NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a batch of petitions by various private tour operators seeking GST exemption for Hajj and Umrah services offered by them to pilgrims travelling to Saudi Arabia. A bench headed by Justices AM Khanwilkar dismissed the plea filed by All India Haj & Umrah Tour Organizer Association […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday ordered transfer of ten police officers in the interest of administration with immediate effect. An order in this regard has been issued by J&K’s Home Department. Umesh Kumar, IPS, awaiting posting in the Police Headquarters has been posted as SO to ADGP, Railways, J&K, against an […]
GANDERBAL — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary, Arun Kumar Mehta on Tuesday said that to promote local economy, Manasbal festival was organised here and Manasbal will soon be among the popular tourist destinations in the Valley. Talking to reporters on the side-lines of the festival, Mehta said that Manasbal is not such a popular tourist […]
SRINAGAR — The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday said that no Kashmiri Pandit, working under the Prime Minister’s Development Package (PMDP), has resigned in the Kashmir Valley following the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit. In reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, MoS Home Nityanand Rai said that as per information provided […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained generally cloudy in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours. However, the MeT department said on Tuesday that mainly dry weather is expected in the next 24 hours. “Mainly dry weather is expected in J&K during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar recorded 20.3 […]
SRINAGAR — A barbecue seller was found injured after being allegedly kidnapped by some unknown persons in Khudpora village of Khansahib area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district, sources said. They told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that one barbecue seller identified as Jehangir Ahmad Wani (22) son of Abdul Rashid, a resident of Khudpora was […]
KARGIL — Three people were rescued from flash floods by the administration and the Army in Kargil district of the Union territory of Ladakh, officials said on Tuesday. The administration was informed on Monday evening that three people were trapped in Taisuru’s Youljuk village due to a sudden rise in the water level in a […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday paid homage to the martyrs and heroes of Kargil war on the eve of Vijay Diwas. “I salute the valour and courage of our immortal heroes who fought till their last breath to protect the sovereignty and integrity of our great Nation, and recaptured […]
BUDGAM — Lack of mobile connectivity and ATM services at two famous tourist resorts—Yousmarg and Doodhpatri in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district has been leaving the visiting tourists disappointed The locals from the area said that both the places, Yousmarg and Doodpathri, have no mobile connectivity and ATM machine which results in tremendous hardships to those […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Government will not tolerate any wrongdoings in selection process for jobs in public sector as merit is the only criterion for entering into government service, Chief Secretary A K Mehta said on Monday. “You should have faith that merit will be the only basis for selection (in government jobs). We […]