Added on January 9, 2020 Press Trust of India

Article 370: SC verdict Friday on pleas challenging curbs in JK

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver on Friday its verdict on a batch of pleas including that of Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad challenging the restrictions imposed in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir following abrogation of provisions of Article 370. A bench of Justice N V Ramana, Justice R Subhash […]

Added on January 9, 2020 Press Trust of India

Internet blockade in Kashmir: Class 10 students make frantic efforts to get their results checked

Srinagar: Results for Class 10 board examinations were announced on Thursday but thousands of students were making frantic efforts to know their result by calling their relatives and friends outside Kashmir in the wake of the internet blockade in the Valley. Hundreds of students visited the office of the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School […]

Added on January 9, 2020 Press Trust of India

Mehbooba’s provocative, threatening statements resulted in downgrading of JK into UTs: Baig

Jammu: Senior PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Baig on Thursday accused incarcerated party chief Mehbooba Mufti of being responsible for downgrading of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories by making “provocative” and “threatening” statements over Article 370. Baig, a former deputy chief minister, met reporters here on a day when envoys from 15 countries were in […]

Added on January 9, 2020 KV Network

Govt accords sanction to Road Accident Victim Fund

Rs 1 Lakh to NoKs of deceased, Rs 75000 for injured

SRINAGAR: Government today accorded sanction to the creation of Road Accident Victim Fund and issuance of Jammu and Kashmir Road Accident Victims Fund Rules 2020 for regulating the fund. Principal Secretary Transport Department, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon said that the aim of the fund is to introduce a welfare scheme for providing succour to the […]

Added on January 9, 2020 Press Trust of India

Students booked on sedition charges over “Free Kashmir” placard at protest in Karnataka

Bengalur: A sedition case has been registered against a group of students in connection with alleged display of a Free Kashmir placard during a protest in a campus of the Mysuru university against the attack on JNU students, police said on Thursday. The case has been registered against Maridevaiah and others under Indian Penal Code […]

Added on January 8, 2020 Press Trust of India

Kashmir remains freezing cold though sun shines after 3 days

Srinagar:The night temperature in Kashmir stayed close to freezing point on Wednesday due to recent snowfall, as sun shone on the Valley after three days. Srinagar recorded a low of minus 0.4 degrees Celsius last night, almost same as previous night, an official of the MET department said. The official said the ski-resort of Gulmarg […]

Added on January 8, 2020 KV News

Div Com reviews stock, supply position of fuel with Oil companies

Directs DCs to launch intense market checking drive to curb black marketing, hoarding, profiteering

SRINAGAR: Due to erratic movement of vehicles on National Highway, the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan today chaired a meeting to reviewe stock and supply position of fuel, available with the Oil companies operating in the Valley including Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL). […]

Added on January 8, 2020 Press Trust of India

Former militant detained for questioning in JK’s Samba

Jammu: A former militant has been detained for questioning during an operation in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police officer said on Wednesday. Parvaiz Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Srinagar, was picked up from Parmandal area Tuesday night, the officer said. He said Bhat was active in Kashmir in the early 1990’s before […]

Added on January 8, 2020 Press Trust of India

FIR against “Free Kashmir” placard holder at Gateway protest

Mumbai: Mumbai police on Tuesday filed an FIR against the woman holding the controversial “Free Kashmir” placard during a protest against the JNU violence at Gateway of India on Monday. Images and videos of the woman holding up a large poster with the words “Free Kashmir” written in big bold letters at the Gateway of India […]

Added on January 7, 2020 Press Trust of India

Delegation of envoys to India to visit JK soon

New Delhi: A delegation of ambassadors from 15-20 countries including those from the Gulf region are scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir soon to be briefed on the security situation in the union territory, officials said on Tuesday. They also said that efforts were on to rope in some ambassadors from the P5 countries like […]