FM suggests proactive administration for PSUs
Jammu: Minister for Finance, Labour & Employment Dr Haseeb Drabu Tuesday asked the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) to adopt proactive administrative approach mixed with judicious resource management to achieve efficient results. The Minister said this at a meeting convened to review the functioning of various Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) in the State. The meeting […]
Return of the prodigal: Abdullah’s noise puts NC back in reckoning
Srinagar: Ever since he returned to the political scene last, National Conference (NC) President Dr Farooq Abdullah has already generated a lot of noise, and in the process possibly catapulted his party back into the political reckoning. His public meetings haven’t drawn people but he has forced media to take notice of him through deeply […]
Will CM’s concern over manhandling of inmates in Tihar Jail ‘impress’ separatists
Srinagar: On Tuesday the beleaguered Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti tried to reach out to the separatist camp after she expressed concern over media reports suggesting alleged harassment and manhandling of some inmates from the state at Tihar Jail in New Delhi. “Taking a serious view of these reports, the Chief Minister spoke to Union Home […]
Injured inmate admitted in Sopore hospital
Sopore: Additional Sessions Judge Sopore on Tuesday directed the police to admit Ahtesham Ahmad (25), son of Farooq Ahmad, resident of Batpora Sopore to a local hospital for getting his injuries treated. Ahtesham is one of the 18 victims of alleged police assault on the night of November 21 in Delhi’s Tihar jail. He was […]
Injured inmate treated in Sopore hospital
Sopore: Additional Sessions Judge Sopore on Tuesday directed the police to admit Ahtesham Ahmad (25), son of Farooq Ahmad, resident of Batpora Sopore to a local hospital for getting his injuries treated. Ahtesham is one of the 18 victims of alleged police assault on the night of November 21 in Delhi’s Tihar jail. He was […]
Interlocutor finally ‘reaches out’ to South Kashmir
Anantnag: As the Union government’s special envoy on Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma, landed in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, delegations to have an interaction with the interlocutor had already lined up. Sharma, who arrived in Anantnag early morning amid heightened security arrangements met around 26 delegations at the Dak bungalow. Delegations from Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), Indian […]
JRL calls attack on jail inmates as ‘Ghastly’
Srinagar: Expressing serious concern over the plight of hundreds of Kashmiri prisoners lodged in Tihar and various jails in and outside the state, Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Tuesday said that the jail authorities are badly treating all these prisoners in complete violation of jail manual. Distressed over the reports of thrashing of prisoners in […]
Name plates of ‘missing’ ministers makes Lal Singh ‘angry’
Anantnag: The Minister for Forests Ecology and Environment, Chowdary Lal Singh is known for stoking controversies. On Tuesday when the Minister was attending a plantation drive near Jawahar Tunnel he asked his police escort to remove the name plates of two PDP Ministers which the officials had planted near the plantation site. PDP Ministers Zahoor […]
Star Cricketer Dhoni meets children at DPS school
Srinagar: Indian star cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday visited Delhi Public School in Srinagar and interacted with teachers and students. The former Indian skipper is also an honorary Lt Col of the Indian Army. Dhoni appreciated the school for organizing a cricket match of visually impaired which was first of its kind in Kashmir […]
Minister felicitates tennis tournament players
Jammu: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) and Tribal Affairs, Choudhary Zulfkar Ali on Tuesday felicitated meritorious players of table tennis after the culmination of the 39th Stag J&K State and Inter district table tennis championship. The championship was organized by J&K table tennis association in which 250 players of various age groups […]