STC NEWS MONITORING DESKNEW DELHI, JUNE 01 (STC): The government has ordered another spell of price hike of commercial LPG today, with an increase of Rs 42 per 19-kg cylinder. However, the rates of domestic cooking gas remains unchanged so far.According to a report, the price of commercial LPG was hiked to Rs 3,113.50 per…

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, MAY 31 (STC): The Group of Concerned Citizens, J&K ( GCC ) has written to the Home Department( Government of J&K) to consider shifting of detainees from jails outside J&K to jails within J&K on humanitarian grounds. In a statement, the GCC states the family members and relatives of the detainees have…

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, MAY 31 (STC): A Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) resident along with a local woman near the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district was arrested today.Official reports said that a PoK national, identified as Zeeshan Ahmad Mir, son of Lal Din Mir and a resident of Muzaffarabad, was…

STC NEWS DESKSRINAGAR, MAY 31 (STC): Gulmarg Gondola services are expected to resume for tourists on Tuesday. An expert trial run is being scheduled on Monday.The Gondola had remained closed for tourists till June 1 following a technical malfunction that led authorities to suspend operations and undertake maintenance work.The reopening is being closely watched by…

STC NEWS MONITORING DESKSRINAGAR, MAY 31 (STC): In a move aimed at evading security crackdown and investigation into terror incidents, Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has asked its established network of Over Ground Workers (OGWs) in Jammu and Kashmir to infiltrate mainstream national political parties, reports Press Trust of India (PTI) quoting officials.The report states that…