ReT scheme frozen to facilitate regularisation of teachers
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration will formally stop the Rehabar-e-Taleem (ReT) scheme with a provision that the teachers already engaged under it would continue to be governed by the scheme till their regularization or otherwise. The decision taken at the State Administrative Council (SAC) meeting would help the school education department to consolidate the […]
ED, NIA tasked to silent vibrant voices of Kashmir: JKDFP
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) on Thursday strongly condemned the slapping of 37th PSA on Muslim League Chairman, MasaratAlam. The party spokesperson in a statement issued here said that PSA has become a tool of ‘suppression and oppression’. “The charge sheet against Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief SyedahAasiya Andrabi and her associates will prove a […]
Bandipora-Gurez road may open today
Bandipora: Beacon officials have said that men and machinery are on the job to open the Bandipora-Gurez road that has been closed for the vehicular traffic post a medium snowfall in the area during the last three days. The officials said that after continuous snowfall for three days, men and machines have been deputed to […]
Fiddling with JK’s special status impermissible, unacceptable: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister and President Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday reiterated that any attempt taken through legal or administrative route to fiddle with JK’s special status will be unacceptable to the people of the state. Addressing party functionaries and workers of Anantnag and Pahalgam, the PDP chief stated that while it […]
Basanth Rath’s transfer: Social media users express anger
Srinagar: Social media users in Kashmir expressed their anger against the transfer of IGP Traffic Basant Kumar Rath and blamed Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Junaid Mattu for government’s decision to remove the highly popular IPS officer. Rath, who is credited with streamlining the traffic system in Jammu and Kashmir in less than one […]
NC takes on Junaid Matto: Blames him for getting an ‘honest’ officer transferred
Srinagar: National Conference on Wednesday censured the incumbent Srinagar Mayor for using his new found affection for the BJP and its General Secretary Ram Madhav to transfer an honest Police officer Basant Rath. In a statement issued here, YNC Provincial President and former Mayor Salman Ali Sagar said that the much talked “Change” is visible […]
NIA files charge sheet against Aasiya Andrabi, 2 others
New Delhi: The NIA Wednesday filed a charge sheet against pro-Pakistani separatist and Dukhtaran-e-Millat head Aasiya Andrabi and two of her associates for allegedly “waging war” against the country using Internet platforms, officials said. In a statement, the NIA’s spokesman said Andrabi, Sofi Fehmeeda and Naheeda Nasreen were using various social media platforms like Twitter, […]
Masarat Alam faces 37th PSA, shifted to Hira Nagar jail
Srinagar: The incarcerated chairman of Muslim League Jammu Kashmir, Masarat Alam Bhat was on Wednesday shifted to Hira Nagar jail Jammu after authorities booked him yet again under the Public Safety Act (PSA). The fresh orders, incidentally 37th in the series, were passed Wednesday morning by the Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla, a spokesperson of the League, […]
Delay in damage assessment leaves affected orchardists to suffer
Shopian: Even after the Jammu and Kashmir government has declared November snowfall as natural calamity, the orchardists across south Kashmir mainly from Shopian district are decrying the delay in assessment of damages from the government, saying that at least 40 percent trees were damaged due to recent untimely snowfall. South belt particularly Shopian and Kulgam, […]
Erratic power supply: Bar Association Shopian gifts Kerosene lamp to DDC to mark protest
Shopian/Pulwama: In a typical way to lodge protest against the Power Development Department (PDD), the Bar Association Shopian on Wednesday gifted a kerosene lamp to District Development Commissioner Shopian, Dr Owais Ahmed to mark a protest against the erratic power supply in the district. Besides, the residents of Pulwama braving the frosty weather conditions also […]
