SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir will undertake its first-ever household enumeration to identify multi-dimensionally poor families across the Union territory with an aim to strengthen inclusive governance and ensure that welfare schemes reach the most deserving people. J-K Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the Planning, Development and Monitoring Department (PD&MD) […]
JAMMU — A batch of 8,150 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for the Amarnath cave shrine in Kashmir on Thursday, amid tight security, officials said. With this, a total of 52,816 pilgrims have left the Jammu base camp for Kashmir since the yatra commenced on July 2, the officials said. Thursday’s batch […]
BEIJING — Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people have died in flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak. Most of the deaths were related to the breach of a dam in the city of Nanning, which claimed 26 lives, said Ding Wei, the city’s vice mayor, at a news briefing. Maysak brought record rainfall […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States would hit Iran “hard”, though he expected the latest military flare-up to end quickly and left the door open to more talks. The US leader had earlier said the ceasefire with Iran was over after the latest fighting, which led mediators Pakistan and Qatar […]
SRINAGAR — Police carried out raids at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday in connection with a case registered under the UAPA. The raids were carried out as part of the ongoing investigation in a case registered under Section 13 (unlawful activities) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Section […]
SRINAGAR — A CRPF jawan allegedly died by suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday, officials said. The CRPF trooper was identified as Y Chandra Reddy, a resident of Andhra Pradesh. Reddy, posted at CRPF’s 18th Battalion-F Coy, in the south Kashmir district, allegedly committed suicide […]
SRINAGAR — Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Wednesday, July 8, said academic freedom and the right to engage with history must never become casualties of ideological control. Mehdi, the Lok Sabha MP from Srinagar, alleged that the books related to Kashmir’s history and identity were being removed from the University of Kashmir under the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday announced a 100 per cent fee waiver for students belonging to Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families studying in Classes 9 to 12 in government schools and undergraduate courses in government degree colleges across the Union Territory. The School Education Department, in an order issued on […]
KINSHASA — The Democratic Republic of Congo said on Wednesday that suspected Ebola cases had been reported in a new province, highlighting the expansion of the ongoing outbreak as deaths hit 600. The outbreak, declared on May 15, has so far infected 1,759 people across the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu, […]
JAMMU — A landslide triggered by rains struck the Vaishno Devi yatra track atop Trikota hills in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Wednesday evening, forcing the suspension of the battery car service, officials said. The pilgrimage to the revered shrine remained unaffected, with hundreds of pilgrims continuing their to-and-fro trek despite the landslide, they […]