NEW DELHI — Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday urged the Union Home Minister to facilitate immediate and unconditional release of journalists Fahad Shah, Sajad Gul and Siddique Kappan who have been arrested on various charges. Raising the issue in Lok Sabha during Zero Hour, Tharoor said Shah and Gul have been arrested on charges […]
SRINAGAR — Two residential houses were damaged in a fire incident at City Colony Ellahibagh area of Srinagar on Friday evening. Witnesses told that fire broke out from the residential house belonging to Sajad Ahmad Mir, son of Ghulam Rasool Mir and within no time spread to nearby house belonging to Riyaz Ahmad Najar, son […]
ANANTNAG — The Pahalgam has become the first destination to launch 10 home-stays under the Crown of Incredible India project. Crown of Incredible India project is an initiative of the Govt. of UT of J&K for rural home-stays at tourist destinations throughout the UT in collaboration with OYO Rooms. The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Anantnag, Dr […]
SRINAGAR — Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar has condemned the continuous closure of historic Jamia Masjid for prayers. “It is the 28th consecutive Jummah Mubarak and the first ten days of the month of Rajab al-Murajab are also coming to an end, but the administration while continuing with its dictatorial attitude today, once did not […]
SRINAGAR — Offering a convenient and quick facility to media fraternity and other professionals the State Health Agency Jammu and Kashmir (JKSHA) has set up week-long camps for Golden Card registration at Jammu and Srinagar. In appreciation of difficulties and time constraints under which the media persons and other professionals operate, the SHA has set […]
PULWAMA — As part of ‘Azadi Ki Amrut Mahotsav’ campaign, a daylong awareness program on ‘Drug Abuse and its Evil Impact on the Society’ was today held at Government Degree College (Boys) Pulwama, here. The programme was organised by the Nehru Yuva Kendra Pulwama, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India in collaboration […]
SRINAGAR — Daily Covid cases in Jammu and Kashmir fell to 34-day low, with 540 infections reported in the last 24 hours even as two persons succumbed to the virus during the time, officials said on Friday. They said 312 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 228 from Kashmir Valley, taking […]
SRINAGAR — Government on Friday ordered transfer of six JKAS officers in the interest of administration with immediate effect. Gulzar Ahmad Bhat, JKAS, BDO Khag (Budgam), has been transferred and posted as Collector, Lake Conservation and Management Authority (LCMA), Srinagar, against an available vacancy, reads an order by the government, a copy of which lies […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday refused to intervene in the Karnataka hijab controversy, saying “We will take it up at an appropriate time.” “You should think if such issues should be brought at the national level,” a Bench led by CJI NV Ramana told senior advocate Devdatt Kamat. Seeking to challenge the […]
SRINAGAR — SSP Srinagar, Rakesh Balwal Friday said that there will be no compromise on crime against girls. “The Batamaloo incident came as a shock and I can’t believe there are people who can do this,” he said. Earlier, a youth along with his associate in an attempt to loot cash barged into a house […]