NEW DELHI — As many as 156 Armymen and three IAF personnel were killed in militant attacks as well as counter-militant operations in the last five years, according to details provided by the Defence ministry in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Responding to a question, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said the Army’s fatal […]
NEW DELHI — The education department has been allocated the highest Rs 11,832.77 crore followed by Rs 10,831.18 crore for the home department, which controls police, in the Rs 1.42 lakh crore budget for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for 2022-23 presented by Union finance minister in Lok Sabha on Monday. Sitharaman also […]
NEW DELHI — Forty-two defence personnel were killed in accidents involving aircraft, including helicopters, of the three services in the last five years, according to data provided by the defence ministry in Rajya Sabha on Monday. According to the details shared in Rajya Sabha by Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt, the total number […]
SRINAGAR — A three-member fact finding committee (FFC) of the Press Council of India on Jammu and Kashmir has said that the news media in the Union Territory, especially in the valley, is “slowly being choked” due to extensive curbs imposed by the local administration. Six months after the PCI, a statutory quasi-judicial body which […]
BEIJING — China on Monday said India and Pakistan should hold a dialogue as soon as possible and launch a “thorough investigation” into the recent “accidental firing” of a missile from India which landed in Pakistan’s Punjab province. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, during a media briefing here, said that Pakistan and India both […]
DODA — Four policemen were injured in an explosion that took place due to a Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinder in Bhaderwah jail on Monday. Officials said that a LPG cylinder caught fire and exploded accidentally, leaving four cops injured. Officials said that all the four cops were given medical aid and are under medical […]
SRINAGAR — Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday unveiled Rs 112950 crore budget for Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory for 2022-23 in the Lok Sabha. Rs 112950 crore budget estimates, Rs 71615 crore is revenue expenditure and Rs 41335 crore is capital expenditure. As per budget documents, the estimates of budget for ongoing fiscal […]
GANDERBAL — A residential house was damaged in a blaze that broke out in Check Duderhama Ganderbal area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. An official said that a fire broke out in a residential house belonging to Nazir Ahmad Ganie, son of Abdul Gani Ganie of Check Duderham today afternoon. Although no casualty was reported […]
SRINAGAR — In a significant move, the delimitation commission on Monday published the proposals for delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies of Jammu & Kashmir. The delimitation panel has published the proposals in the Gazette of India and Gazette of J&K, together with dissenting proposals submitted by Members of Parliament from National Conference and Bharatiya […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Monday claimed to have busted a module of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen outfit by arresting three ‘militant associates’ involved in the recent killing of a Sarpanch in southern district of Kulgam. “Kulgam Police busted #terror module of proscribed outfit HM involved in recent #killing of #Sarpanch Shabir Ahmad Mir & arrested 03 #militant associates […]
