Jammu: BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Tuesday said militants behind the killings of a senior party leader and his brother in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district would be neutralised soon. BJP state secretary Anil Parihar and his brother Ajeet Parihar were shot dead on November 1 by gunmen in a dark, narrow lane leading […]
Press Trust of India Jammu : Governor Satya Pal Malik has set a fresh deadline of June next year for the completion of the first phase of Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP) which was started three years ago. The deadline has been set to complete scanning of all 6.6 crore revenue documents and […]
Srinagar : Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam Tuesday asked the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of respective districts to submit report on daily-basis on the compensation disbursed on account of crop loss due to recent heavy snowfall in Kashmir. “Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam has asked all the Dy Commissioners to submit report by 4 pm on daily-basis regarding […]
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has admitted to “theft” in the Rafale deal before the Supreme Court and to changes in the contract without asking the Indian Air Force. On Monday, the Centre submitted a 14-page document titled “Details of the steps in the decision making process […]
Srinagar : A woman from Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) has been elected unopposed as Sarpanch and Panch in Khumriyal area of north Kashmir’s frontier Kupwara district. Arifa Begum (35) had come to this part of Kashmir along with her husband Ghulam Mohammad Mir via Nepal in 2010. Arifa, originally a resident of Palandari village in […]
Srinagar : The roads leading to border areas Machil and Keran on Tuesday were closed following fresh snowfall in higher reaches of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “The decision was taken as a precautionary measure due to slippery road conditions after a fresh snowfall,” said an official. An official said that the road connecting Machil and […]
Srinagar : Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani was on Monday shifted to SKIMS Soura for medical check-up. Hurriyat (G) leaders informed KNS that Geelani is fine and that he had to undergo some medical tests and calibration of pacemaker. “After complaining of chest pain, Geelani was shifted to SKIMS for medical checkup,” he […]
Uttar Pradesh deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma has said that the Ram temple in Ayodhya will be built “when Lord Ram wants it”. Sharma was here on Sunday to attend a programme at the residence of UP co-operative minister Mukut Bihari Verma. “The BJP has explained its stand on Ram temple in its Sankalp patra. […]
Srinagar: Unidentified men late Sunday night barged into the residential house of a Pulwama resident and stabbed him. Sources said that a 30-year-old man Shabir Ahmad Ganai was stabbed in his stomach by unidentified men in Nowpora Payeen village of the southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district. They said that Ganai was admitted to the District Hospital […]
The rupee weakened further and dipped by 54 paise to 73.04 against the US dollar Monday, owing to increased demand for the American currency from importers amid increasing global crude oil prices. International benchmark Brent crude was trading higher by 2.04 per cent at USD 71.61 per barrel. Forex traders said besides increased demand for […]