Pakistan offers scholarship to influence Kashmir students: NIA
New Delhi: The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has claimed that Pakistan is offering scholarships to Kashmiri students who were either relatives of militants or those known to Hurriyat leaders.According to the charge sheet filed in the court, the NIA said that their visa applications were recommended to the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi by […]
BJP to press for early panchayat polls at all-party meet
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP said today it would press for early panchayat polls at the all party meeting to be chaired by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti tomorrow.Minister for Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Law and Justice, Abdul Haq Khan, said yesterday the meeting was called with an to seek views of […]
Stay away from the institution of panchayat, AJKPC tells political parties
Srinagar: Asking all the political parties of the state not to poke their nose in the Panchayat elections, All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) on Saturday said that Panchayats are merely a community institutions and not a political one. In a day long executive body meeting of AJKPC held at Srinagar, the Panchayat Conference […]
‘43 CRF projects worth Rs 599.20 cr approved in 2016-17’
Jammu:The Minister for Works Naeem Akhtar Saturday said the Government has received approval of 43 CRF projects worth Rs 599.20 crore during 2016-17, on which work is at different levels of construction.He, however, said that state government submitted 148 connectivity projects worth Rs 2275.75 crore to Union Government for approval under the scheme in last […]
CBI arrests GST Commissioner, 8 others in bribery case
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested a Goods and Services Tax commissioner from Kanpur and eight others, including three officials, busting an alleged bribery racket in the department, the agency sources said. The officials used to collect regular bribes from businessmen and industrialists of Kanpur for providing them tax-related relief and shielding them from notices […]
Shopian killings: Lawyers stage protest in Srinagar
Srinagar: A group of lawyers Saturday took out a march in protest against the recent killings of three civilians allegedly in firing by security forces in Shopian district, police said. The lawyers assembled outside the court complex here and took out the march, a police official said. A spokesman of the Jammu and Kashmir […]
KAS officers association grieved
Srinagar: The KAS officer’s Association Saturday expresses heartfelt condolences to Manzoor Ahmed Qadri (KAS) Director Planning and Marketing, Horticulture Department on the tragic demise of his sister-in- law. “In a condolence meeting called by its President, Tasaduq Hussain Mir at Jammu, the Office bearers of the association prayed for eternal peace and solace to the […]
Shopian shuts for 11th consecutive day
Shopian: A complete shutdown was observed against the killing of local militants and five civilians for 11th consecutive day in Shopian district on Saturday. Witnesses said that all shops, business establishments, government and private offices were closed in Shopian town. They added that Pulwama and some adjoining areas of Shopian district resumed their activities today […]
Hurriyat (M) condemns assault on JK students
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) Saturday condemned the brutal assault on the Rajouri students studying at Central University Mahindragarh, Haryana by ‘fanatic goons’, leaving them seriously injured. The spokesman in a statement issued here said that majority of Kashmiri students, businessmen are reeling under an insecure environment in various states of India. He said in […]
Editorial: Ensuring accountability
Srinagar: Ensuring smooth and transparent functioning of the government departments is a key concern for the government running the state. It is this consideration that government forms house committees of the legislature and asks them to report on the performance of various departments from time to time. The Rule 308-A of the Rules of […]
