JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday constituted a committee of senior officers regarding the issue of commemoration of Dogra Maharaja Hari Singh’s birthday and its observance as a public holiday. An order issued by the J&K administrative department said a 4-member committee headed by the principal Secretary General administration department will go into […]
JAMMU — Dr. Hina Shafi Bhat, Vice Chairperson J&K Khadi and Villages Industries Board (KVIB) today chaired a meeting of female employees of J&K KVIB, Jammu. The meeting was attended by Masroor Ahmad Shah Dy.CEO (Adm) / OSD to Vice Chairperson, Tilak Raj, Divisional officer (JD) and female employees of Jammu Division. During the meeting, […]
JAMMU — Congress has questioned the Govt over the failure to fix responsibilities and take action against those guilty of the painful tragedy at the holy shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi Ji over the eve of new years when over dozen pilgrims were killed and more than this number severely injured in the stampede. In […]
POONCH — Traffic on Jammu-Poonch highway was restored on Monday after remaining shut for couple of days due to heavy snowfall. Official sources said that the highway was cleared of snowfall and blockades between Jaranwali Gali A and Bimber Gali (BG) in Mendhar area of Poonch district. Police Post incharge BG ASI Abdul Gafoor Confirmed […]
JAMMU — A 32-year-old woman was killed and 13 others were injured when a bus turned turtle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Sunday, officials said. The accident took place at Galak village on the Dayalacheck road when the driver lost control over the vehicle at a sharp curve, they said. The bus was […]
JAMMU — A 37-year-old woman and her minor daughter were rescued by villagers from an avalanche in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. Nasreen and her 11-year-old daughter Zaida Kousar had gone to fetch water from a natural source in their Tarwanja village of Behramgalla in Surankote area […]
POONCH — An Ambulance carrying a dead body of man who died is Saudi Arabia has been stuck on the road due to heavy snowfall near BDO office Balakote in this mountainous district, reports said. Locals alleged that administration failed to clear road at BG despite advanced weather forecast. “No snow cutter/ JGBs machine has […]
JAMMU — Authorities in a midnight operation rescued 86 people stuck near Sita Ram Passi on Jammu Srinagar National Highway which continued to remain close for second day on Saturday with traffic police have issued a fresh advisory to people not to travel on highway. Deputy Commissioner Ramban Musarrat Zia said that 86 passengers who […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Friday said that mysterious murder case of a hawker at Rajouri district was worked out with the arrest of his roommate from Gurdaspur Punjab. Addressing a presser, Senior Superintendent of Police Rajouri, Mohammad Aslam, said that some argument during a TV show led to the murder on New Year eve. On […]
JAMMU — Police in Jammu have seized a drone object that was found lying in Gujral village in the outskirts of the City. Officials said that a drone was found lying in the area after which police team reached the spot and seized the object. “Investigation is underway,” said police officials — (KNO)