Jammu: In a significant decision aiming to promote the welfare of the employees/workforce, the Administrative Council which met under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu accorded sanction to the formation of J&K Employees Insurance Society under Employees Insurance Act 1948. Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu chairs Administrative Council ...
Read More »Qayoom Wani released from Central Jail
Srinagar, People’s Democratic Party leader Ab. Qayoom Wani has been released from detention this evening. He had been arrested in August and was lodged in Central Jail Srinagar. Speaking to news agency , Wani said that he came out of Central Jail at 7 PM. Wani a former trade union ...
Read More »Minimum temperature drops in parts of J&K
Srinagar: There was a drop in minimum temperature at most places in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, the Meteorological department said. Gulmarg in north Kashmir was the coldest place in the Valley at minus 11 degrees Celsius, it said. In south Kashmir’s Pahalgam, the mercury dropped to minus 9.3 degrees ...
Read More »Coronavirus: 21 J&K residents arrive back from China, no positive case found
JAMMU: Twenty-one people arrived back to Jammu and Kashmir from coronavirus-hit China this week and they have been kept under home observation, officials said on Wednesday. No case of coronavirus has been found in the UT so far, they added. As many as 21 persons — seven from Jammu and 14 ...
Read More »Modi Committed ‘Fatal Mistake’ by Revoking Special Status of J&K, Says Pakistan PM Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi has committed a ‘fatal mistake’ by revoking the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing the Legislative Assembly of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in Muzaffarabad, Khan also alleged that Modi did it because he got mandate after using ...
Read More »Police arrests 10 drug peddlers in a series of actions, huge quantity of contraband, psychotropic substances recovered
Srinagar,Police in a series of actions against drug dealings across Kashmir valley arrested 10 drug peddlers and seized huge quantity of contraband and psychotropic substances from their possession. The drug peddlers were involved in peddling drugs across several districts of Kashmir valley. In Budgam, officers at a checkpoint established at ...
Read More »Kashmir Solidarity Day is political stunt by Pakistan, says PoK activist
Nasir Aziz Khan, a prominent Kashmiri activist, has said that Pakistan observing Kashmir Solidarity Day and claiming support for rights of Kashmiris, is a fraud in itself. The spokesperson of United Kashmir People’s National Party (UKPNP) said if Pakistan really has sympathies for Kashmiris then it should give autonomous rights ...
Read More »With representation of Dalit community in Ram Temple trust, social harmony has been strengthened: Rajnath Singh
NEW DELHI: Union Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for announcing the formation of ‘Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra’ trust saying that the representation of Scheduled Castes in the trust will strengthen social harmony. Taking to Twitter, Singh wrote in Hindi, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has honoured ...
Read More »PHE land donors stage protest at Srinagar
Srinagar, Scores of land donors from Budgam and Ganderbal districts on Wednesday staged protest in Press Enclave against Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department for failing to rehabilitate them from past 10 years. Shouting slogans against the department, the protestors threatened to block water supply schemes in the area, if government ...
Read More »Different outfits jointly carrying out attacks: Dilbagh Singh
Srinagar: Militants belonging to different outfits in Kashmir are jointly carrying out attacks on the security forces, Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbagh Singh said at a press conference here on Wednesday. Citing Wednesday morning encounter, Singh said the two militants killed have been identified as Zia ul ...
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