18-day Hockey Tournament at Hakku stadium inaugurated
Jammu: Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment, Choudhary Lal Singh today inaugurated 18-day senior hockey tournament-2017 at K K Hakku Astro Turf Stadium. President Hockey J&K, Kanta Andotra, was also present on the occasion. On the opening ceremony of the tournament, being sponsored by J&K State Sports Council, the match was played between Khalsa Club […]
3 killed, 8 injured in Poonch accident
Poonch: Three persons were killed while eight others were injured in a road mishap in border district of Poonch in Jammu region on Thursday evening. A police officer said that a vehicle (Tata Sumo) bearing registration number JK12-1679 over turned and rolled down into a deep gorge at Tali Mohar in Uchhad Village of Mendhar at […]
Centre allocates additional power to JK to meet winter demands
Srinagar: In view of increase in the power requirement in State of Jammu & Kashmir with the onset of winter, Government of India has decided to allocate an additional 792 Megawatts for Jammu and Kashmir. A government statement issued here said that the Government of India will consider allocating additional power to the State if it […]
BOPEE scam: Court defers verdict by week
Srinagar: A trial court here had deferred its verdict by a week in a case involving Mushtaq Ahmad Peer, the former chairman of the Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) who allegedly engineered the common Entrance Test (CET) 2012 scam. A lawyer associated with the case said that while the court was expected to announce the […]
Naidu, Irani hail JK media students at PCI’s golden jubilee event
NEW DELHI: Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu and Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani today lauded media students from Jammu and Kashmir who were present at the Golden Jubilee function of the Press Council of India (PCI) coinciding with the National Press Day. The Vice-President inaugurated the valedictory event while the function […]
Principal Secretary to JK Govt Dheeraj Gupta transferred
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government Monday ordered administrative reshuffle in state administration. Dheeraj Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary to JK Govt, Power Development Department, has been transferred and has been posted as Principal Secretary (Coordination) in the Resident Commission, J&K Government, New Delhi. Dheeraj has been replaced by Hirdesh Kumar, IAS, who was posted as […]
Amnesty castigates JK Govt for refusing compensation to ‘human shield’ victim
New Delhi: The JK government’s refusal to pay compensation to Farooq Ahmed Dar of Central Kashmir who was strapped to a jeep and paraded by army personnel is a “callous attempt” at evading its human rights obligations, Amnesty International India said today. On 27 October, the Jammu and Kashmir Home Department rejected a recommendation […]
KAS association welcomes Rubina Kounsar’s posting as Mission Director ICPS
Srinagar: The KAS Officers Association has today welcomed recent Government Order whereby a senior, experienced KAS officer from 1999 batch Ms Rubina Kounsar has been posted as Mission Director ICPS, replacing Mr. Hilal Bhat who had been appointed by Social Welfare Department without following due procedure. In a statement issued here, the Association said that […]
Authorities slap 36th PSA on Masarat Alam
Srinagar: Authorities today slapped 36th Public Safety Act (PSA) on Hurriyat Conference (G) leader and Muslim League chairman, Masarat Alam Bhat. Deputy Commissioner Kupwara on Wednesday pressed fresh PSA on the Hurriyat leader following which he was shiftd to Kotbalwal jail Jammu during last night. Pertinently, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court had only ten […]
Cordon and search operation in Shopian village
Srinagar: Government forces on Thursday launched a Cordon and search operation has in Wani Mohalla of Shirmal village of Zainapora tehsil in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Official sources said that 3RR, CRPF and Police launched search operation after receiving specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area Sources said that large number of […]