Pak hosts largest number of UN proscribed terrorists: India at UN
United Nations: India has reminded Pakistan, the host to the world’s largest number of UN proscribed terrorists and entities , of Abbottabad, the garrison city where al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden hid for years and was killed, in a hard-hitting response as Islamabad’s UN envoy gave a dossier to Secretary General Antonio Guterres. India’s Permanent […]
PM likely to lay foundation stone for new Parliament building
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to lay the foundation stone for a new Parliament building in the first half of December, sources said. The sources further said that around five statues, including that of Mahatma Gandhi and Bhim Rao Ambedkar, in the Parliament complex are also likely to be relocated temporarily due […]
ACB files chargesheet against two officials in misappropriation case
Jammu: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against two government officials in a case related to alleged misappropriation of cement and steel worth over Rs 11.63 lakh in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. The case was registered in 2012 after verifying the allegations of misappropriation of cement and steel […]
Roshini scam: Farooqs’ house in Jammu built on encroached land, says JK admin
Says NC headquarters legalised under Roshni Act
Jammu: Former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah have been named by the Jammu and Kashmir administration in a list which alleges that their residential house in Jammu is built over illegally-possessed land, a charge denied by the father-son duo. The administration of the union territory as directed by the Jammu and Kashmir High […]
Roshni Act proving biggest land scam of India: Anurag Thakur
Jammu: Union minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday called the Roshni land scheme the biggest land scam of India , and questioned NC leader Farooq Abdullah and others as to what necessitated them to grab’ government lands even after ruling Jammu and Kashmir for three generations. He also termed the Gupkar alliance as a symbol of […]
BJP hits out at Congress, NC
New Delhi: Accusing Congress and National Conference leaders of encroaching large tracts of government and forest land in Jammu and Kashmir, senior BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday demanded a thorough probe into the alleged ‘Roshni scam’. He said that names of several top politicians, including NC leader Farooq Abdullah and […]
Snowfall, rains continue in Kashmir valley
Chill increases as neighbouring states also record downpour
Srinagar: Many places in Kashmir received intermittent snowfall and rains for the second day on Tuesday, even as the weather office said the wet spell is likely to continue. Most of the higher reaches of the valley received moderate to heavy snowfall over the past 36 hours, while many areas in the plains experienced light […]
Covid-19: 10 more succumb, 431 test positive in JK
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported ten more covid-19 related deaths, taking the number of those who succumbed to the virus so far in J&K to 1651. Meanwhile, 431 fresh positive cases were also reported, officials said Tuesday. Among the victims, six were from Kashmir Valley and four from Jammu division, the officials said. Those from […]
DDC polls: Vote for PAGD candidates, Farooq urges people
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday appealed to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to vote for the candidates of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) in the District Development Council (DDC) polls beginning on Saturday. In a video released by the PAGD, Abdullah, who is under self-isolation after a member […]
Muftis, Abdullahs acted like ‘private companies’: BJP
Says people across JK were deprived of development
Kathua: The BJP on Tuesday accused the Muftis and Abdullahs of acting like private companies to build their properties and depriving the people of Jammu and Kashmir of benefits of development. Addressing an election rally here, BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh came down heavily on the NC, the PDP and the Congress, saying they […]
