No question of incorporating 73rd amendment in JK: Omar

Plays Down Threat To Panchayat Members

ARVIND SHARMA

Jammu, Nov 5: Much to the dismay of ruling coalition partner Congress, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today ruled out any possibility of extending the 73rd amendment of Indian Constitution to Jammu and Kashmir.“Jammu and Kashmir has the distinction of having a separate Constitution,” Omar told media More

‘Not possible to relax LPG cap’

Jammu, Nov 5: Jammu and Kashmir Government has made it clear that there will be no relaxation in LPG cap unless it gets any kind of financial support from the Center.“Had this regime (cap on LPG cylinders) been announced in March, I would have put everything in place? This decision has caught More

‘No deadline for lifting AFSPA’

Jammu, Nov 5: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday preferred not to fix any deadline over his proposal for partial revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir.“There is no deadline for the removal of AFSPA as of now, but it will go and the work is in progress on More

Durbar opens amid protests

Police Foil Employees’ March To Civil Secretariat

ABHINAV VERMA

Jammu, Nov 5: Amid series of protest by various political parties and employees unions, Jammu and Kashmir government today resumed its work in winter capital of the state after traditional Durbar Move.In continuance with the 140-year-old practice of erstwhile Maharajas of shifting capital in Jammu More

Move employees get power shock

AKSHAY AZAD

Jammu, Nov 5: Most secretariat employees, who shifted to the winter capital after Durbar move, were caught by a surprise after finding their official quarters metered for their electricity connections.Dejected over metering of power connections of their official quarters in the winter capital More

LPG dealers go on 2-day strike

‘We’re Caught Between Oil Companies' Strictness, Govt Rhetoric’

MUKEET AKMALI

Srinagar, Nov 5: The LPG crisis seems to be getting worse as the gas dealers in Kashmir valley have called for a two-day strike beginning Tuesday.All Kashmir Valley Gas Distributors Association Monday held protest demonstrations at Press Enclave here against the State Government and oil companies More

LPG to be available at CAPD outlets: Govt

SHABIR IBN YUSUF

Srinagar, Nov 5: After strictures by the High Court over the current LPG crisis, the State Government Monday decided that cooking gas would be distributed at Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) department outlets across the Valley. The move comes in the backdrop of hugely disproportionate More

Govt portraying people as beggars: KCSDS

‘State Has Failed To Handle LPG Crisis’

Srinagar, Nov 5: The Kashmir Centre for Social and Development Studies Monday lambasted the State Government for its ‘wrong approach and gross mishandling of LPG issue that instead of bringing relief to the people has brought humiliation and dishonor to them at the hands of various authorities of More

THREAT DIVIDES PANCHS, SARPANCHS

*One Group Urges UJC To Seek Resignation From Ministers First

*We Don’t Need Security, Says Another Body

ABID BASHIR

Srinagar, Nov 5: In wake of the recent threat to Panchayat representatives issued by the Hizbul Mujahideen Supreme Commander Syed Salahuddin, a group of Panchs and Sarpanchs have urged the Hizb chief to ask ministers and other politicians to resign first, while another organization claimed that they More

Corrupt babus make merry

SAC Orders Transfer Of Cases To Non-Existent SVC

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Nov 5: The non-existence of State Vigilance Commission (SVC) has made a mockery of the oft-repeated claims of State Government about rooting out corruption from the officialdom in Jammu and Kashmir. More than 282 cases of alleged corruption by officials including top bureaucrats - which More

Governor’s Sectt reopens in Jammu

Jammu, Nov 5: The Governor’s Secretariat in Raj Bhavan, reopened here today. The Secretariat had closed on 26th October 2012 evening at Srinagar, an official spokesman said.Governor, N N Vohra, went around the various wings of the Raj Bhavan Secretariat and asked all the officers and staff to More

A few dozen militants active in JK: DGP

RANJANA CHARAK

Jammu, Nov 5: Claiming that only a few dozen militants are presently active in JK, Director General of Police, Ashok Prasad, on Monday said the security agencies in the state had effectively restricted the militant movement both within the state and from across the border.Talking to media persons More

2 die, 2 killed in road mishaps

Srinagar, Nov 5: Two persons died while two others were injured in different road accidents in Kashmir Valley. Police said a 14 year old boy Shaheen Ahmed Kakroo son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din of Baripora More

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