Govt Departments,bigwigs among sales tax defaulters

Rs592 cr In Arrears; RTI Exposes Administrative Inaction

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Aug 14: In a major expose, information sought under the Right to Information Act has revealed how a number of government departments and bigwigs in political and business circles in Jammu and Kashmir have been left untouched by the Sales Tax Department for one reason or the other, even as More

Security beefed up for Aug 15

Clashes In Old City Over Detention Of 15 Youth

WASIM KHALID

Srinagar, Aug 14: Security in the summer capital was heightened on Sunday, a day before August 15 celebrations are scheduled to be held at Bakshi Stadium here.  Police and paramilitary forces were seen frisking people and checking vehicles at different places in Srinagar, especially at the More

15 killed, 7 injured in road accident

Omar,Vohra, Jora Express Grief

PTI/GKNN

Shimla, Aug 14: Fifteen persons were killed and seven others injured when a bus carrying a troupe of folk dancers from Leh in Jammu and Kashmir plunged into a deep gorge in Lahaul and Spiti district, police said Sunday.  The mishap occurred near Gamoor, 20 km from Keylong, the district headquarters More

Better Indo-Pak ties must for resolution of political issues: Omar

Asks Separatists To Join Process Of Finding Solutions

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 14: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday asserted that his government would continue to help facilitate internal and external dialogue processes to move forward positively. He said endeavors made by the government during the past two and a half years have “yielded encouraging results More

Vohra sees hope in Delhi-Islamabad initiatives

‘Hartals,agitations only cause loss’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, Aug 14: Governor NN Vohra Sunday hoped that New Delhi’s ongoing initiatives with Islamabad on different issues would lead to a positive outcome in future. “So far as issues with internal dimensions are concerned, time has come for all those who hold contrary convictions to step forward for More

Take care of human rights in JK: Antony tells armed forces

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 14: In the backdrop of allegations of fake encounter levelled against armed forces in J&K, Defence Minister A K Antony Sunday asked them to perform their duties with utmost caution and ensure that human rights are not violated in the state and the northeast.Addressing the armed More

Kashmir is Pakistan’s jugular vein: Gilani

REZAUL H LASKAR\PTI

Islamabad, Aug 14: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Sunday said that Kashmir was Pakistan’s “jugular vein”, even as he vowed to resolve all issues with India through dialogue so that both countries can get rid of the blights of poverty, illiteracy and backwardness.In an address to the nation More

IGP Sahai awarded

President’s Medal For 20 Police Officers

Srinagar, Aug 14: Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Range, SM Sahai has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for “distinguished services” on the eve of August 15. An official spokesman said two officers from J&K Police, including Sahai and IGP Jammu Dilbagh Singh, have been honoured More

35 injured as Jammu-bound bus overturns

Jammu, Aug 14: At least 35 passengers on board were injured, two of them seriously, as a Jammu-bound bus from Delhi turned turtle near Devinagar village of Ambala in neighbouring Punjab. The seriously More

• Police stops Zaffar from going to Islamabad: JKSM
• Army hosts Iftaar party
• Court extends Bakshi’s judicial custody
• Timber seized from 2 houses
• Hideout busted, arms recovered

A true-blood Malayalee from Pak pushes for friendship

MADHUSREE CHATTERJEE

New Delhi, Aug 14: In his traditional cotton mundu and khadi kurta, 80-year-old Biyyathil Mohyuddin Kutty looks every inch a sprightly Malayalee from Kerala. The political activist who chose to make Pakistan More

• Now,Goverment wants to monitor Facebook, Twitter
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• CRPF DIG among 930 police personnel awarded