Stone-pelting incidents have come down in JK: Govt tells RS
New Delhi: Incidents of stone-pelting in Jammu and Kashmir had come down significantly — from 2,808 in 2016 to 1,198 till November this year — Parliament was informed today. “The incidents of stone-pelting against security forces in the state of Jammu and Kashmir are reported to be 2,808 during the year 2016 and 1,198 till […]
Govt’s gag order backfires
Srinagar: From mainstream politicians to the separatists, from legal experts to government employees itself, the Jammu and Kashmir government’s social media gag order on its employees has evoked a lot of criticism and condemnation from across the valley. While social media gag has not been an uncommon phenomena in this part of the world, the […]
India, Pakistan exchange fire along LoC in Noushera
Jammu: India and Pakistani troops today exchanged heavy fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Naushera sector in Jammu division, police said on Wednesday. A police official said that the Pakistani army targeted forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Noushera sector in Jammu and Kashmir for nearly an hour, which was […]
Devastated: Families groping in dark to put life back on track
Pulwama/Shopian: The faceoff between security forces and militants is proving dearly for the people whose property gets damaged in encounters that follow. In the twin districts of Shopian and Pulwama at least six houses and three cowsheds were razed to ground during the two such encounters in past one week. The families whose property got […]
Taking on life: 75 year old man, crippled-yet takes challenges of life head on
Srinagar: This is not about Ernest Hemingway’s ‘Old Man and the Sea’, where there is hope and light at the end, but it is about an old man, who is courageous, but at the same time hopeless as he takes on life with no support. He sells winter wear such as socks and gloves just […]
MeT predicts light rain, snow in higher reaches
Srinagar: With the improvement in night temperatures throughout the state on Wednesday, weather office has forecast light rain and snow in the higher reaches on Thursday and Friday. A MeT official said that Srinagar recorded a minimum temperature of 0.7 (rising above the freezing point) against Tuesday’s minus 2.6. Jammu recorded 10.4 as the […]
Four drug peddlers held
Jammu: Four alleged drug peddlers, including a resident of Punjab, were arrested along with heroin and intoxicant capsules in Jammu and Samba districts, a police spokesman said today. Rakesh Kumar, a resident of Gurdaspur in Punjab, was arrested by police near Bakshi Nagar area of the city last evening, the spokesman said. According to the […]
Is logic taking a back seat when it comes to NHM employees?
National Health Mission (NHM) contractual employees are now on strike for last many days, demanding regularization of their services. The response that they have got so far is discouraging—there has been no response from the state government—they are just letting them spend days in Pratap Park during chilly days of Chillae Kalaan, least they seem […]
Editorial: Amnesty for stone pelters
Srinagar: Just weeks after the government announced to grant amnesty to first time stone pelters in Kashmir Valley by withdrawing cases against them that are registered in various police stations, various groups of youth have been coming forward demanding inclusion in the amnesty scheme announced by the government. Just yesterday when the Centre’s appointed interlocutor […]
Employees of SDH Sopore protest against ‘baseless’ reports
Sopore: Scores of employees at the Sub-District Hospital Sopore Wednesday staged protest against what they termed as ‘baseless allegations’ against their colleague. Earlier, reports with photograph went viral on social media, alleging an employee of HDF, SDH Sopore, Irshad Ahmad had embezzled government funds to the tune of Rs 1.41 crore. The employees denounced the […]
