Srinagar: A quake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale rocked the Kashmir Valley Wednesday afternoon. No loss of life or damage to property has been reported from anywhere yet. An official of the weather office here told that “a moderate intensity earthquake occurred here 2.44 p.m. today”. The epicentre of [...]

New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tarun Vijay Wednesday said the government should brief the MPs on the Chinese incursion in the Ladakh region and sought a statement from External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on the issue. Vijay, who is a member of the Parliamentary Group [...]

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday decided to ban the re-employment of retired government officials in the state administration, an official here said. The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, a state government spokesperson said. “The cabinet has directed the general administration [...]

Srinagar, April 24 (IANS) A Jammu and Kashmir court Wednesday gave the West Bengal police a four-day transit remand of Saradha Group chairman and managing director Sudipta Sen and two other accused in the multi-crore-rupee chit fund scam. Ganderbal district Chief Judicial Magistrate Parvez Ahmed allowed Bengal investigators to take [...]

Srinagar/Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) In a major breakthrough in West Bengal’s chit fund muddle, Saradha Group chairman and managing director Sudipta Sen was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday with two of his associates, even as angry depositors duped by the company blocked highways and rail tracks. “Based on information [...]

Jammu: Army chief General Bikram Singh met Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday and discussed Chinese incursions into Indian territory in Ladakh region. Gen. Singh assured Vohra and Abdullah that the situation would be tackled. The army chief is on a two-day visit of [...]

Srinagar/Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) In a major breakthrough in West Bengal’s chit fund muddle, Sudipto Sen, the chairman and managing director of the Saradha Group, was arrested from Sonmarg in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday with two of his associates, police said. “Based on information provided by the West Bengal Police, [...]

Jammu, April 23 (IANS) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday reiterated the demand for setting up a rail coach factory in Jammu and Kashmir for economic development of the region and fighting unemployment in the state. Addressing a meeting of the industrial advisory committee here, Abdullah said: “The setting up of [...]

Srinagar/Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Sudipto Sen, the promoter of the chit fund funded by the Saradha Group, was arrested from Sonmarg in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday with two of his associates, police said. “Based on information provided by the West Bengal Police, three people were detained by us from the [...]

Jammu: Indian Army chief General Bikram Singh Tuesday reviewed the operational preparedness of the force along the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan. A defence spokesperson said that Gen. Singh – who is on a two-day visit of Jammu region – visited border [...]