Ban on Jammat: JRL calls for protest post Friday prayers
Srinagar: The Joint resistance leadership (JRL) on Wednesday asked the people to hold protests on Friday against the ban on Jama’at-e-Islami, raids of the leadership and assault on Article 35A. In a statement, the JRL termed the ban on JeI, arrest of hundreds of its leaders and cadres, assault on the state’s hereditary state subject […]
No further extension in winter vacations after March 9: Govt
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Governor, Khursheed Ahmad Ganai, who holds the charge of Education Department, today said that there will be no further extension in winter vacations beyond March 9 and all schools, colleges will open from March 11. Chairing a high level meeting attended by the Vice Chancellors, College Principals, Controller of Examinations and Director […]
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister in Islamabad to defuse Indo-Pak tensions
Beijing, Mar 6 (PTI) China on Wednesday announced that Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou is in Islamabad to discuss the Indo-Pak tensions following the Pulwama terror attack, as it called for the creation of an “enabling atmosphere” for its close ally Pakistan to cooperate with “other parties”. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Vice […]
UN chief spoke with India, Pak officials not PMs on rising tensions: official
United Nations, Mar 6 (PTI) UN chief Antonio Guterres has not spoken with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan, but discussed with officials from India and Pakistan the heightened tensions arising after the Pulwama terror attack, a top official has said. Tensions escalated between India and Pakistan in the wake of […]
Mehbooba leads PDP protest against Centre ban on Jamaat
Srinagar, Mar 6 (PTI) PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday led a protest rally of her party in Anantnag district against the Centre’s ban on Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Jammu and Kashmir for allegedly having close ties with militant outfits and demanded revocation of the decision. The former state chief minister led scores of her party activists at […]
Nobody will get any information from us on source of Rafale documents: The Hindu chairman
New Delhi: Documents related to the Rafale deal were published in public interest and nobody would get any information from ‘The Hindu’ newspaper on the confidential sources who provided them, The Hindu Publishing Group Chairman N Ram said on Wednesday. The documents were published because details were withheld or covered up, the veteran journalist said […]
DGP meets Governor, briefs him on law and order situation
Jammu: Dilbag Singh, Director General of Police on Wednesday met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan and briefed him about several important matters relating to security and Law and Order management and about various welfare schemes of the J&K Police instituted for its personnel. Governor emphasized the vital importance of public order being […]
Man killed after being hit by train in J-K’s Udhampur
Jammu, Mar 6 (PTI) A 58-year-old man was killed on Wednesday after being hit by a train in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, an official said. Jitendra Sharma died at the spot when he came under Katra-bound Uttar Sampark Kranti Express while crossing the track at Channi Morh, a Government Railway Police official said. Sharma hailed […]
Jammu municipal body to collect used puja materials from temples for disposal
Jammu, Mar 6 (PTI) Jammu Municipal Corporation on Wednesday launched a waste-collection vehicle to pick up used ‘puja materials’ from temples for proper disposal. The move is aimed at arresting the trend of throwing such materials in water bodies, including the Tawi river, and other places in the winter capital, JMC mayor Chander Mohan Gupta told […]
Bank guard says rifle ‘missing’, investigation launched
Srinagar, March 6 (GNS): A security guard has reported a 12-bore rifle missing from a bank in Kumdalan area of Shopian, officials said today. A police officer told GNS that the weapon has gone missing from the JK Bank branch Kumdalan last night. “The police are investigating the matter after the guard reported the rifle […]
