JK’s budget nothing new but jugglery of figures: CPI (M)
Jammu: A day after the Centre presented a Rs 1 lakh crore budget for Jammu and Kashmir for 2020-21, senior CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Wednesday said it is nothing new but jugglery of figures . Sharply reacting to the Centre’s proposal to fill up 50,000 vacancies in government jobs in the Union […]
Pak Army shells forward areas in Poonch
Jammu: In the fourth ceasefire violation in as many days, the Pakistan Army on Wednesday resorted to intense mortar shelling on forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, a defence spokesman said. At about 11.45 am, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by small arms firing and intense shelling with mortars in […]
Malik’s remarks hurt dignity of Raj Bhavan: Saamana
Mumbai: Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ on Wednesday said the remarks made recently by Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik about governors in general has hurt the dignity of the Raj Bhavan. While speaking at an event in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat, Malik had reportedly said on Sunday that governors in the country do not have much work […]
JK open for tourists, shut for militants: Union minister
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday rejected claims of opposition parties in Lok Sabha that Jammu and Kashmir has been converted into an “open jail”, asserting that the newly created union territory is open for tourists and shut for terrorists. Intervening in a discussion on budgetary allocations for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Minister of […]
Lawaypora shootout: Police arrest youth from Budgam
Srinagar: Over a month after Lawaypora shootout here in Srinagar, police arrested a youth from Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday. Official sources said that police personnel from Parimpora Police Station arrested a youth from Arth Budgam in connection with Lawaypora shoot out that occurred on 5 February last month. Two militants Zia-ur-Rehman of Arth […]
Pulwama locals resent influx of non-local labourers in district
‘Our teams looking for symptoms in every village: DDC
Pulwama: Locals in a Pulwama village staged a protest on Wednesday after the arrival of hoards of non-local labourers in the village. The protesters demanded that a medical team should be sent to carry out medical check-up of these non-local labourers. Sources informed that a large number of protesters hit the roads in Zasoo village […]
Farooq Abdullah meets Omar
Srinagar: National Conference patron Dr Farooq Abdullah met his incarcerated son Omar Abdullah at Hariniwas Palace in Srinagar on Wednesday. This was the second meeting between Farooq and his son Omar after the senior Abdullah was set free from detention on Friday last. He was accompanied by his wife Molly Abdullah and daughter Sofia Abdullah. […]
Duo with travel history to corona hit countries go into hiding
Srinagar: At least five suspects having travel history with high fever and flu have been identified and admitted in hospital in Kashmir Valley. However, duo from Central Kashmir’s Budgam district is evading the screening after returning home from Saudi Arabia two weeks ago. Official sources said that two persons (name withheld) who hail from Khanpora […]
Coronavirus scare: Isolation ward set up in Sopore hospital
Sopore: An isolation ward has been set up in Sopore hospital in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. In-charge of Isolation ward, Dr. Rudyana said that an isolation ward has been set up with the help of Directorate of Health Services. It will act as a quarantine facility. She further said that the center has […]
Authorities fail to repair damaged water pipeline in Kulgam village
Kulgam: The residents of Nowbugh village in far flung Kund belt of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday expressed their resentment against the Public Health Engineering department (PHE) division Qazigund for failing to repair the water supply pipeline in the area. Locals said that water supply pipeline was laid in the area twenty years back […]