Category: General News

General News

Deliver or Quit: Farooq tells Mufti

Editor

Omar says Mufti sabotaged Indo-Pak NSA talks National Conference (NC) President and three-time chief minister, Farooq Abdullah Tuesday asked Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed to deliver proper compensation to the flood victims or quit office. Speaking to NC workers at the mausoleum of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah on his 33rd death anniversary, Farooq said Mufti had no business being in power if he could not deliver as a CM and provide compensation to last year’s flood victims. “I don’t have any personal problems with Mufti but if he formed a government,…

Read More

Ganai goes on protest leave after Sharma’s appointment as CS

Editor

Kumar not to move court, to submit papers for VRS Miffed over government decision to appoint his junior, B R Sharma as chief secretary, Financial Commissioner (FC) Industries, Khurshid Ganai, Tuesday went on a “ protest leave’’ till  October 31, when he retires. A top government official said Ganai applied for the “preparatory leave’’ before his retirement with the General Administration Department (GAD). “Under the service rules, officers can take six month leave ahead of their retirement and Ganai has availed the leave,” he said. The official said both Ganai…

Read More

Modi wants to dictate terms for Indo-Pak dialogue: Aziz

Editor

In provocative remarks on the eve of Indo-Pak security talks, Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to dictate terms for dialogue with Islamabad which will never accept any parleys without Kashmir being on the agenda. “Narendra Modi contested elections on an anti-Pakistan platform and now wants to dictate terms for the dialogue with Pakistan but we will never accept this and we have already conveyed it to New Delhi,” Aziz was quoted as saying by Dawn News. He also asserted that a…

Read More

DyCM orders for speeding up schemes in power sector

Editor

The Deputy Chief Minister, Dr. Nirmal Singh has asked the officers to speed up various schemes undertaken by the Government for augmentation of the electric infrastructure in the State so that the people get benefitted by these. The Deputy Chief Minister was addressing officers during a review meeting convened to discuss the implementation of Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyut Karan scheme (RGGVY). The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, B.B Vyas, Principal Secretary PDD, Sandeep Naik, Commissioner Secretary Finance, Navin K Choudhary, Director General Budget, Mohammad Isak…

Read More

PDP-BJP trying to break religious bonding of J&K: NC

Editor

The opposition National Conference (NC) on Tuesday accused the ruling PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir of trying to break the religious and regional bonding in the state. “The PDP-BJP government is trying to break the religious and regional bonding in Jammu and Kashmir. We won’t allow the divisive agenda to submerge peoples’ yearning for peace, togetherness, cohesiveness and single entity of the State”, the party’s Provincial President Devender Singh Rana said. Rana cautioned the people against machinations of divisive elements who were hell-bent on to create gap between various…

Read More

Two SPOs flee with weapons from Doda

Editor

A massive manhunt was launched on Tuesday to trace two former militants-turned-special police officers (SPOs) who deserted duties and fled with their service weapons in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district. According to police, the two former Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants had been engaged as SPOs after they surrendered. On Tuesday, they deserted duties and fled with their service weapons. “An SPO identified as Riaz Ahmed, son of Abdul Rashid resident of Marmat (Doda) former LeT militant, who had surrendered in 1999, deserted duties and fled with one AK-47 rifle and three…

Read More

FinMin firm on service tax on air travel to Vaishno Devi shrine

Editor

Amid the raging controversy over the imposition of service tax on Vaishno Devi pilgrims travelling to the cave shrine in the Trikuta Hills by helicopter, the state finance ministry today made it clear that the tax would not be withdrawn as “it (tax) has been levied on all commercial chopper and cable car services operating in J&K”. The finance ministry has taken the decision despite an assurance given by the BJP — the alliance partner in the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed-led government — that the notification would be rolled back. Jammu…

Read More

J&K has a relationship crisis with Delhi, says minister

Editor

Kashmir’s association with New Delhi is a relationship of crisis, admits Naeem Akhter, Minister of Education and Cabinet Spokesman of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). In a candid interview, Akhter said that the (estranged) relationship has impacted Kashmir adversely besides holding the entire region hostage. “The main priorities of this alliance (BJP-PDP) has been to link Srinagar with Delhi. It also entails connecting Kashmir with the Jammu province,” he added. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) formed the government in J&K with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in February 2015 after last…

Read More

Arun Kumar may opt for premature retirement post appointing B R Sharma as Chief Secretary

Editor

The government decision to appoint B R Sharma as Chief Secretary of J&K has drawn criticism from officers senior to him with Financial Commissioner Revenue Arun Kumar, reportedly deciding to apply for premature retirement. Sharma has been appointed to the top administrative post, superseding four senior officers, Arun Kumar and his wife Sonali Kumar, both 1979 batch IAS officers, A K Angurana (1980 batch) and Khursheed Ahmad Ganai (1982 batch). Sources said Arun Kumar has made his displeasure known to the government over the appointment and is submitting papers for…

Read More

Govt must settle post flood issues or face consequences: Tarigami

Editor

Terming public response to the strike call on the commemoration of last year’s devastating floods as “a wake-up call”, CPI (M) leader and MLA Kulgam Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami today said New Delhi and State  government must now settle the post flood rehabilitation issues or be ready to “face the consequences”. In a statement issued today, Tarigami also regretted the “iron fist approach” adopted by the State government to curb the protests of flood hit people. “The resolve of people to show their anger through a peaceful strike was unprecedented. This…

Read More