Govt begins internal inquiry against 250 ‘tainted officers’

‘Departmental Mechanism Mobilised To Tackle Graft Cases’

CORRUPTION CANKER

FAHEEM ASLAMSrinagar, Oct 5: Embarrassed by surfacing of recurring instances of corruption, Jammu and Kashmir Government has finally stepped in with a new mechanism to punish the tainted officers and weed-out the menace.According to highly placed government sources, a committee More

PDP HITS STREETS, SAYS OMAR MUST GO

Police Foil Rally; Party Threatens Valley-Wide Agitation

Yousuf Death Row

MUDDASIR ALISrinagar, Oct 5: Opposition Peoples Democratic Party Wednesday took to roads to protest the alleged custodial death of National Conference worker from Islamabad (Anantnag) here last week, insisting that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah must resign to allow an impartial More

Judicial probe should be acceptable: Azad

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 5: Congress Wednesday said the opposition parties should be satisfied with the judicial probe ordered by the Jammu and Kashmir Government into the alleged custodial death of a ruling National Conference worker. Party General Secretary and Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad More

Chinese troops present in PaK: Army Chief

‘Efforts On To Step Up Infiltration From Across’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Oct 5: Around 4,000 Chinese including the troops of the People’s Liberation Army of China are in Pakistan-administered -Kashmir (PaK), Army Chief Gen V K Singh said Wednesday amid the unease in the Indian establishment over their presence there.“There are certain construction working More

Rs 26 cr spent on renovation of official residences

‘Works Carried Out Departmentally On Urgent Demand’

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Oct 5: Repeated proclamations of the state government over resource crunch notwithstanding, a whopping amount of Rs 26 crore has been spent on renovation and repair of official residences of ministers, legislators, bureaucrats and employees in Jammu and Kashmir during the last two years More

No reason to resign: Omar

Syed Yousuf’s Death

GKNN/PTI

Srinagar, Oct 5: Facing a political storm over the death of a political worker, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today ruled out his resignation or giving up the Home portfolio.Omar also said he had done no wrong and he would like a judicial inquiry to unravel the truth in weeks time."I have full More

His death most unfortunate: CM

‘Deceased Was Like Thousands Of Other NC Workers’

Srinagar, Oct 5: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday described Syed Muhammad Yusuf’s death as “most unfortunate”. He revealed that deceased was one of thousands of workers of National Conference.“I am extremely sorry this tragedy had to befall them (deceased’s family). They were not circumstances More

Nobra deputation meets CM

Srinagar: A deputation from Nobra led by MLA, T Namgyal called on Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah here on Wednesday. The Deputation brought to the notice of Chief Minister various issues pertaining More

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India, Afghanistan ink strategic partnership pact

Afghan Army to be trained by Indian Army

New Delhi, Oct 5:  Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai reached out to "twin brother" Pakistan on Wednesday in an effort to reassure an increasingly isolated neighbour that a deal to boost economic More

• Kishtwar youth remanded to judicial custody