JOURNALISTS AMONG 10 BOOKED FOR SHELTERING MILITANTS IN VALLEY

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday filed charge sheet against journalist Asif Sultan and nine other persons, including a woman, for harbouring militants and giving support to a militant outfits in killing a policeman at Batamaloo area last year. Police officials said that a charge sheet was submitted in the case registered at police station Batamaloo against Sultan and other accused. According to the state police, the case pertains to the incident of last year when militants hiding at a residence in Diyarwani area of Srinagar fled away from the spot after indiscriminately firing at a police party in which constable Parvaiz Ahmad was killed. “The charge sheet has been filed for their role in hatching criminal conspiracy for terrorist act, harbouring terrorist and giving support to the proscribed organisation,” a police spokesperson said, requesting anonymity.

10 cops feared trapped after avalanche in Valley

SRINAGAR: At least 10 policemen were feared trapped inside their post after an avalanche struck Kulgam district near the Jawahar Tunnel on Srinagar-jammu National Highway on Thursday evening, police said. The avalanche hit the north portal of Jawahar Tunnel on the Qazigund side, a police official said. “Police rescue teams and other concerned agencies have been rushed to the site,” he added. The Snow and Avalanche Studies Establishment has issued an avalanche warning of varying degrees to 16 of the 22 districts in Jammu and Kashmir for the next 24 hours.

Oppn questions govt on faculty reservation issue

NEW DELHI: Opposition parties on Thursday raised the issue of faculty reservation in universities in the Rajya Sabha. The Upper House saw its first adjournment in the morning when the House met as opposition parties including Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) raised the matter. ”We are fully committed towards reservation. We will ensure they are not affected,” HRD minister Prakash Javadekar asserted.

Rajya Sabha TV’S Youtube subscription hits a high

NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha Television’s (RSTV) Youtube channel subscription crossed the 2 million mark and emerged as the sixth fastest expanding channel. Adding around 4,000 subscribers a day, the channel has acquired over one million Youtube subscribers in less than eight months, RSTV said.

With over 4 lakh subscribers in August 2017, it acquired over 15 lakh subscribers in the last one and a half years to register 470% increase in the viewer base.

Javadekar: Surprised by deluge of transfer request

NEW DELHI: HRD minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday expressed surprise at the number of requests and recommendations he received related to transfers of Kendriya Vidyalaya teachers. “I have never given a legal notice to anyone at the political influence that is attempted. Sometime I wonder at the number of letters I receive. I am the minister for education. But nobody asks me about policy. They are all related to transfers,” Javadekar said. The minister said the transfers were decided according to a formula.