SRINAGAR — Weather remained dry in J&K and Ladakh on Wednesday as the Meteorological (MeT) department forecast mainly clear to partly cloudy weather during the next 24 hours. “Weather is expected to remain mainly clear to partly cloudy in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours,” an official of the MeT department said. Srinagar […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Welfare Transporters Welfare Association, an amalgam of various transporters associations, on Wednesday deferred ‘Chaka Jam’ (stop wheels) strike scheduled today after midnight negotiations with the government. “There were two rounds of meeting with officers at Jammu during the day on Tuesday and both ended without any headway. However late last night we […]
SRINAGAR — At least eight shops were damaged in a midnight blaze at Gadyar area of Zainakadal in Srinagar. Official sources said that the fire broke out at Gadyar Zainakadal at around 01 am in the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday. In the incident, five shops were gutted completely while three shops suffered partial damage, they […]
NEW DELHI — Petrol and diesel prices were on Wednesday hiked by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last nine days to Rs 5.60 per litre. Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state depending upon the incidence of local taxation. This is […]
ANANTNAG — A youth was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Seer Hamdan area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday morning, officials said. Officials said that body of youth identified as Basit Ahmad Dar son of Abdul Hameed Dar from Rampora Mattan was spotted this morning by locals and a police team recovered it […]
SRINAGAR — Two local militants were killed in an encounter between government forces and militants at Rainawari area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Summer Capital, Srinagar on Wednesday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Rainawari following the inputs about presence of militants in the […]
SRINAGAR — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Rainawari area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Summer Capital, Srinagar on Wednesday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Rainawari following the inputs about presence of militants in the area. They said that […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 13 fresh Covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said one of the fresh cases was reported from Jammu Division and 12 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 453690. Giving district wise details, […]
SRINAGAR — Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAKJ) has extended full support to the general strike (Chaka Jam) called by the J&K Transporters Welfare Association on 30th March. The Association said that it is unfortunate that government has completely ignored this vital sector of our society. “The transport sector plays an important role […]
SRINAGAR — Government on Tuesday changed the nomenclature of class-IV to “Multitasking Staff (MTS)” and sweeper as “sanitation” worker. “In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Lieutenant Governor of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir is pleased to direct that: “The nomenclature of all Class-IV posts […]
