Ground handling staff of private airline stage protest, seek better wages
Srinagar: The ground handling service staff for ‘Go Airlines’ Tuesday staged a protest against ‘Trikuta Travel Planner’ alleging that they are not being paid wages as prescribed by Ministry of Labour Government of India. The protesting staff alleged that two of their colleagues were terminated after they raised the voice against Trikuta Travel Planner’ and […]
Uproot NC, PDP to end ‘politics of exploitation’: Er Rasheed to people
Srinagar: AwamiItehaad Party (AIP) president and former MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Tuesday asked National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop mud sliding at each other, saying people of J&K should wake up and uproot both of them, so that politics of hypocrisy, exploitation and deception comes to an end. […]
People been forced to live harassed, threatened life: Geelani
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on Tuesday presided over a meeting of its Majlis-e-Shoora that was convened at Geelani’sHyderpora residence today. The meeting took stock of the current situation with reference to the ongoing movement for right to self-determination. It termed Kashmir issue as ‘a long pending political and humanitarian issue’ to […]
Prisoners not being produced to court on time: Hurriyat (M)
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) on Tuesday expressed concern over the plight of Kashmiri political prisoners lodged in different jails of Jammu and Kashmir and outside State. The amalgam spokesman as per a statement issued here said the Kashmiri political prisoners are deprived of the basic facilities including proper medical aid and other facilities as provided […]
BJP says oppn alliance won’t affect its election prospects
Jammu: Any grand alliance of opposition parties will have no bearing on the BJP’s prospects as people want a strong government and not a dependent one that is bound to face internal bickering, BJP vice president AvinashRaiKhanna said on Tuesday. He asserted that there is no alternative to the BJP at the centre and the […]
Burglars strike at JK Bank branch Mandi, decamp with CCTV cameras
Poonch: Unknown persons forced entered into JK Bank branch Mandi in this district of Jammu division and ransacked property besides damaging CCTVs on intervening night of Jan 14 and 15. Whether or not the attackers decamped with any cash is being investigated, a police official told. He said a case under relevant sections of law […]
Two arrested with 35 kg poppy in Jammu
Jammu: Two suspected drug peddlers from Punjab were arrested with 35 kg poppy here on Tuesday, police said. A police party intercepted a car at Greater Kailash locality in Jammu city, a police officer said. During the search, police seized 35 kg poppy from the possession of the driver and another occupant of the car, […]
BSF constable awarded for his quick response to militant attack
Jammu: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh has rewarded Constable Irshad Ahmad of 168-BN BSF for his alertness and quick reaction to a militant attack. “Constable Irshad Ahmad showed his alertness while on duty averted a major tragedy by his quick reaction to militants’ attack on January 7, 2019,” a police spokesman said. He said […]
Guv Malik eats his words on ‘Bihar crime rate’
Says Nitish Kumar has zero tolerance towards crime
Jammu: Seeking to clarify his Patna-more- murder-prone-than-J&K remarks, Governor Satya Pal Malik Monday said his statement was projected “wrongly” as Bihar has zero tolerance to crime. Terming Bihar as repository of skill and agriculture under Nitish Kumar, Malik said the chief ministers of other states should follow the development model enacted by their Bihar counterpart. […]
Six among Ambulance driver injured in Pattan mishap
Baramulla: Six persons including an ambulance driver were injured in an accident at Pattan, Baramulla on late Sunday evening. “Six persons including an ambulance driver were injured. The ambulance driver has been identified as Manzoor Ahmed Khan resident of GundRazak Khan HarilHandwara. He has been shifted to Srinagar as his condition is stated to be […]