As the administration has decided to conduct local body and panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir State, in the past few days there has been a spike in violence as unknown person’s torched eight panchayat offices in Kashmir. Central Government and Governor’s administration has decided to hold these polls despite boycott by mainstream regional parties. […]
SRINAGAR :Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam today said that Rs 4335 crore will be devolved to the Urban and Rural Local Bodies for developmental activities immediately after the conclusion of the ongoing poll process. “This huge chunk of funds allocated to the State under the 14th Finance Commission award has been withheld as no elected Urban […]
PULWAMA: District Commissioner (DC) Pulwama, Ghulam Mohammad Dar today kick-started the Provincial Level Inter-District Under-14, Under-17 and Under-19 boys softball tournament at Maxwell College of Education Pulwama. The tournament is organized by the Department of Youth Services and Sports where the teams from all the districts of Kashmir province are participating. Speaking at the inaugural […]
Srinagar : Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam on Tuesday said that 400 additional companies of paramilitaries are reaching Srinagar for the security of the proposed municipal elections and monthly salaries of SPOs are likely to be enhanced in a day or two. Addressing a press conference at Banquet Hall Srinagar Chief Secretary said “400 […]
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the new insolvency law, indirect tax regime and demonetization will help drive India’s growth rate and sustain it at 8 per cent. He added that there was a need to trust the banking system for meeting the needs of the economy and asked banks to, […]
United Nations : The World Bank would soon approach India and Pakistan with a fresh initiative to resolve the Indus Water Treaty dispute, its President Jim Yong Kim has told Islamabad’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, according to a statement from Pakistan’s UN Mission. It said that Qureshi met Jim at the UN on Monday […]
Srinagar :The Jammu and Kashmir government Tuesday said the resignation of special police officers (SPOs), who have borne the brunt of militant attacks, was “negligible” and is restricted to certain areas of south Kashmir only. State chief secretary B V R Subrahmanyam said all SPOs have been instructed about their personal safety while the government […]
Jammu and Kashmir government Tuesday said its stand on the legal challenge to Article 35-A of the constitution before the Supreme Court will remain consistent that an elected government should plead the case before the apex court. “As far as Article 35-A is concerned, the Governor (Satya Pal Malik) has gone on record multiple times […]
Srinagar : National Conference State spokesman Junaid Azim Matoo has resigned from the party over a disagreement with the party’s decision to boycott the upcoming ULB and Panchayat Polls, Sources said that that Mattu resigned as he has to contest upcoming civic polls from Srinagar. “Based on my humble disagreement with the party’s decision to […]
Srinagar :Three families from Kulgam, Shopian, and Kangan on Tuesday claimed that their kin are among the five militants killed on Friday at Sumlar village in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. The development comes a day after Hizb ul Mujahideen claimed that the militants killed in a gunfight with the forces in Sumlar area of Bandipora […]