ULB Polls: No restrictions tomorrow, says DGP
'Arrangements in place for peaceful conduct of polls'
Srinagar: Director General Police Dilbagh Singh on Sunday said that there will be restrictions whatsoever imposed anywhere in Kashmir valley on Monday and that people should exercise freely their right to vote. He also said that all arrangements were in place to ensure the free, fair, transparent and peaceful conduct of the first phase of […]
Rajnath says incidents of violence down in Kashmir
Lucknow: Home Minister Rajnath Singh said Sunday incidents of violence in Jammu and Kashmir have gone down and asserted that security forces were fully prepared to get the urban local body (ULB) polls conducted in the state. Elections to ULBs in Jammu and Kashmir will start from Monday and be held in four phases. Talking to […]
Search operation underway in Sopore
Bilal Ahmad Sopore: Forces on Sunday evening launched a cordon & search operation in New Colony area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that forces sealed New Colony area of Sopore and conducted door to door search, closing all entry and exit points leading the area. Officials, when contacted, told that operation […]
CJ terms mediation ‘cost-effective alternate’ mechanism of justice delivery
Srinagar: Chief Justice of J&K High Court, Justice Gita Mittal on Sunday described the ‘Mediation’ as a game changer alternate medium of delivering justice and called for its optimum use by the judges and lawyers. “The judges and lawyers should make earnest efforts to engage the parties to take the path of mediation in addressing […]
JK Bank promotes 1026 Banking Associates to officers’ cadre
Srinagar Oct. 07: J&K Bank has promoted 1026 Banking Associates to Associate Executive (Scale I) cadre yesterday. A few months back, the Banking Associates were screened through the bank’s given career progression route and were found eligible for promotion to Associate Executive level. While commenting on the promotions, the Chairman & CEO Parvez Ahmed, said, “During […]
Qazi Yasir called for ‘Redwani Chalo’ on October 12
Srinagar: The Chairman of Ummat-e-Islami and Mirwaiz of South Kashmir, Qazi Ahmed Yasir has called for Redwani Chalo on October 12 against the establishment of Army camps in South Kashmir. He also said that Ummat-e-Islami will enact ballot boxes at all the main squares of South Kashmir where people will be asked to chose between […]
Four year old killed, another injured in a mishap at Bandipora
Srinagar: A mishap in a paddy field in north Kashmiri’s Bandipora area left a four year old boy dead while as another was injured. Reports said that the four-year-old boy died while another was injured after a tractor ran over them in a paddy field near Watapora in Bandipora. An official said that two minor […]
Petrol, diesel prices on the rise again
New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) Within a day of the one-off excise duty cut and PSUs subsidising fuel, petrol and diesel prices are on the rise again and have hit a three week high. Petrol and diesel prices were cut by a minimum Rs 2.50 on October 5 when the government’s only second cut in […]
Search operation underway in Shopian district
Srinagar, Oct 7 (PTI) Security forces launched a massive cordon and search operation (CASO) in several villages of Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday, police said. Joint teams of police, CRPF and Army launched a cordon and search operation in six villages of Shopian district of south Kashmir early this morning, a police official […]
US viewing Pakistan through ‘Indian lens’, alleges Islamabad
Islamabad: Top Pakistan minister Saturday alleged that the United States is looking the country through “India lens”. “It will not be appropriate to view our (US-Pak) relations going as far back as seven decades from the Afghan perspective or the Indian lens,” said Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, as reported by Dawn.com. Qureshi’s comment […]