SERC slams PDD for ‘arbitrary’ power cuts

Govt Has Lost Trust Of People: Qalander

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 23: While the latest unscheduled cuts by the Power Development Department (PDD) in the Valley have drawn flak from the public, the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) on Thursday slammed PDD for the arbitrary move saying the Department cannot revisit the curtailment schedule More

Politicians responsible for mess: EEU

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 23: Two days after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah blamed Power Development Department (PDD) employees for power theft, the latter on Saturday accused the state’s politicians of facilitating misuse of energy.“Members of Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council are day in and day More

Power cuts unavoidable: PDD

Srinagar, June 23: Clarifying regarding additional power cuts in the Valley, the Chief Engineer System and Operation Wing Kashmir has said that due to reduction in generation of various Thermal Generating Stations of the country over last about two weeks, there has been corresponding reduction in More

Cross-LoC travel in jeopardy

Army Extra-Cautious Due To Exchange Of Fire Along Borders: Deputy Commissioner

JAVAID MALIK

Srinagar, June 23: Day after the chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, said that guests coming from Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK) were being treated like “prisoners of war” near Kaman Post in Uri sector of north Kashmir, authorities on Saturday said that the force personnel More

Azad announces special incentive for JK doctors

State To Get 90% Central Share In NRHM Funds

SUMIT BHARGAV

Rajouri, June 23: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad Saturday announced to give special incentives to the doctors in Jammu and Kashmir for serving in rural areas, besides assuring increase in the central funds for the state under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) from More

Fissures come to fore

Rajouri, June 23: The public meeting of Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad, here today, once again exposed the fissures within the state Congress. Party sources said the union minister will be in Jammu region for a weeklong tour, during which he will be More

New passport service from June 25: RPO

Srinagar, June 23: Regional Passport Office Srinagar will entertain passport applications only through Passport Seva Project (PSP) system from June 25 onwards.“This has been done to render passport service in a time bound, transparent, modern and comfortable manner,” a statement issued by Passport More

Poor maintenance, mismanagement deface Royal Springs Golf Course

B R SINGH

Srinagar, June 23: A decade or so after Royal Springs Golf Course first revealed its stunning vistas to ecstatic golfers and casual visitors its beauty still overwhelms; the golfer’s ecstasy has waned though because it is no longer the leading golf course of India. The thing of beauty did not alas More

24 soldiers terminated for HR abuses

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, June 23: Government of India has revealed that 24 army personnel were terminated from the service for committing human rights violations in JK during past 18-years.In a reply to an RTI query filed by Khurram Parvez of Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, Army has disclosed that More

JKLF (R) pays tributes to Feroze Rah

Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front senior leader Tahir Ahmad Mir Saturday reiterated the pledge to take the mission of martyrs to its logical end.  Tahir was addressing a public meeting at Martyrs More

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Mushawarat starts public lecture series

New Delhi, June 23: All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat has decided to hold monthly lectures on important issues facing the Muslim community and country. The lectures will be held at the Mushawarat central More