Govt’s decision draws flak, opposition unhappy
PANCHAYAT ELECTIONS
SUMIT HAKHOO
Jammu, Feb 10: Government’s decision to hold Panchayat elections has drawn flak from the opposition parties, with main opposition PDP terming the exercise as meaningless, while Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and JK National Panthers Party described the move as unconstitutional.The PDP said that elections MorePolice procures special plastic bullets, triple action grenades
HANDLING PROTESTS
SUMIT HAKHOO
Jammu, Feb 10: Jammu and Kashmir Police have geared up to handle possible turmoil during next summer in Kashmir as it has procured special plastic bullets and triple action grenades to deal with the mobs. The bullets, manufactured by Government Ordinance Factory and developed by Defense Research More- Kashmir
Ahad Jan terminated
Srinagar, Feb 10: Ahad Jan, the police constable who threw a shoe at Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during an I-Day parade on August 15 last year, has been dismissed from service. Jan, who is currently More
- Srinagar City
Lal Chowk loo encroachment bid turns mockery
Tourism dept claims to have erected shutter; Says SMC demolished
GK CITY CORRESPONDENT
Srinagar, Feb 10: A month after Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) demolished alleged encroachment at a public urinal at Lal Chowk, the Tourism Department woke to own responsibility for having erected More
- Jammu
Govt’s decision draws flak, opposition unhappy
PANCHAYAT ELECTIONS
SUMIT HAKHOO
Jammu, Feb 10: Government’s decision to hold Panchayat elections has drawn flak from the opposition parties, with main opposition PDP terming the exercise as meaningless, while Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP More
- News in Brief
Highway closed today
Srinagar: Authorities have decided to keep Srinagar-Jammu highway closed for vehicular traffic on Friday. “The decision to keep the highway closed has been taken to carry out the repair works near More
- Business
PaK premier says Intra-Kashmir trade a landmark step
'Ceasefire line can be a line-of-commerce'
TARIQ NAQASH
Muzaffarabad, Feb 10: Pakistan administered Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan Thursday said the intra-Kashmir trade was a landmark step towards the economic development of the disputed Himalayan More
- News
11candidates file nomination papers
PAK COUNCIL POLLS
TARIQ NAQASH
Muzaffarabad, Feb 10: Eleven candidates, ten of them from three major parties, filed their nomination papers against the four vacant seats of the Pakistan administered Kashmir Council here on Thursday More


