‘Sympathetic’ to terror accused : No new rules for dismissal of JK govt employees: Govt
New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir government has not notified any new rule under which government employees can be dismissed from service if they or their family members are found “sympathetic” to people accused of terror charges, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. However, the minister said, the […]
GoC 15 Corps Lt Gen D P Pandey visits house of slain SPO
Budgam: General officer Commanding (GoC) of Srinagar-based army’s 15 Corps, Lieutenant General D P Pandey Wednesday visited the house of slain SPO and his brother in Chadabugh area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district and offered condolences to the bereaved family. This is for the first time that a top army officer has visited the house […]
CBI begins probe into ex-JK guv Malik’s allegations of bribe offer
Srinagar: The CBI on Wednesday began its probe into the allegations made by former Jammu & Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik that he was offered bribes to clear two files when he was in office, officials said. On March 25, the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha had said that the CBI has been given consent to […]
JK reports 30 fresh covid-19 cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 30 fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus during the past 24 hours, officials said on Wednesday. They said two of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 28 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 453720. Giving district wise details, the […]
ACB arrests Ex Engineer PDA while accepting bribe
Srinagar: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday trapped and arrested Executive Engineer, Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA), Anantnag for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 10,000 for passing the bill for balance payments. A spokesman of the ACB said that it received a complaint alleging therein that Muzzaffer Ahmed Dada, Executive Engineer, Pahalgam Development Authority (PDA), […]
Two LeT militants killed in Sgr encounter : One carried ‘ID card of media’, say police
Srinagar: Two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Rainawari area of the city on Wednesday, police said. The encounter had broken out in the Rainawari area of Srinagar’s summer capital around midnight following a cordon and search operation in the old city area, a police official said. Inspector […]
COVID deaths jump by 40%, but cases falling globally: WHO
Geneva: The number of people killed by the coronavirus surged by more than 40% last week, likely due to changes in how COVID-19 deaths were reported across the Americas and by newly adjusted figures from India, according to a World Health Organisation report released Wednesday. In its latest weekly report on the pandemic, the UN […]
CS urges banks to ramp up lending: Terms it necessary for increased economic activity
JAMMU: Saying that credit contraction is a big drag on growing economy like J&K, the Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta Wednesday asked the banks to ramp up lending to enable J&K to keep up the ongoing growth momentum. He said that rising tourist arrivals and plummeting unemployment rate would start showing results, if banks […]
EAM, Doval hold talks with German security and foreign policy adviser
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval on Wednesday held separate talks with visiting German Security and Foreign Policy Adviser Jens Plotner covering the geo-political turmoil triggered by the conflict in Ukraine as well as key bilateral issues. Plotner is on a day-long visit to India following which he will travel […]
Massive landslide blocks Jmu-Sgr highway near Samroli
Udhampur: A massive landslide blocked the strategic 270-km Jammu-Srinagar highway in Udhampur district on Wednesday evening, officials said. The major landslide struck the highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, at Dewal bridge near Samroli around 08:00 pm, officials added. He said that the road clearance agencies have pressed […]
