JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo said Saturday the security of the Amarnath Yatra is a top priority of the administration, as he chaired a meeting to review arrangements at the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here. Accompanied by the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu zone, Anand Jain, Dulloo went around […]
NEW DELHI — A tribunal set up under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on Saturday confirmed the Centre’s decision to impose a five-year ban on the Muslim League Jammu Kashmir (Masarat Alam faction) and Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, Jammu and Kashmir. The one-member tribunal of Delhi High Court judge Sachin Datta was constituted under the stringent anti-terror […]
JAMMU — At least 26 people, including three Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel, were injured in two separate road accidents in Jammu and Ramban districts in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. In one of the accidents, a Kashmir-bound private truck carrying ITBP personnel skidded off the road and fell into a gorge at […]
NEW DELHI — Amid the controversies surrounding the NEET and UGC-NET exams, the Centre has notified the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024, passed in February to prevent paper leaks and cheating. The stringent law came into effect on Friday. Under the law, any person or persons found guilty of leaking a paper […]
BENGALURU — A 30-year-old employee of the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly posting comments in support of Pakistan against India on X. According to The Indian Express report, the arrested person has been identified as Faheem Firdous Qureshi, originally from Kashmir. The police received a complaint from the BIEC […]
ANANTNAG [Sheikh Nadeem] (KIMS) — Scholars Scientific Institute, in collaboration with the 40 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force, celebrated the 10th International Yoga Day with full enthusiasm at the school premises in Mominabad, Anantnag. School children, CRPF Deputy Commandant Sri Surinder Kumar, and Inspector Rajesh took part in the event. A large number […]
SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with the participants on the 10th International Day of Yoga in J&K’s Srinagar city. After leading the Yoga event at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) here, PM Modi spent over 40 minutes interacting with the participants on the lawns of the SKICC. Even rain gods […]
SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted the people of the country and the World on the 10th International Day of Yoga while celebrating the event in J&K’s Srinagar city. He told the participants here at the SKICC, located on the banks of Dal Lake, that it is in the sanguine environment of […]
NEW DELHI — The CBI registered an FIR into the UGC-NET paper leak case on Thursday against unidentified persons on a reference from the Union Education Ministry, officials said. The UGC-NET, 2024, exam for the selection of junior research fellows, assistant professors and PhD scholars was conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on June […]
SRINAGAR — Assembly elections and statehood — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first address to Jammu and Kashmir on his third term contained words the Union Territory has been waiting long to hear. Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two Union territories in 2019 — when it also lost its special status — and has been […]