Govt prioritizing development of border villages: Amit Shah

Dehradun: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the Centre has prioritised the task of creating the best facilities in border villages by introducing the concept of vibrant villages so that their population is not just sustained but also increased. “The security of border villages will be tough if they become empty,” Shah said […]

Former JK minister Lal Singh connived with official: ED

Says he got land transferred in name of wife's trust

New Delhi: The ED on Friday alleged that former Jammu and Kashmir minister Choudhary Lal Singh “connived” with a revenue department official in 2011 to “forcibly” transfer a land in the name of an educational trust run by his wife and a part of this plot was used to run a DPS school. The former […]

Narco-terror module case: SIA searches house of key accused in Poonch

Mendhar/Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Special Investigation Agency (SIA) on Friday searched the house of a key accused in a narco-terror module case in a hamlet near the Line of Control in Poonch district, officials said. A SIA team had taken accused Mohammad Iqbal, who was arrested from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district in October, […]

Power despair: JK’s aggregate technical, commercial losses among highest in India

Srinagar: In Jammu and Kashmir, the Aggregate Technical and Commercial (AT&C) loss of Power Development Department is among the highest in India—causing a gap between power purchase cost and revenue realization, officials said. Currently, the AT&C losses are of the order of 50 percent against the national average of 19.73 percent. The official documents reveal […]

Fresh admissions: KU gets poor response to newly-introduced courses

Srinagar: The Kashmir University (KU) authorities have called a meeting of academics to discuss “poor response” to newly-introduced courses in the main and satellite campuses. The officials at KU have organized a meeting, to be chaired by Dean Academic Affairs on November 13 which will specifically deliberate upon low student response to Integrated B.Sc-MSc Botany […]

Govt relaxes norms for some small savings schemes

New Delhi: The government has relaxed the norms for various small savings schemes, including the Public Provident Fund (PPF) and Senior Citizen’s Savings Scheme. For the Senior Citizen’s Savings Scheme, the new norms provide three months to open an account against one month’s time at present. As per the gazette notification dated November 9, an […]

Absconder arrested in Rajouri

Jammu: A notorious absconder wanted in a case for four years has been arrested in Rajouri, officials said. Imran Ali alias Lucky was accused of assaulting a public servant in Rajouri, they said. A team of police carried out a successful operation and nabbed Ali and he will be produced in the court soon, they […]

DDC member booked for assaulting government official in Poonch

Poonch/Jammu: A member of the District Development Council has been booked for assaulting and using unparliamentary language against a government official during a meeting in Poonch district, officials said. Wajid Bashir was booked under section 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 504 (intentionally insults) of the […]

SIA conducts raids in terror-funding case in three districts across JK

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police’s State Investigation Agency on Friday conducted raids in three districts in a terror-funding case involving laundering of Rs 85 crore through covert channels, officials said. The raids were conducted in the Valley’s Srinagar, Anantnag and Pulwama districts, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) said. Special teams of the agency conducted […]