roots of the 600 year old Chinars to pave […]
Three young boys confirm rendezvous with normal life, tweets DGP
Srinagar: Three young boys, who had joined militant ranks recently, have surrendered before security forces in Kashmir, a senior police official said today. “Another three young boys in valley came back home in response to the call of their families. God bless them,” Director General of Police S P Vaid tweeted. The police have made […]