| | 2 LeT militants killed, Major hurt in Handwara | | | | SRINAGAR, Mar 10: Army and Special Operation Group of state police today claimed to have killed a top commander of Laskar-e-Toiba with one of his associates in Vilgam village of Handwara in north Kashmir. During the encounter an army major was also critically injured.
Official reports said that Rashtriya Rifles and Special Operation Group of state police on the wee hours today cordoned off Sheikh Mohalla of Vilgam (Hundwara) and started search ... |  | |
| | | Fresh snowfall in Valley, highway closed, reopened | | | SANA ALTAF/ KHAWAJA SHARJEEL | |
| | SRINAGAR, Mar 10: Taking everyone by surprise, Valleyites woke up to a blanket of snow this morning, with intense cold wave gripping Kashmir again.
Snowfall was reported from most parts of the state while rain lashed Jammu region.
On the basis of information from SASE the J&K State Disaster Management Authority has issued High Danger avalanche warning for hilly areas of Tangmarg-Khilanmarg and higher reaches of Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandipora a... | | |
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| | Delhi-Jammu Tawi train ticket prices soar like airfares | | | | NEW DELHI, Mar 11(Agencies): With demand for train tickets soaring as Holi gets nearer, the railways have decided to run two superfast premium special express trains on Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Jammu Tawi sectors for which ticket prices could fly high as in the case of airfares. This new service would also help the railways to earn additional revenue.
The concept of dynamic train fares took off on Monday, and response for both the Delhi-Mumbai an... | | |
| | | It is Mehboob vs Mehbooba in Anantnag LS segment | | Ratanpuri’s possible rebellion, administrative units may worry NC | | | ANANTNAG, Mar 10: The electoral tie up between the two coalition partners, National Conference and Congress might have raised the hopes of the NC candidate for Anantnag parliamentary seat, Mehboob Beg, but the reported decision of the party’s senior leader and another sitting parliamentarian, G N Ratanpuri to contest as independent candidate may prove to be a cause of worry for him in the polls.
A local daily had today reported that Ratanpuri ... | | |
| | | Antony for excluding J&K from full mobile No: portability | | | | NEW DELHI, Mar 10(Agencies): To tackle militant activities, the Defence Ministry has asked the Department of Telecom to exclude Jammu and Kashmir from the proposed plan for full mobile number portability, which allows a customer to retain number in any part of the nation after changing operators.
Under National Telecom Policy, the government has envisaged the concept of 'One Nation One Number' by allowing full MNP. At present, customers are all... | | |
| | | 10 parents die without seeing their missing wards: APDP | | Demands revocation of impunity to security forces under AFSPA | | | SRINAGAR, Mar 10: Parveena Ahangar, Chairperson, Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) today said that the parents of those who have been subject to enforced disappearance in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, since last twenty four years, have been living with the hope to see their children back.
“Since the disappearance of their loved ones, the families, particularly the parents, have been struggling to know their whereabouts. Th... | | |
| | CET Paper Leak Scam | | BOPEE cancels 9 more admissions | | | | SRINAGAR, Mar 10: The Board of Professional Entrance Examination (BOPEE) has cancelled admissions of nine more students who had allegedly purchased papers prior to the conduct of Common Entrance Test (CET) in 2012.
This was informed by the counsel for BOPEE who submitted a status report before a division bench of the High Court comprising of Justice Husnain Masoodi and Justice D S Thakur.
The admissions of the nine more beneficiary students we... | | |
| | | Students be rusticated, sent back: Javed Akhtar | | | | NEW DELHI, Mar 10(Agencies): In a comment which could ruffle a few feathers, Hindi film lyricist and social activist Javed Akhtar said on Monday that the Kashmiri students who had been suspended by their university in Uttar Pradesh for cheering for Pakistan during a cricket match should be rusticated and sent back to their state.
Akhtar posted on the micro-blogging site Twitter - “Why the suspension of those 67 Kashmiri students who cheered Pak... | | |
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| | Descent in J&K BJP as Nirmal Singh denied ticket | | | | SRINAGAR, Mar 11: Riding on Modi wave, BJP in Jammu has given up conventional wisdom, even people within the party admit. It has denied mandate to its senior leader Dr Nirmal Singh who lost last two elections just by a whisker.
"There is a sort of descent in the party over denying him a mandate," a party insider said on the condition of anonymity. "Though there is no rebellion but Dr Singh is under pressure to rebel against the decision and con... | | |
| | | Geelani condemns killing of old man in Pulwama | | | | SRINAGAR, Mar 10: While strongly condemning the murder of 85-year old Mohammad Abdullah Dar of Doogripora Pulwama by unidentified gunmen, chairman Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani said that it is an un-Islamic and inhuman act to kill any unarmed person without any proper reason and this is an unacceptable act.
According to a statement issued here, he said that unfortunately from last 25 years, so many incidents have occurred in which p... | | |
| | | Rs 508.41 Cr overdue for loan recovery in JKSFC | | | | JAMMU, Mar 10: An amount of Rs 508.41 Cr was overdue for recovery of loans advanced by the Jammu and Kashmir State Financial Corporation (JKSFC) at the end of March 2013.
Though there was a reduction of 30 percent in amount overdue for recovery during 2008-13. The reduction was due to writing off of Rs 603.82 Cr which included Principal amount of Rs 20 lakhs during this period.
This has been revealed in the Comptroller and Auditor General of I... | | |
| | Murder charge against BJP MLA from Nagrota | | SC verdict may harm Jugal’s prospects | | | | JAMMU, Mar 10: Supreme Court’s decision on Monday of setting a deadline of one year for lower courts to complete the trial in cases involving MPs and MLAs in the process of decriminalization of politics, could be perilous for BJP’s Jammu-Poonch constituency candidate in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, accused of murder about 15 years back.
A murder case has been pending against BJP leader, Jugal Kishore for the last fifteen years in police... | | |
| | | Rape case against jawan on student’s complaint | | | | RAJOURI, Mar 10: Police claimed to have registered a case against an army jawan for committing rape with a College student for about two years on pretext of marrying her in Rajouri.
On the complaint of a college student, Rajouri police has booked an army jawan for committing rape with her for about two years on the pretext of marrying her.
Police said that the victim informed the police today that she was forced to develop illicit relation wit... | | |
| | | Mayawati’s Jammu rally on Apr 1 | | | | JAMMU, Mar 10: Bahujan Samaj Party, national president Mayawati will arrive here to address a public rally on April 1.
Mayawati will address rally to woo voters of SC, ST and OBC classes in support of the candidates contesting elections for twin Lok Sabha seats, Narendra Kashyap-national General Secretary and Member Parliament told reporters here this afternoon.
He said the rally is being organized to woo voters of backward classes including S... | | |
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| Crops damaged in rain, strong winds in Punjab, Haryana | | CHANDIGARH, Mar 11 (Agencies): Unusual widespread rains accompanied by strong winds are feared to have caused damage to wheat crop in Punjab and Haryana which is likely to have adverse impact on overall yield of winter crop in both the states.
Wheat crop at several places, including Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Pathankot, Nawanshahar, Mohali, Tarn Taran in Punjab and a few districts including Palwal and Yamunanagar in Haryana has got flattened because... | | > Sensex closes at new all-time high of 21, 919 | | > Economy more stable than 18 months ago: Chidambaram | | > PSU Bank bad loans likely to be high in 2013-14: Fin Min | | > Ambani richest Indian but global rank tumbles to 40 | | > Economic downturn continues as GDP growth rate plummets to 4.7 per cent |
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