Cross LoC Firing: Army man killed in Rajouri
Srinagar:An army man was killed on Monday as Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district, second such incident in the last three days, media reports claimed. Reports said that the Pakistani army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in Sunderbani sector early morning […]
JKYF distributes six lakh rupees among 43 families in Kishtwar
Srinagar:J&K Yateem Foundation on Monday distributed about Rs 06 lakh among 43 families including 06 families from the minority community, at Kagrana Keshwan in Kishtwar district of Jammu province. Kagrana village is located about 25 km from Kishtwar headquarters. The spokesman said that thirty-five persons including 14 women, one infant and 20 men lost their […]
Let us all support war against corruption: Er Rasheed
Srinagar:Reacting to Governor’s remarks against corruption, Er Rasheed has said that any step taken with sincerity to eradicate corruption should be welcomed and it is most appropriate to take bigger fishes to task on priority, however asking militants to kill corrupt politicians is a confession that government has miserably failed to handle the issue and […]
People of state feeling vulnerable in absence of elected government: Dr Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar:Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President and Member of Parliament Dr Farooq Abdullah on Monday said the state is caught in a blizzard and the need of the hour requires us to give a combined response to the challenges the state is facing particularly on its identity. Addressing workers and party functionaries at party headquarters […]
Amarnath: 13,377 Pilgrims pay obeisance today, cross last year’s mark
Srinagar;On the 22nd day of the ongoing Amarnathji Yatra, 13,377 Yatris paid obeisance at the Holy Cave and cumulatively since the beginning of the pilgrimage on 1st July 2019, 2,85,381 Yatris had darshan at the Holy Cave. The spokesman said that during last year’s 50 days Yatra, the total number of pilgrims who visited Holy […]
BCCI asks MSK Prasad about Ambati Rayudu’s mis-management and retirement
Mumbai: Following the announcement of the team for the West Indies tour, MSK Prasad also clarified why Ambati Rayudu was not selected following the departures of injured Shikhar Dhawan and Vijay Shankar during the 2019 World Cup. “There were certain programmes to see Rayudu comes into the setup. We (selection committee) don’t have anything against […]
Sensex tanks 306 points; HDFC twins sink
Mumbai: Extending losses for the third consecutive session, market benchmark BSE Sensex tumbled 306 points at close on Monday led by a carnage in shares of HDFC twins amid weak global cues. Unabated foreign fund outflows and a depreciating rupee too weighed on investor sentiment here, traders said. The 30-share index cracked 305.88 points or 0.80 […]
IMF urges Pakistan to mobilise domestic tax revenue
Washington: The IMF has urged Pakistan to mobilise domestic tax revenues to provide for the social and development spending and place debt on a downward trend. The statement of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Acting Managing Director David Lipton came after he met Prime Minister Imran Khan who is on a three-day official visit to the […]
Governor, Union Minister flags off Electric Buses in Srinagar
Srinagar,: Governor Satya Pal Malik and Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, today flagged off new JKSRTC Electric Buses in Srinagar here at SKICC. A total of 20 E-Buses will ply on different routes in Srinagar. Kewal Kumar Sharma and K Skandan-Advisors to Governor; Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, Principal Secretary, […]
ACB to tighten screws on tainted PSU officials
Srinagar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has decided to widen its ambit to check rampant corruption and to “crack whip” on big fish enjoying prime posts in various government owned corporations. Reliable sources told Kashmir News Service (KNS), that feeling upbeat over the recent directions and praises from the Union Home Minister, the ACB has decided […]