Govt orders transfers, new postings in administration

Govt orders transfers, new postings in administration

Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday ordered transfers in the administration. According to a Government Order No 313-GAD of 2019, issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), Zubair Ahmad, KAS, Chairman, J&K Services Selection Board, is transferred and posted as Secretary to the Government, Culture Department. Rahul Sharma, KAS, Additional Commissioner in […]

FS briefs parliamentary panel on Indo-Pak front

New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale Friday briefed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs on the Indo-Pak front. The committee headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor met in Parliament House this afternoon. The briefing was on Indo-Pak relations in the light of the strain in relationship after the Pulwama attack and an air strike […]

Mehbooba condemns Centre’s ban on Jamaat-e-Islami J&K

Mehbooba condemns Centre’s ban on Jamaat-e-Islami J&K

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Friday condemned the Centre’s decision to ban the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was another example of “muscular approach” of the central government to deal with a political issue of the state. “Democracy is a battle of ideas, crackdown followed by banning of Jammat Islami (JK) is condemnable, another […]

China welcomes ‘goodwill signal’ by Pakistan

China welcomes ‘goodwill signal’ by Pakistan

Beijing :    China on Friday said it welcomed the “goodwill signal” by the Pakistan side responding to reports of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s announcement that the captured IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman would be released as a gesture of peace. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs briefing Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson […]

Pak ignores India’s request to sent back IAF pilot by air

Pak ignores India’s request to sent back IAF pilot by air

(Agencies) New Delhi : Hours after Pakistan announced its decision to release Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, India conveyed to Islamabad that it wants him to be sent back via aerial route and not through the Wagah land border, official sources said. However, late in the night, Pakistan communicated to India that he will […]

Six Jama’at-e-Islami activists detained from south Kashmir’s Tral

Six Jama’at-e-Islami activists detained from south Kashmir’s Tral

Srinagar : At least six Jama’at-e-Islami activists were detained from various villages of Tral in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday. Reports said the activists were detained last night and lodged at police station Tral. The fresh raids were conducted after the Government of India banned Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI) Jammu and Kashmir. “The JeI has been […]

One-way traffic allowed from Srinagar to Jammu on JK highway

One-way traffic allowed from Srinagar to Jammu on JK highway

Srinagar: Hundreds of vehicles moved from Srinagar to Jammu as one-way traffic was restored on the Jammu and Kashmir highway, as per an IANS report. “After stranded vehicles were cleared to decongest the highway, we have allowed trucks to move from Srinagar to Jammu,” a traffic official said, according to the report. Around 2,000 trucks […]

Three hit by pellets in clashes near Handwara gunfight site

Three hit by pellets in clashes near Handwara gunfight site

Srinagar : At least three persons were injured after they were hit by pellets during clashes near the site of a gunfight in Langate area of Handwara on Friday. Reports said early morning youth thronged on streets following the gunfight at Babgund village. The injured were shifted to a nearby health centre at Unisoo where […]