Govt orders transfers, postings in administration
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Thursday ordered transfers and postings in administration. According to a government order Dr Shafqat Khan, awaiting orders of adjustment in Health & Medical Education Deptt, has been transferred & posted in the office of Resident Commission, J&K Govt, New Delhi & designated as Joint Resident Commissioner, New Delhi. Khan […]
Pak court refuses to set aside govt’s ban on social welfare activities of JuD and FIF
Lahore: A Pakistani court today allowed Hafiz Saeed’s two organisations Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation (FIF) to work under the ambit of law but did not set aside the government’s ban on their ‘social welfare activities’. Justice Ameenuddin Khan of the Lahore High Court issued a notice to the interior ministry to file its reply […]
Hardcore criminal arrested under PSA in Jammu; sent to jail
Jammu: A hardcore criminal, involved in several cases of crime, was slapped with the Public Safety Act (PSA) and sent to the Kot Bhalwal Jail in the city today. The criminal, Narinder Kumar alias Techi, from the R S Pura area was arrested by police and sent to the jail, police said. District magistrate Jammu, […]
FIR filed against two facebook pages for spreading rumours
Srinagar: Police on Thursday filed an FIR against two Facebook pages for spreading rumours regarding the death of a student in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. SSP Handwara Ghulam Jeelani Wani told a local news agency that a case under FIR number 18/2018 u/s 505 IT Act was filed in connection with the […]
Two Insaas rifles gutted in fire in Army camp
Jammu: Two Insaas rifles were today gutted in a fire triggered in a guard post at an Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. “An incident of sudden electric short-circuit took place in a sentry post located inside the campus of a Brigade in Rajouri at 8:00 am,” a senior police official said. In […]
Father-daughter duo injured in India-Pak shelling in Rajouri
Srinagar: A man and his daughter were injured in firing and shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said today. The incident took place last evening in the Nowshera sector Bola Ram and his daughter Sangeeta suffered splinter injures after a 120mm mortar shell exploded in their house’s […]
Salman gets 5-year jail term in blackbuck poaching case, 5 others acquitted
Jodhpur: A Jodhpur court today sentenced Bollywood star Salman Khan to five years in jail for killing two blackbucks in October 1998 but acquitted his colleagues Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre giving benefit of doubt, a prosecution lawyer said. Preparations for sending Salman to the Jodhpur Central jail are in place, Mahipal […]
Trade body to counter ‘fake’ reporting on Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCC&I) on Thursday denounced what it called irresponsible reporting by a ‘national newspaper’ allegedly to vitiate the atmosphere in Kashmir. The trade body issued a statement after a meeting here today saying such reports can have a negative impact on all walks of life here. The meeting chaired […]
Student protests erupt across Srinagar colleges
Srinagar: The Students of Government Degree College, Bemina, Amar Singh College, Womens College in Srinagar and Government Degree College Sumbal in Bandipora, Thursday held protests soon after they re-opened after four-day closure over Shopian civilian and militant killings. According to reports, scores of students assembled at the Bemina Degree College and tried to take out […]
Pak approaches World Bank over Kishanganga project: Report
Islamabad: Pakistan has informed the World Bank about India’s completing of the Kishanganga hydropower project during the bank’s “pause” period and has urged it to “recognise its responsibility” under the Indus Waters Treaty, a media report said today. Pakistan has approached the World Bank, the mediator between the two countries of the water distribution treaty, […]
