Newsmakers
APPOINTMENT:Prof SudhirK Jain, 61, presently a Professor and former Head of the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has been appointed...
Numbers
730 kg is the weight that Sairaab Firdous lifted to become Kashmir’s Mr Heavy Duty 2013.
22,000 is the number of books that influential have...
Briefing
GEORGIA
Kashmir is on sale. Yes, it is the name of a female orange and white tabby cat that is available for adoption at the...
NUMBERS
Against 2600 crore in 2009-10, J&K anticipates netting 5500 crore from commercial tax and excise this fiscal.
2222 employements in health ministry are being dubbed...
News Notes
Library CONTROVERSY
After revelations of various cases of land grabs in Kashmir Valley, another land grab issue has surfaced. This time the land has been...
Newsmakers
ACQUITTED: Mumtaz Ahmad alias Asif Commando and Manzoor Ahmad alias Furqan of Dalwa Gool were acquitted by the principal sessions judge for not having...
Briefing
HAZRATBAL
It was not illegal but unprecedented it certainly was. A candidate who had applied for appointment as junior assistant as a female appeared for...
News notes
Gas PIPELINE
The Gas pipeline in J&K is waiting cabinet’s approval for its implementation on its grounds. The Revenue Department in consultation with the Law...
Newsmakers
APPOINTED: The state government appointed Khalid Majeed, deputy secretary, as liaison officer, General Administration Department, for monitoring and enforcement of reservation rules in respect...
Numbers
56 soldiers including their CO Brigadier Ajay Talwar and 4 other officers stand indicted by a court of inquiry that probed a clash between...
Briefing
BARAMULLA
The 2.15 minute video clip uploaded on Facebook shows two Kashmiri youth, apparently detained for stone pelting during 2010 unrest, humiliatingly stripped and beaten...
NEWSMAKERS
AWARDED: DGP ordered commendation medals and certificate to 209 officers and personnel of state police for their services in public service during the year...
News Notes
Acid ATTACK
The commercial hub Lal Chowk and its adjoining areas on Friday observed a two-hour shutdown against the acid attack on a woman in...
Numbers
2012 witnessed 22 days of strike, the last one on the year end.
8% is the service tax that Katra Municipal Committee is deducting from...
Briefing
UDHAMPUR
Ever since NC started using defamatory suits as a tool to force silence on its opponents, nowhere did it impact so swiftly. Last week,...
