Indefinite strike by lawyers hits work in courts across Jammu
Jammu: Work at the high court and lower courts was affected in most parts of Jammu region on Saturday, following an indefinite strike by lawyers against the recent decision to divest the judicial courts of its powers to register various documents and vest the same with the revenue department. The strike call was given by […]
Finance Dep authorizes utilization of 50% funds
SRINAGAR: Finance department has conveyed the authorization to the utilization of 50% funds out of five months Budget Estimates (31st October 2019 to 31 March 2020) under both Revenue and Capital components out of consolidated fund of the Union Territory of the Jammu and Kashmir pending the sanction of such expenditure by the parliament. According […]
Posters in Tral ask SPO’s to leave their jobs
Pulwama: Purported posters attributed to militant outfits appeared in different parts of Tral town of South Kashmir’s Pulwama on Saturday. The posters warned Special Police Officers (SPO’s) of dire consequences in case they continue with their jobs in the police. The posters asked SPOs to leave their jobs or face consequences, reports said. Official sources […]
Locals stage protest after forces thrash butchers
Pulwama: A day after Kashmir’s transition into a Union Territory, Government Forces according to people have started meddling in civilian affairs. Reports about troops targeting butchers selling beef in Bundzo Pulwama, Sumbal Bandipora and North Kashmir’s Baramulla district have surfaced. Locals from Bundzo village of Pulwama staged a protest after a party of forces personnel […]
PDP expels MP Nazir Laway for attending swearing-in of L-G Murmu
Srinagar: The PDP expelled its Rajya Sabha member Nazir Ahmad Laway from the party on Friday for “anti-party activities”, after he had attended the swearing-in ceremony of the new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. “The member of Rajya Sabha, Nazir Ahmed Laway, has been expelled from the basic membership of the party,” People’s Democratic […]
BJP state President Ravinder Raina heckled after TV debate in Srinagar
Srinagar: BJP’s Jammu Kashmir President Ravinder Raina was heckled by agitated youth after an open TV debate here in Srinagar on Thursday night, reports said. Hindi TV news channel ‘Aaj Tak’ had organized a debate ‘Hala Bol’ in open at picturesque Zero Bridge in which Ravinder Raina and others including PDP leader Javaid Beigh, Farooq […]
Kulgam killings: Police detains 10 suspects for questioning
Kulgam: Police has detained 10 suspects in connection with the killing of five non-local labourers in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, an official said Friday. The official informed that three days after the killing of five non-local labourers from West Bengal in Katarsoo village of Kulgam in south Kashmir, police detained at least 10 suspects from […]
Protestors torch two vehicles
Qazigund: Unknown youth torched two vans belonging to Bhartiya Janata Party workers in Qazigund area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday, reports said. Official sources said that BJP Deputy Secretary from Qazigund Abid Hussain Khan and his associate had parked their two vans bearing registration numbers (JK03V-6598) and (JK03D-4475) outside a house when unknown […]
Bullet ridden body identified as that of Hizb militant: Sources
Srinagar: The bullet ridden body that was found in Bijbehara town of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district two days ago has been identified as that of a Hizb militant hailing from North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Official sources said that a bullet ridden body was found on Wednesday morning after the killing of five migrant labourers in […]
D C Raina is first AG of J&K UT
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Girish Chander Murmu on Friday appointed D C Raina as first Advocate General of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Raina has thrice served as the State’s top most lawyer in the past eleven years. Raina was first appointed as Advocate General in 2008 after PDP withdrew support to Ghulam Nabi […]