KUPWARA — Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday claimed to have arrested two Over Ground Workers (OGWs) in Lolab area of Kupwara district. A police spokesman in a statement said that Kupwara Police along with 28 RR has apprehended two individuals namely Rashid Ahmad Peer, son of Abdul Ahad Peer of Tekipora, Lolab and Adil […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained overcast with widespread light rain, snow in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh on Saturday as the MeT department forecast generally cloudy weather till March 2. A statement issued by the MeT department said: “Weather is likely to remain partly to generally cloudy in J&K and Ladakh till March 2 with no […]
SRINAGAR — Today is the 30th Jummah Mubarak and the last ten days of the holy month of Mehraj-Ul-Alam, the Ascension of the Prophet (SAW) are going on, still the authorities while continuing with their dictatorial attitude did not allow the Muslims of Kashmir to perform important duties like Friday prayers at the largest place […]
SRINAGAR — SNTPL private internet service provider has left hundreds of subscribers disappointed across Srinagar as the company hasn’t been able to restore the internet services even after three days of snowfall. Adil Hussain, an SNTPL customer since past two years, said that indeed the snowfall created havoc on February 23 across Kashmir including Srinagar […]
SRINAGAR — As Russia’s military operation continues in Ukraine, Kashmiri students stranded in the country and their families in Kashmir are pleading with the government to bring their wards back home safely. A Kashmiri student stranded in Ukraine said that there is uncertainty everywhere in the country since Russia started attacking and nobody knows what […]
SRINAGAR — As many 1442 persons are in jails of Jammu & Kashmir for their involvement in drug-related crimes, official data shows. The official data reveals that as on December 31, 2021, out of 4532 undertrails lodged in jails of Jammu & Kashmir, 1442 are involved in drug-related crimes. Of them 1421 are males and […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Traders Alliance has urged the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to use its good offices in foreign counties for the safe return of students from J&K who are stranded in Ukraine. In a statement, President KTA, Aijaz Shahdhar said that the war in Ukraine has put in depression hundreds of families in […]
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, […]
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 […]