Deep freeze worsens in Valley, Srinagar records minus7.6 degrees Celsius
Srinagar: Srinagar witnessed the coldest night of the season as the city shivered at minus 7.6 degree Celsius, the Met Office said on Thursday. After December 7, 1990, when the minimum temperature had dropped to minus 8.8 degree Celsius, the city recorded the coldest night of the season at minus 7.6 degree, breaking the December […]
Civilian killed in Pak firing along LoC in Rajouri
Jammu: A 55-year-old civilian was killed Wednesday in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, a defence spokesman said. “At around 1200 hours, Pakistan army initiated unprovoked firing in Noushera sector, resulting in fatal casualty of one civilian, Bodhraj, a resident of Deeing villagle,” Jammu-based Army […]
Illegal structures removed from Khushalsar
Srinagar: The Srinagar district administration Wednesday demolished illegal structures erected on state land forming part of the area of the Khushalsar waterbody. Tehsildar Eidgah GA Khan supervised the demolition of illegal structures which included a residential house, two tin-sheds and a plinth. The administration while warning against it said illegal encroachments among other such violations […]
Govt asks airports to make public announcements in local language too
New Delhi: The government Wednesday directed all airports to make public announcements in local language first, followed by Hindi and English, officials said. The latest move follows a directive from Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu. Officials said that the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has issued a directive to all aerodromes under its control to start […]
GPS enabled buses to hit Srinagar roads soon
Adding to SRTC fleet; support Pvt transporters: Div Com
Srinagar: The government is going to procure GPS (Global Positioning System) enabled hi-end buses to add these to Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transportation fleet as also to support purchases by private transporters for easing mobility and traffic congestion in the Srinagar city. In this regard, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan reviewed the procurement […]
Friday namaaz: Mayawati denounces ‘improper, arbitrary’ order
Lucknow, Dec 26 (PTI) BSP president Mayawati Wednesday denounced the Noida administration’s “improper and arbitrary” order on Friday namaaz, saying such a policy, if any, should be implemented in all districts and on people from all religions. “The order regarding prior approval for offering Friday namaaz at public parks and warning of strict action on firms […]
Discussion on triple talaq bill in LS tomorrow
New Delhi: The politically sensitive bill which seeks to make the practice of instant triple talaq among Muslim men a penal offence will come up for discussion in Lok Sabha on Thursday. The Lok Sabha had last week on Thursday decided to take up the bill on December 27 after the Congress agreed to participate […]
Valley to receive light snow, rains in higher reaches
Srinagar: The Meteorological Department (MeT) on Wednesday predicted light snow and rains in its higher reaches of Kashmir valley. The MeT department has predicted mainly dry weather in subsequent two days. For next week the weather in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh will remain largely dry with some isolated showers in the higher reaches of the […]
Pak claims it foiled al-Qaeda attack at Christmas ceremony
Lahore: Pakistani authorities on Wednesday claimed to have foiled a terrorist attack at a Christmas ceremony in Punjab province and arrested four al-Qaeda terrorists. According to the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), it got a credible information that four terrorists belonging to al-Qaeda were present near Francis Abad, Sheikhupura road Gujranwala, some 80-km from Lahore. “They were […]
11 IPS officers transferred
Srinagar: The government on Wednesday ordered the transfers of eleven Indian Police Service (IPS) officers. Dr Shiv Dev Singh Jamwal, Inspector General of Police Jammu, has been posted as IGP (CIV), police headquarters against an available vacancy. K. Sinha of IPS batch 1996, awaiting orders of posting has been posted as IGP, Jammu. RafeequI Hassan, […]