'Subsidized Hajj once in lifetime'

SC Pulls Up Central Govt For Sending Official Delegation With Pilgrims

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, Apr 15: The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it has decided to restrict Hajj pilgrimage at government subsidy to Muslims only as a “once in a lifetime” affair as against the existing policy of “once in five years”. In an affidavit filed before the apex court, the government More

Bad trade practices bring bad name to cherished Kashmir craft

Govt Should Enact Punitive Laws To Stop Malpractices: KCCI

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Apr 15: Even as people associated with tourism sector in Kashmir are upbeat over the prospects of a good season ahead, the menace of bad trade practices gaining currency is raising serious concerns among the handicraft dealers and civil society members. Traders and civil society More

Mufti hits out at Cong

‘Party Equally Responsible For Erosion Of Democratic Institutions In JK’

Kathua, April 15: Taking a dig at the Congress for raising public outcry over non-implementation of 73rd and 74th constitutional amendments in Jammu and Kashmir, former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed said that the coalition parties were equally and jointly More

Srinagar to get cyber crime police station next month

This Will Be Second Such Police Station In JK

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Apr 15: In a bid to tackle cyber crime and tighten noose around hackers, a full-fledged Cyber crime police station in Kashmir valley would be inaugurated after the reopening of move offices in the Summer capital. This will be the second Cyber police station in J&K. Though, JK More

PM to inaugurate conference on internal security today

JK Situation, Naxalism, Northeast On Agenda

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Apr 15: Strengthening of counter-terror capabilities and intelligence apparatus, Maoist violence, police reforms and capacity building will be high on agenda at the Chief Ministers conference on internal security to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here tomorrow.  More

'Power cuts inevitable'

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, Apr 15: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday said that power cuts in the state were “inevitable” as it faces the highest transmission and distribution losses in the country. “I supply the 2nd cheapest power in country and have the highest T&D losses. So ‘inhuman’ power cuts are More

Rs 565 cr spent without budgetary provision'

Highest Expenditure Of Rs144 Cr Made In PWD: CAG

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Jammu, Apr 15: The state government spent Rs 565.42 crore without making budgetary provisions during the fiscal year 2010-11, a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has found. The report on state finances for the year ending March 2011 found that this expenditure, Rs 141.64 crore More

RTI query uncovers 'embezzlement'

MADRASSA FUNDING ROW

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, Apr 15: Large-scale embezzlement of funds provided by Central Government as financial aid to various Madrassas in Jammu and Kashmir has come to fore.  The official data made available in response to a RTI application reveal that Rs 68.03 lakh were released by the Education Department More

Pakistan asks India to honor Siachen ‘deal’

REZAUL H LASKAR\PTI

Islamabad, Apr 15: Days after an avalanche buried 138 people, mostly soldiers, at a Pakistani army camp in the Siachen sector, a top Pakistani diplomat has called on India to honor, what she said, a 1989 "agreement" for resolving the military standoff on the Himalayan glacier.Over the years, Pakistani More

Mild tremor shakes JK

Srinagar, Apr 15: A low-intensity earthquake measuring 4.1 on Richter Scale shook parts of Jammu and Kashmir in the wee hours on Sunday.  "An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 occurred at 2:20 AM with its More

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