ULB polls: 58.12 lakh voters to choose 35,096 panchayat members
Jammu: The stage is set for the nine-phased rural bodies polls in Jammu and Kashmir from November 17, in which over 58.12 lakh voters will choose 35,096 panchayat members in 316 blocks of the state. According to the state election department, Jammu district has the highest 6,21,566 voters, who will choose 2,568 panchayat members in […]
Public hearings of #MeToo cases soon: Maneka Gandhi
Says she believes in all of them
New Delhi: After a lot of hue and cry, the Govt is finally going to conduct the public hearings into #MeToo cases wherein women have alleged sexual misconduct by men. Union Cabinet Minister for Women & Child Development Maneka Gandhi said that the Govt will form a four-member committee of retired judges to look into such cases […]
Lt Gen Paramjit Singh takes over as XVI Corps GOC
Jammu: Lt Gen Paramjit Singh, an officer involved in the planning of the 2016 surgical strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), Friday took over as the general officer commanding of the Army’s Nagrota-based XVI Corps. Lt Gen Singh, who has commanded an elite parachute regiment and has vast experience of high-altitude warfare, took over […]
Pakistani High Court judge sacked over remarks against ISI
Sajjad Hussain Islamabad: A senior Pakistani judge, who was in line to become the chief justice of the Islamabad High Court next month, was sacked for his controversial statement that the country’s powerful spy agency ISI was manipulating judicial proceedings to get favourable decisions. The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) had recommended to remove Justice Shaukat Aziz […]
Qazi Yasir no longer Mirwaiz South
Srinagar: Idara Tahqeeqat-e-Islami patron Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah on Friday expelled Qazi Yasir Ahmad from the post of Mirwaiz south Kashmir and also removed him from presidentship of Idara-e-Tahqeeqat-e-Islami. In a video message, Abdullah said that the decision has been made keeping in view the aspirations of people and also said that he was “ashamed” of […]
Life comes to halt, internet chocked; educational institutions shut
Srinagar: Educational institutions in most parts of Kashmir Valley are shut for the day, with restrictions in several parts of the old city to mourn the killing of scholar turned militant commander Manan Wani. Educational institutions across Sopore Division, Bandipora, Kupwara are closed. The step has been taken to maintain law and order in wake […]
Manan Wani: AMU suspends 3 students for offering funeral prayers in absentia
Srinagar: The Aligarh Muslim University Thursday has suspended three Kashmiri students afte they tried to offer ‘Janaje ki Namaz’ following the death of former research scholar-turned Hizbul Mujahideen commander, Mannan Wani, in an operation by the Army’s 30 Rashtriya Rifles in Kupwara of Kashmir earlier in the day. Confirming the move, proctor of the university […]
Petrol, diesel prices register yet another minor rise
New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices across India saw another rise with the fuels retailing for Rs 82.48 and Rs 74.90 per litre in the national capital on Friday. Fuel prices have been steadily rising each day despite a cut in central taxes last week. Several states too cut on levies but a strong dollar […]
Our 10 month persecution has ended, says Manan Wani’s father
Srinagar: The death of Manan Bashir Wani, top Hizbul Mujahideen commander of north Kashmir, might be a big achievement for the government forces, but for his family his death means an end to ten months of alleged persecution at the ‘hands of government forces’. “I would have never asked him to surrender. He had chosen […]
Hardcore criminal’ slapped with PSA in J K’s Samba
Jammu: A “hardcore criminal” was on Thursday arrested and slapped with the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, police said. Vipan Kumar Gupta alias Jony was nabbed by a special police team during a raid, a police officer said. He was involved in a number of criminal activities and […]