Naeem Akhtar for conducting hydraulic model study of 4th Tawi Bridge
Jammu: Minister for Public Works, Naeem Akhtar Thursday chaired a meeting to review the steps taken by the department for strengthening the structure of 4th Tawi Bridge and restoration of approaches that were damaged during the last floods. Commissioner Secretary Public Works (R&B) Sanjeev Verma, Secretary Technical cum Development Commissioner Works, Bimal Tickoo, Chief […]
Tasaduq Mufti, Javed Mir sworn in as ministers
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Thursday inducted her younger brother, Tassaduq Mufti, and Chadoora MLA Javaid Mustafa Mir into her cabinet. Governor N N Vohra administered the oath to the legislators at Raj Bhavan. It was the second expansion of the council of ministers since Mehbooba Mufti formed the government in […]
Congress cries ‘dynasty rule’
Jammu: JKPCC president G A Mir today questioned BJP’s silence over the induction of Tassaduq Mufti, younger brother of chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, in the state cabinet, saying the party which had made dynasty rule an issue in poll campaigns is “keeping its eyes closed.” “It is easy to deliver sermons but when it comes […]
Lok Sabha passes triple talaq bill
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the contentious bill making instant triple illegal with up to three years in jail for the husband, a development hailed by the government as “historic”. The bill was passed after the House rejected a string of amendments moved by various opposition members. MPs from the RJD, […]
Bill smells of lacunae, says Congress
New Delhi: Terming the triple talaq Bill as one with several lacunae, Congress MP Sushmita Dev on Thursday said had there been more women in the Lok Sabha a “flawed” Bill like the one brought by the government can never be passed and asked why the government was not bringing the Women’s Reservation Bill in […]
Be just to 20 lakh abandoned women from all religions: Owaisi
New Delhi: Justice should be done to “20 lakh abandoned women” from all religions, including “our bhabhi in Gujarat”, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi said in the Lok Sabha on Thursday in an apparent reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wife while strongly opposing introduction of the bill that criminalises triple talaq. Speaking after Law Minister […]
JRL calls for boycott of Panchayat polls
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Thursday appealed people to boycott Panchayat elections. The resistance leadership said that the local body polls are nothing but a ‘drama’. JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik in a joint statement issued here said that “any sort of election under Indian occupational system […]
Guns roar along LoC in Poonch, no causalities reported
Poonch: Indian and Pakistani armies exchanged heavy fire on Thursday along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu division. According to defence ministry sources, the Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate shelling and firing in Degwar area. “Using small arms, automatics and mortars they targeted military and civilian facilities in Degwar. […]
Budget session to be stormy, social media ban order likely to be raised
Jammu: The upcoming budget session of the state legislature is set to be stormy as the opposition Congress is planning to take up the recent government order to its employees restricting airing of political views on social media among other issues. Congress legislators from both the houses were briefed recently and will meet again on […]
Govt misses out on creating trauma emergency care in JK
Srinagar: While remaining busy with the creation of additional infrastructure in peripheries-the government has strangely missed the point of the creation of state-of-the -art Emergency Trauma hospitals in the state. As per data available there has been a mushrooming of Public Health Centres (PHCs) and New Type Public Health Centres (NTPHCs) in many parts of […]
