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Mirwaiz placed under house arrest, barred from Khwaja Digar sermon
Srinagar, Aug 17 :Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has been placed under house arrest ahead of the centuries-old Khwaja Digar gathering at the historic Khanqah-e-Naqshband Sahib shrine here, preventing him from delivering the traditional sermon and offering prayers, according to the Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid. The development came…
Read More »BJP overhauls organisation, appoints 13 vice presidents, morcha chiefs
New Delhi, Aug 17 : BJP president Nitin Nabin on Monday announced a major organisational reshuffle, appointing 13 national vice presidents and new chiefs for the party’s frontal organisations, in a move aimed at strengthening the party’s social and regional outreach ahead of the upcoming electoral battles. Among the…
Read More »&K Bank partners with HDFC Life to expand insurance offerings
Srinagar, Aug 17 : Jammu and Kashmir Bank has entered into a Corporate Agency Agreement with HDFC Life to provide its customers access to a wider range of life insurance products, the bank said on Monday. The partnership will enable J&K Bank customers to access HDFC Life’s insurance solutions…
Read More »SIA Kashmir arrests absconding narco-terror operative in Jammu
Srinagar: Marking a significant breakthrough in its investigation into the smuggling of narcotics from across the Line of Control (LoC) and the alleged use of drug proceeds to finance terrorist activities, the State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir has arrested an absconding operative allegedly involved in a narco-terror financing network. In…
Read More »Vande Mataram added to official events this year, people may take time to adjust to it: CM Omar
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said people will take time to get used to singing the national song as it has been added to official functions only this year.Commenting on the controversy surrounding Congress leaders’ alleged disrespect to Vande Mataram, Abdullah said there should be…
Read More »Govt to soon announce high-level panel on ‘Banking for Viksit Bharat’: FM
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the government would soon constitute a high-level panel on ‘Banking for Viksit Bharat’ to draw up a blueprint to create lenders capable of meeting the financing needs of a developed India.In this year’s Budget, the finance minister had proposed a high-level…
Read More »Right to speedy trial a valuable right of victim too: SC
New Delhi: Observing that right to speedy trial is also a “valuable right” of a victim, the Supreme Court on Monday set aside an order of the Allahabad High Court which had kept in abeyance the trial in a murder case.In its order passed in August last year, the high…
Read More »Regulator can’t run institution sought to be regulated by it, SC told
New Delhi: The Supreme Court was told on Monday that a regulatory body itself cannot operate an institution that is sought to be monitored by it.Advancing the submissions in a case related to the grant of fair and just compensation under the SHANTI Act in case of a nuclear accident,…
Read More »Illegal mining crackdown in J&K: 9,417 seizures, but only 285 FIRs
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir authorities carried out 9,417 seizures and registered only 285 FIRs against illegal mining during the financial year 2025-26, recovering Rs 20.009 crore in penalties, according to official government data.The figures, however, have raised concerns over the apparent gap between enforcement actions and criminal prosecution, with several…
Read More »SC asks J&K to compensate for land forcibly taken in 1953 for Police Station
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to pay compensation and rentals to one of the descendants of farmers whose land was forcibly taken more than 73 years ago for setting up a police station at Kangan in Ganderbal without any acquisition proceedings.Land measuring…
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