ACB files chargesheet against govt official in disproportionate assets case
Jammu: The J&K Anti-Corruption Bureau on Saturday chargesheeted an official official of the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Department (CA&PD), indicting him in a corruption case of owning disproportionate assets. The chargesheet against CA&PDa storekeeper Ghulam Mohi-Ud-Din was filed in the anti-corruption court of special judge after the the competent authority granted sanction to prosecute the […]
J&K pushed into ‘unprecedented’ crisis: NC
Jammu: The National Conference on Wednesday expressed concern over the continued detention of political leaders and said “the worrisome political stalemate for over 111 days speaks volumes about the lack of understanding and insensitivity of the ruling dispensation that has pushed Jammu and Kashmir into an unprecedented crisis”. It sought immediate restoration of political activity […]
Jammu lawyers on indefinite strike threaten to intensify agitation
Jammu:The lawyers in Jammu region, who are on an indefinite strike for the last 21 days against the administration’s decision to divest the courts of powers to register various documents and vest the same with the revenue department, have threatened to intensify their agitation. Jammu chapter of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association […]
Mehbooba Mufti shifted to govt house in Lalchowk area
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti was on Friday shifted to a government accommodation in the city from a tourist hut located at the foothills of Zaberwan range, officials said here. The move was necessitated as the approaching winters and frequent power cuts made it difficult to stay in the hut which […]
NC parliamentarian say no to participation in any elections
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) on Friday announced that it will not take part in any elections in the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir, where the situation is still uncertain and leaders of mainstream political parties, including three former Chief Ministers, remained under detention since August 5. “How can one think of taking part […]
Better to have three persons in detention if Kashmir remains peaceful: Union Minister
Jammu: The three former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers should remain in detention if it helps in maintaining peace in the Valley, Union minister Jitendra Singh on Friday told a group of officers who briefed him about the situation in the newly created Union Territory. He said the government has to change the narrative on […]
IAF personnel killings: Court lists case for hearing in December
Jammu: A TADA Court here in Jammu after hearing the arguments and counter arguments in a case related to the killing of Indian Air Forces Personnel and abduction of Dr Rubiya Sayeed listed the case for next hearing on December 3 next month. The accused Muhammad Yasin Malik who is currently lodged in Delhi’s Tihar […]
NC leader Akhoon meets Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference face from Ladakh and former Minister Qamar Ali Akhoon Friday met incarcerated party president Dr Farooq Abdullah, reports said. Abdullah is facing detention under Public Safety Act. He was arrested after Government of India abrogated Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said that both the leaders had a meeting on the […]
Authorities seal Pandit’s shop run by a local Muslim
Srinagar: Authorities sealed a shop owned by a Kashmir Pandit on Friday. The shop was run by a local Muslim since 1990 in Habakadal area of Srinagar city. Official sources said that a local Muslim from Ganpatyar Habakadal, Muhammad Amin was running the shop owned by a Pandit Yogindar Kundra from the past three decades. […]
Nehru was architect of modern India: JK Cong chief
Jammu: Jawaharlal Nehru was the architect of modern India and a hero of the masses, Congress’s J-K chief Gulam Ahmed Mir said after paying tributes to the country’s first prime minister on his 130th birth anniversary. Speaking at a function at the party’s headquarters here, Mir described Nehru as a great statesman and a visionary […]
