Jammu: A large number of Amarnath pilgrims who assembled in Jammu on Sunday to leave for the cave shrine in Kashmir courted arrest after the state administration did not allow them to start the pilgrimage before the scheduled date. Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has fixed June 25 the date to commence the religious journey and it will conclude on August 2. Around 600 yatris from across the country assembled...
02:59 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: BJP leader Uma Bharti is expected to lead a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)-sponsored, parallel Amarnath pilgrimage from Jammu on Sunday. The leader has been demanding that the Amarnath Yatra be allowed for two months. The Jammu and Kashmir government has allowed the yatra, which begins on June 15, to proceed for 37 days. ...
11:28 AM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: A drawing by a Class IX student from a Jammu and Kashmir school will be adopted as the logo of the Rashtrapati Bhavan's green initiative 'Roshni' after it was adjudged winner among 3,276 entries. President Pratibha Patil adjudged the drawing of Robin Singh, a student of Kendrya Vidyalaya BSF school in North Kashmir's Bandipore, as the best among the thousands of entries received by her secretariat. The 15-year-old...
01:48 AM, May 31, 2012
Jammu: Thirteen people were killed early Wednesday when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, police said. The Tata Sumo carrying 13 passengers rolled into a 300 metre deep gorge at Digdol, about 165 km north of Jammu city, an official said. All the passengers died instantly. Bodies were scattered all over and police were finding it difficult to...
10:51 AM, May 30, 2012
Does the Kashmir interlocutors' report make proposals that could turn around India's troubled state? ...
09:51 PM, May 29, 2012
Srinagar: There seems to be yet another conflict between Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Opposition PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti. The PDP leader charged out of a meeting on Monday after an argument with the Chief Minister over the appointment of the state's first Chief Vigilance Commissioner. Mufti expressed dipleasure over the suggestion of State DGP Kuldeep Khoda taking over the post. The four member selection committee headed...
09:56 AM, May 29, 2012
Srinagar: The name of Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda is believed to have been recommended by the state government for the post of state's first Chief Vigilance Commissioner. The 1974-batch IPS officer of J&K cadre, Khoda, who retires in three days time, has been named for the position of CVC while two others RK Jerath and Syed Khan have been recommended for being members of the...
11:13 PM, May 28, 2012
Hiranagar: Opposition People's Democratic Party on Sunday said any solution to the vexed issue of Kashmir should be found within the framework of the Indian Constitution and called for stronger Cente-State relations. "Today the people will demand self-rule and tomorrow they will ask for 'aazadi', this way we cannot find a solution to our problem. The real solution of Kashmir issue lies within the Constitution of India," PDP patron Mufti...
06:39 PM, May 27, 2012
Ramban: A top Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, police said on Saturday. Ghulam Qadir alias Tohid-ul-Islam, a self-styled Hizbul commander, was killed in Bhimdasa area in Ramban in a joint operation by police and Army on Friday night. An AK-56 rifle, three magazines and 54 rounds were recovered from him, police said. The militant was reportedly on his...
11:33 PM, May 26, 2012
New Delhi: Ruling out a return to the pre-1953 position, Centre's interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir have favoured setting up a Constitutional Committee to review all Central Acts and Articles of the Constitution of India to the state extended after 1952. The report of the interlocutors - Dileep Padgaonkar, Radha Kumar and MM Ansari - which was made public on Thursday, proposed a 'New Compact' with the people of Jammu...
01:29 PM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: Under pressure from its allies, the Opposition and the public over the steep hike in petrol price, the Congress has asked all its state governments to cut taxes on fuel prices. The move comes after the Opposition made it clear that it would launch nation-wide protests over Wednesday's Rs 7.50 hike in petrol price. If the Congress-ruled states follow the diktat, the states that are likely to benefit...
11:55 AM, May 24, 2012
Srinagar: Home Minister P Chidambaram and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday reviewed the law and order situation in the state. The minister was on a day's visit to the Kashmir Valley and the border region of Kargil. "Various issues related to the overall security and law and order were discussed in detail," a government statement said. Earlier, Chidambaram and Abdullah flew to Kargil where they inaugurated...
02:05 AM, May 24, 2012
Srinagar: The Omar Abdullah government in Jammu and Kashmir is under pressure from the Centre over the infant deaths. Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad visited the GB Pant Hospital in Srinagar, which is the city's only paediatric facility. This is where around 360 newborns have died since January due to shortage of medical staff and equipment. Azad slammed the Omar Abdullah government claiming it had not spent funds from...
09:03 AM, May 21, 2012
Srinagar: With over 360 infants dying in the GB Pant hospital in Srinagar since January, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday directed immediate recruitment of doctors and nurses there on an ad hoc basis till full-time arrangements were made. "There is no need to wait for Public Service Commission to fill up the posts. I have directed the authorities concerned (state health and medical education department) to conduct...
04:49 AM, May 21, 2012
Srinagar: Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday said the high number of infant death at GB Panth children Hospital in Srinagar was "a matter of shame". "It is unfortunate and a matter of shame that such things happen in a state capital. One could understand if it had happened in some remote area," Azad told reporters in Srinagar. Over 360 infants have died at GB Pant hospital, the...
08:20 PM, May 19, 2012
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