The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a recent University Grants Commission (UGC) regulation after various pleas were filed contending that the Commission adopted a non-inclusionary definition of caste-based discrimination and excluded certain categories from institutional protection.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notices to the Centre and the UGC on…
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday conferred India’s highest peacetime gallantry award, Ashoka Chakra, to Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who created history by becoming the first Indian to set foot on the International Space Station (ISS).The President presented the award to Shukla at the Republic Day celebrations at the Kartavya Path, the centrepiece boulevard of the…
Artefacts and culture of Jammu and Kashmir came alive on the Kartavya Path during the 77th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi.Celebrating the splendour of traditional arts, the tableau of the Union territory displayed the gleaming samavaar with intricate metal engraving, exquisitely woven Kani shawls rich with symbolic patterns, hand-knotted carpets rising from looms in…
President Droupadi Murmu will address the nation on Sunday on the eve of the Republic Day, her office has said.The address will be broadcast from 7 pm on the entire national network of Akashvani and telecast over all channels of Doordarshan in Hindi followed by the English version, it said on Saturday.The broadcast of the…
Srinagar, Jan 24: Kashmir Police chief V K Birdi on Saturday said strict, multi-tier security arrangements have been put in place to ensure peaceful Republic Day celebrations across the valley, and appealed to people to become a part of the event.Inspector General of Police (IGP) Birdi was speaking to mediapersons after a full-dress rehearsal at…
JAMMU, Jan 20: Several individuals were detained for questioning as a massive search operation to flush out terrorists entered the third day in the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Tuesday, officials said.The operation was launched in Sonnar village near Mandral-Singhpora in the Chatroo belt on Sunday, leading to a gunfight that…
Jammu, Jan 19: A paratrooper, who was critically injured in a gunfight with terrorists, succumbed to his injuries as a massive search operation to track down terrorists believed to be hiding in the upper reaches of Kishtwar district entered its second day on Monday, officials said.The operation was launched in Sonnar village near Mandral-Singhpora in…
Srinagar/Jammu, Jan 18: Security agencies have flagged a sophisticated “crypto hawala” network bypassing the country’s financial safeguards to funnel untraceable foreign funds into Jammu and Kashmir, sparking grave concerns that the money is being used to support terror activities, officials said on Sunday.This has put the security establishment on high alert, with officials warning that…
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Srinagar Zonal Office, has provisionally attached proceeds of crime amounting to ₹48,99,500 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The attached amount was lying in the bank account of Syed Sadaf Andrabi, wife of accused Abdul Momin Peer, in a case related to the smuggling…
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Crime Branch Kashmir, has unearthed a major employment fraud, registering a case against a former police employee for allegedly cheating innocent job seekers by falsely promising government jobs and issuing forged appointment orders, thereby siphoning off nearly ₹23 lakh from multiple victims.In a statement, The Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Crime…
