Lack of quorum forces chair to adjourn assembly
Jammu: The Deputy Speaker Nazir Ahmad Gurezi on Wednesday adjourned the House for 10 minutes due to lack quorum in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. As the opposition MLA from Banihal was speaking on grants of Industries department, deputy speaker adjourned the House citing that there was no quorum in the House. The maximum […]
IED found near Pampore railway station, defused
Srinagar: Government forces on Wednesday found an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted near Pampore railway station in Kandizal-Tangpora village in Pulwama district. The IED was later defused by CRPF’s Bomb Disposal Sqaud. “The IED fitted inside a pressure cooker was recovered at new bypass near Kandizal-Tangpora village, opposite Pampore railway station, today morning” an official […]
Live shells along IB a ‘death trap’ for border dwellers
Arnia: Guns along the Indo-Pak border have fallen silent but border dwellers are living in the shadow of death as hundreds of live mortar shells fired by Pakistani troops are lying across border villages and farm lands in Jammu region. Security forces have warned border dwellers not to touch live shells that have landed in […]
Car bombs kill at least 27 in east Libya city of Benghazi
Benghazi: Twin car bombs exploded as people left a mosque in a residential area of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing 27 and wounding over 30 in an attack timed to cause mass casualties among first responders, officials said. Capt. Tarek Alkharraz, spokesman for military and police forces in Benghazi, said the first explosion […]
Forces carry out house to house searches in Khayam area of Srinagar
Srinagar: Government forces on Wednesday carried out a house to house search operation in Khayam area of Srinagar city. The searches were carried by the forces after they received specific intelligence inputs about the presence of militants in a particular area of the city which falls close to city centre Lalchowk. House to house searches […]
Private educational institutions trying to create monopoly, allege legislators
Jammu: Legislators cutting across party lines on Tuesday slammed the private educational institutions for trying to create a situation that suits them only. The members raised their concern over the ‘increasing monopoly’ of private institutions and said the people involved in the sector were ‘sucking blood’ of the parents under the garb of providing education […]
No policy to regularize candidates engaged on academic arrangement: Minister
Jammu: Minister for Education, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today informed the Legislative Assembly that the Government has engaged 1947 eligible candidates for the current academic session to meet dearth of teaching staff in Government Higher Secondary Schools of the state. Replying to a Question of Jewan Lal, the Education Minister informed that these candidates have […]
Kathua rape and murder case: Govt directs Crime Branch to probe girl’s killing
Jammu: The government Tuesday said that the probe in the kidnapping and killing of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua district last week has been handed to the Crime Branch (CB) of the state police. The issue of the killing of the minor, whose body was recovered from the Rassana forest on January 17, a week […]
Women not safe in JK, says Geelani
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on Tuesday said that rape and murder of a minor Kathua girl, Asifa shook the collective conscience of people of Kashmir. Blaming state administration for their ‘callous and careless’ approach, Geelani said that instead of taking swift action against the culprits, people and a Gujjar leader protesting […]
Will mediate to resolve Kashmir only if all the parties agree: UN Chief
United Nations: UN chief Antonio Guterres has ruled out any mediation to resolve the Kashmir issue unless all parties agree to it and asked India and Pakistan to address their outstanding issues through dialogue. The UN Secretary-General’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that in principle good offices of the UN chief are always available for mediation, […]
