Pay or face darkness: Chief Minister to people

‘Govt Compelled To Resort To Load-Shedding’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, June 21: With power woes growing in J&K, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday asked people to pay market price for consuming electricity or else bear with load shedding. He was critical about the consumers who resort to power theft.Jammu and Kashmir Government has been struggling More

Centre to incorporate clause on HR abuses in AFSPA

Union Law Minister Tasked To Fine-Tune Amendment

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, June 21: After 54 years of its operation, the Government of India now mulls incorporating a clause in the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) aimed at redressing complaints of human rights abuses committed by the members of armed forces in the areas where the Act is in More

3400 detained under Public Safety Act in 7 districts

It’s Partial Information, Actual Figure Around 20000: CCS

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 21: What could give an idea about the arbitrary use of Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir, partial information gathered from seven districts of the Valley including three newly carved out districts reveals that 3400 persons were booked under the controversial law during the More

Former JK Vigilance Commr Raju passes away

Omar, Vohra, Farooq, Rajendra Condole Demise

PTI/IANS/GKNN

Kochi, June 21: Radha Vinod Raju, the first chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and one of India’s finest police officers, died here early Thursday due to lung complications, a doctor said.A highly respected Indian Police Service (IPS) officer from the Jammu and Kashmir cadre, Raju More

3 operation tables for 60 patients at LD Hospital

Delay Often Leads To Complications: Doctors

MANZOOR-UL-HASSAN

Srinagar, June 21: Valley’s lone maternity specialty, Lal Ded Hospital, has been grumbling over the years with just three operation tables (OTs) catering to around 60 critical patients.Of the patients admitted in the hospital daily, doctors declare 50 to 60 cases as critical. But they face lot More

Who will be Pak PM?

Last Minute Drama Adds To Confusion

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, June 21: A last minute drama Thursday marked the selection of Pakistan's new Prime Minister as the ruling PPP choice Makhdoom Shahabuddin was issued a non-bailable warrant by an anti-drug court as he was filing his nomination, virtually ending his prospects.Shahabuddin, a Minister in More

It’s Pranab v/s Sangma

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, June 21: The Presidential election is going to witness a contest between Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and the NDA backed former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma. The lineup became clear after BJP, the mainstay of the NDA, formally adopted the latter as the opposition combine’s joint candidate More

Clashes, shutdown in Islamabad

Islamabad (Anantnag), June 21: Amid sporadic clashes a partial shutdown was observed in this south Kashmir town Thursday to protest the arrest of nine youth and Ummat-e-Islami chairman Qazi Ahmad Yasir.Reports said that shops and other business establishments in the old town areas of Malakhnag More

BOSE elections held

Srinagar, June 21: The elections for the Employees Association of Jammu & Kashmir State Board of School Education, Kashmir division, were held on Thursday here. A handout issued by the Association More

• 3 killed in Sgr- Muzaffarabad highway mishap
• 3 killed in Sgr-Muzaffarabad highway mishap
• ‘Compile compartment wise details of forest damages’
• Gold seized at Airport
• Community mobilization program held at Magam

Antony pulls up BRO for slow progress in JK projects

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, June 21: Unhappy with the slow pace of work on strategic roads along country's sensitive boundaries, Defence Minister A K Antony has pulled up the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) asking it to More

• IIT-Delhi too decides to hold own entrance