New Delhi: The CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) to probe allegations of land grabbing and corruption by an educational trust run by ex-Jammu and Kashmir minister Choudhary Lal Singh, who had quit BJP following a row over the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in Kathua, officials said on Thursday. The officials […]
Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Thursday expressed concern over poor oral-dental care facilities across the hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded a job package for the unemployed dental surgeons. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said J&K is facing unemployment crisis saying that the number of unemployed dental surgeons in JK has reached to more […]
New Delhi: CBSE is not likely to hold remaining exams for Class 10 & 12 from July 1 to 15. “Exams for class X and XII scheduled for July 1-15 have been cancelled, CBSE told SC on Thursday. The CBSE had on Tuesday informed the apex court that the decision-making process on whether to conduct […]
The fuel prices continue to increase across the country. On Thursday, oil marketing companies raised price of petrol by 16 paise a litre and diesel by 14 paise a litre. After the increase, petrol was retailing at Rs 79.92 in New Delhi and diesel was selling at Rs 80.02 a litre. The diesel price increased […]
HERAT: Taliban fighters killed as many as seven Afghan commandos in an hours-long attack on an army outpost, a lawmaker and the defence ministry said on Wednesday. The assault comes as Kabul authorities accuse the insurgents of stepping up attacks against security forces in recent weeks, after violence dropped across much of the country following […]
ISLAMABAD: Former captain and wicket-keeper-batsman Rashid Latif has come down hard on Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and national cricketers for not observing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the Covid-19 pandemic and paying the penalty for it in shape of positive tests of players. Rashid’s criticism came after 10 members of Pakistan’s England-bound squad tested positive for Covid-19 […]
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Thursday said the withdrawal and re-advertisement of posts by the government in view of the modified probation clauses of SRO 202 is bound to create anarchy and frustration among lakhs of candidates who have crossed the upper age limit. In a statement issued […]
Kupwara, June 25 (KNS): Former MLA Advocate Bashir Ahmad Dar on Wednesday compared LG led administration with East India Company and said the present dispensation in J&K is hell bent upon snatching livelihood of Kashmiris and draining out all economic resources. According to statement issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Dar said recently Department of […]
Srinagar, June 25 (KNS): Residents of Galwanpora Hyderpora on Thursday expressed strong displeasure over stoic approach of R&B officials who left the road unattended from several years despite issuing NITs. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), locals said that the road from Jamia Masjid Hyderpora to Gangbug locality has been abandoned by R&B and have […]
Srinagar: Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested five militant associates affiliated with LeT militant outfit in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. They were arrested by police along with government forces in Narbal area of the district, police said on Twitter. It further said that arms and ammunition had been recovered from their possession. A case […]