SRINAGAR — The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, approved the proposal of winding up the Department of Stationery and Office Supplies. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K and Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor attended […]
ANANTNAG — A 17-year-old girl was killed after hit by an School bus in Grend Ashmuqam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday. Official sources told GNS that the accident took place near Grend Ashmuqam this Afternoon. Soon after hit by the School bus, the girl identified as Shafia Jan Daughter of Ab Rasheed […]
Sheikh Nadeem ANANTNAG — All Schools of Kokernag ‘two minute silence’ observed in Kokernag Belt of southern region of Anantnag District during the morning assembly on Thursday in observance of 10th day of Rajini Bala, a teacher who was shot dead by militants on May-31. Directors of School Education of Jammu and Kashmir regions have […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained mainly clear in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast the same for Thursday with cloud building in the afternoon. “Mainly clear to partly cloudy weather is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar recorded 15.4 […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday inaugurated the State Data Centre at the Civil Secretariat here and said that the future-ready central facility will ensure efficiency, agility, optimisation, control and security for e-governance and other citizen-centric applications. He said that the aim under Digital India mission in Jammu and Kashmir is to make […]
JAMMU — The Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire at a suspected Pakistani drone along the International Border (IB) in Jammu district in the early hours of Thursday, forcing it to return, officials said. They said a massive search operation has been launched to trace any weapon or explosive that it might have dropped. “A […]
NEW DELHI — The Editors Guild of India has decried the irresponsible conduct of some national news channels for deliberately creating circumstances that target vulnerable communities by spewing hatred towards them and their beliefs. This comes in the wake of an international outcry over former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s insulting remarks on Prophet Muhammad, Muslim […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hit out at the BJP for calling their former spokespersons fringe for using derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad. Citing examples of past statements of some top BJP leaders, Rahul Gandhi said that “Fringe is BJP’s core”. Rahul Gandhi’s remarks came in the wake of a major […]
NEW DELHI — India head coach Rahul Dravid has always maintained that he likes continuity and gave clear hints on Tuesday that pace sensation Umran Malik might have to wait for his turn. Dravid was speaking ahead of the first of five-match T20 International series between India and South Africa here on Thursday. “We just […]
NEW DELHI — Central intelligence agencies are on alert after the Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) issued a letter warning of suicide bombings in Indian cities and states to avenge the insult to the Prophet. In a threat letter dated June 6, the AQIS said it would launch suicide attacks in Delhi, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh […]