New Delhi: The Central government has issued an “advisory” for foreign correspondents working in India, reminding them of a “dormant rule” that prohibits them from travelling to certain areas, including parts of Jammu and Kashmir, without permission of the government. In a letter dated 22 May 2018, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) wrote, “It has…
Ahmad Faruqui From the beginning, Pakistan’s strategic culture has been dominated by Kashmir. In “Pakistan: A Hard Country,” Anatol Lieven has called it a single-minded obsession that has defined the army’s “whole character and world view.” He noted that the pursuit of Kashmir haddone terrible damage to Pakistan, and could destroy Pakistan altogether. Lieven recalls…
Patna: A city court on Friday awarded prison terms to two women teachers of a noted school here after holding them guilty of unnatural sexual act with a five-year-old girl student two years ago. Special POCSO judge Ravindra Nath Tripathi had convicted the two teachers – Nutan Joseph and Indu Anand – on July 11, Special…
SRINAGAR, JULY 20 (PTK):Stressing the importance to bring transparency and accountability in the implementation of the MGNREGA scheme, the Secretary, Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Sheetal Nanda today directed the recently-appointed Ombudsmen to redress all genuine grievances related to MGNREGA works at the district level. Nanda asked the Social Audit Resource persons to create awareness…
SRINAGAR, JULY (PTK): Since the imposition of Governor’s Rule, from 20th June till 19th July, 2018, the Grievance Cell received 5,901 complaints/grievances, of which 5,365 have been disposed of/forwarded to the concerned quarters for their timely redressal; and 1,156 complaints/grievances are under process. During this period, Governor’s Secretariat received 1,922 complaints/grievances, of which 1,784 complaints have been disposed…
Rs. 3.00 crores spent by J&K Police for various sports activities Sports policy submitted to Govt. SRINAGAR, JULY (PTK): Director General of Police, J&K Dr. S.P Vaid declared open the 16th J&K Police Martyrs’ Memorial Football Tournament-2018 at Synthetic Turf TRC Ground here today. The tournament is being organized by J&K Police annually under Civic…
