SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 95 fresh Covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said 65 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 30 from Kashmir Division, taking the overall tally to 452817. Giving district wise […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government has taken numerous citizen centric measures to improve service delivery, and towards good governance to bring more transparency and accountability in the existing governance system. And one among these administrative reforms is digitization of land records with one component ‘Apki Zameen Apki Nigrani’ under which land holders can […]
JAMMU — The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, accorded administrative approval to the construction works for women battalions at Sopore, Baramulla and Pargalta, Jammu. Farooq Khan and Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisors to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K, and Nitishwar Kumar, […]
JAMMU — 300-meter portion of a link road in Ramban district has sunk due to incessant rains, disconnecting at least five Panchayat blocks of Gandhri from District headquarters, officials said on Friday. Official sources told GNS that the portion of Kanga-Gandhri-Bhatni road caved in late Thursday afternoon amid incessant rains. SHO Firdous Ahmed confirmed it […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Hajj Committee on Friday notified the interview schedule for Khadim-ul-Hujaj for Haj-2022 to be held at Haj House Bemina, Srinagar. As per an official handout, the interview of all the eligible candidates who have applied for selection as Khadim-ul-Hujaj for Haj-2022, shall be held as per the schedule given […]
NEW DELHI — Air India is planning to operate two flights to Romanian capital Bucharest today to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine due to a Russian military offensive, senior government officials said. Indian nationals who have reached the Ukraine-Romania border by road will be taken to Bucharest by officials of the Indian government so that […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday escaped unhurt following a car accident on the outskirts of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Sources said Sinha was going to his hometown in Ghazipur when he met with an accident. “His car collided with an iron pillar installed on the slope of the Rajghat […]
KUPWARA — The parents of missing 8-year-old boy who vanished from his home at Awoora village of Kupwara district without a trace 11 days ago are pleading for his safe return. As per the family, Talib Hussain son of Mohammad Ashraf Khan disappeared moments after he left home on the fateful day. “We searched every […]
NEW DELHI — India on Thursday mounted a major diplomatic initiative to evacuate its nationals from Ukraine through its land border crossings after Russia launched a large-scale military assault on the eastern European nation triggering major global concerns and sanctions against Moscow by several Western powers. Amid the deepening crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke […]
NEW DELHI — As the world watched in shock the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan sat in the Kremlin doing what he does best — raising the issue of Jammu and Kashmir. On Thursday, in his first-ever summit meeting with President Vladimir Putin, which ran concurrently with the invasion, Khan underscored […]