B2V3: Lt Governor reviews ongoing ‘Jan Abhiyan’ at Akhnoor
‘Jan Abhiyan a mechanism to ensure on-spot redressal of public grievances, a step towards bringing governance to the doorstep of public’: Lt Governor ‘Government shall encourage actual developmental initiatives instead of mere announcements’: Lt Governor DCs, SPs to conduct weekly grievance redressal camps at Sub Division level Instructs officers to ensure saturation of individual beneficiaries […]
‘Slapped, Abused’ by Kashmir Police for Story on Cyber Cell ‘Bullying’, Journalist Says
Srinagar: Journalist Auqib Javeed was busy writing a story when he got a call from a police officer whose number he had saved on his phone. But it was the officer’s subordinate who was on the line, asking him to visit the Jammu and Kashmir police’s cyber cell the next day. “I knew it could be […]
Humour mills go on overdrive after late night boom in Srinagar
Srinagar: It’s a sonic boom! It’s a pressure cooker bursting! It’s a quake! And yes, the late night boom that reverberated across the city and several parts of south Kashmir on Tuesday was indeed a quake, seismologists later confirmed. But before that, social media humour and rumour mills were already on overdrive with messages facetious, […]
PDP steps up legal battle for Mehbooba Mufti’s release from “illegal” detention
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is getting ready for a prolonged legal battle for the release of its president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, whose detention the party leaders described as “illegal” and “questionable in a democracy”. Iltija Mufti, daughter of Mehbooba Mufti, told the media today that she had […]
LG to chair 20th Administrative Council meeting today; major reshuffle in admin on cards
Lieutenant Governor J&K UT Manoj Sinha is scheduled to chair 20th meeting of the Administrative Council to be held today in Civil Secretariat here in Srinagar. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), an order issued by Commissioner Secretary to Government Manoj Kumar Dwivedi (IAS) reads, “20th meeting of the Administrative Council is scheduled to be […]
Erdogan raises Kashmir at UN General Assembly
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is vying for the leadership of Islamic nations, brought up the Kashmir issue again at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday calling it a “burning issue”. He criticised the abolition of the special status of Kashmir last year saying that steps taken after it “further complicated the problem”. […]
Fire breaks out in Awantipora police station
Fire emerged in one of the barrack buildings in the premises of Police station Awantipora on Wednesday. As per police statement, fire was controlled immediately within 20 minutes by police and firemen. “The incident led to partial damage in the first floor and roof of the barrack building.” No one was injured in the incident […]
3 killed, four injured as load carrier vehicle rolls down gorge in Doda
Jammu:Three people were killed and four others injured after a vehicle in which they were travelling skidded off the road and rolled down a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said on Wednesday. The Tata mobile vehicle was on its way to Kumate in the district from Kastigarh when the incident […]
Lt Governor approves regularisation/promotion of more than 550 officers at the level of SP and Dy.SP
More than three decades old seniority disputes and resultant litigations put to rest ‘It is our collective responsibility to address the issue of career progression, well-being of police and welfare of their families’, Lt Governor JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 23: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has regularised/promoted more than 550 officers at the level of SP and […]
Shopian encounter
After the army has indicted its unit of RR for exceeding the laws in the fake encounter, the government has said that police were in the middle of investigation as that had ordered a parallel probe. On July 18, the Army claimed that it had killed three unidentified militants in Amshipora Shopian. In a statement […]