Srinagar on Saturday recorded the season’s coldest night so far as the minimum temperature dropped to minus 4.5 degrees Celsius, reports said. “At minus 4.5 degrees Celsius, Srinagar city recorded this season’s coldest night so far,” reports quoting Met officials said. Water tapes at many places in Srinagar city have frozen due to sub-zero night temperatures. People were seen burning small fires around frozen water tapes to de-freeze them especially in the old city areas and city outskirts. Foggy weather disrupted air traffic to and from Srinagar for the third…
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Islamic banking hits deadlock
No relevance, GoI has introduced Jan Dhan: Union Fin Min Virtually ruling out introduction of Islamic banking, the Finance Ministry today said it has “no relevance” as the Government of India has already introduced a host of financial inclusion schemes like Jan Dhan. The objectives of the financial inclusion for which Islamic banking was explored by RBI has no relevance, as government has already introduced other means of financial inclusion like Jan Dhan Yojana and Suraksha Bima Yojna for all citizens, Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar said…
Read MoreKashmir in the time of demonetisation; ATMs with Cash, 4-5 people in queues
Consider visiting Kashmir if you are desperate for cash. The ATMs here have currency and the queues at most places are no more than 4-5 people long. Swept by violent protests since the death of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in July, the Valley at the moment is an unlikely oasis of calm at a time when the rest of India is in the midst of a cash crunch following last month’s demonetisation decision. “There was a rush on the first two days, but everything is normal now. The queues…
Read MoreDense fog affects Rail, Air Services across J&K
The rail services as well as the air services continue to affect in the state due to dense fog in north India for the last three days. All the trains to Jammu Tawi, Udhampur and Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, Katra, are reaching late by 5 to 14 hours leading to chaos among the passengers. However, the Railway authorities claim that all the trains were being sent on time from the Jammu Tawi railway station. The Jammu Tawi railway station has about 34 pairs of trains, which operate from here. All…
Read MoreAuthorities derecognize Minto Circle School
The School Education department has withdrawn its recognition and approval of the Managing Committee for Minto Circle School, Srinagar following its affiliation with Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) New Delhi. The orders in this regard were issued by Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) on Friday. As per the DSEK orders, recognition of the school up to class 8th and the recommendations made to JK Board of School Education to consider grant of affiliation to run the classes from class 8th onwards have been withdrawn. “Pursuant to the affiliation…
Read MorePellets snatch one more eye; 1155 and Counting
As per official records, 1155 people have received eye injuries due to pellets fired by security forces since July 8 when pro-freedom protests erupted all over Kashmir. On Friday afternoon, 30-year old Sabzar Ahmed, a resident of Shopian nursed the pain due to pellet injuries in his right eye at SMHS Hospital here. Although it had been 24 hours since he got injured, he was yet to come to terms with the disability staring at him. But for doctors, he was one of the over thousand treated for similar and…
Read More“If New Delhi is controlling everything then what are we doing here?” Mehbooba
Angered by DyCM’s Delhi remark, Mehbooba leaves cabinet meet, Let Delhi take all decisions, CM said when Nirmal objected to Police cadre review and sought Delhi’s clearance In an extraordinary development Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti left the cabinet meeting in Jammu after she got irate when Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh raised objection over a proposal of the Home department about the Police cadre review. According to sources, the Police cadre management review proposal was aimed at reviewing the postings of the locally-recruited J&K Police officers who cannot rise above…
Read MoreNaeem Zaffar, Geelani’s son denied entry into Tehreek-e-Hurriyat
Hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Geelani’s attempt to keep the separatist leadership within his family has suffered a setback as his eldest son’s attempt to seek the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat (TeH) membership has been rejected. Naeem Zaffar, Geelani’s eldest son, who is emerging as the successor to his father, had applied for the membership of the TeH — Geelani’s parent organisation and a constituent party of his Hurriyat Conference (G) — which was rejected on procedural grounds. Zaffar’s application was rejected by Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, TeH general secretary and Geelani’s long-time…
Read MoreShutdown, Protests hits life across Valley, Clashes leave 20 youth injured
Protests in North, South, Central Kashmir Clashes leave 20 youth injured on 153rd Day of Unrest The life in Valley was affected by the separatists sponsored shutdown and protests on Friday while many people were injured in clashes across Kashmir. Authorities had also placed separatist leaders under house arrest to prevent them from leading protests after Friday prayers. Shops, business establishments, petrol pumps and educational institutions remained closed while public transport was off the roads. Authorities had deployed police and paramilitary personnel in strength in downtown Srinagar, and sensitive areas…
Read MoreClash in Dehradun after pro-Pakistani slogan allegedly raised by Kashmiri student
Alleged pro-Pakistan slogan raised by a student from Jammu and Kashmir at an institute led to a clash between him and a local student prompting the police to launch a probe into the incident. Manan, a student of CIMS College here, who hails from Jammu and Kashmir, had a tiff with another student, Vijay, on Monday, SSP Dehradun Sweetie Aggarwal said today. On Tuesday, Vijay’s friends, who did not belong to the college and allegedly had allegiance to Bajrang Dal, created a ruckus at the campus over the issue inflicting…
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