JAMMU — Body of Lieutenant Colonel AS Baath, one of the pilots onboard the ill-fated Dhruv helicopter of Army Aviation Corps that had crashed into the Ranjit Sagar reservoir on Jammu and Kashmir—Punjab border, was recovered after 12 days on Sunday evening. A senior army official told that the body of Lt Col AS Baath […]
Ess Enn SRINAGAR — On the occasion of the 75th Independence Day, the Indian Army soldiers posted in Jammu and Kashmir hoisted the tri-colour at several strategic points and mountain passes. The tricolour was also hoisted at Margan Top, a high mountain pass, located in J&K’s Anantnag district, by 19 Rashtriya Rifles (SIKHLI) After abrogation of article […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir is expecting investment proposals worth Rs 50,000 core which have the capacity to provide employment opportunities to 10 lakh persons, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said here on Sunday. “So far, proposals worth Rs 23,500 crores have been received. Investment proposals of Rs 35,000 crore by December 2021 and Rs 50,000 […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Sunday said that the violence free District Development Council (DDC) polls in 2020 marked the end of “Jungle Raj” in the Union Territory while as democracy was strengthened at the grassroots level. Addressing the 75th Independence Day function at highly fortified S K Stadium in Srinagar, […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that preparations are underway for holding assembly elections in the future in Jammu and Kashmir, where development is now visible on the ground. “Giving fair opportunities to the potential of all, this is the real spirit of democracy. Be it Jammu or Kashmir, where the […]
SRINAGAR — Muzaffar Wani, the father of slain Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani, hoisted the national flag at a school in Jammu and Kashmir”s Pulwama district as part of Independence Day celebrations Sunday, officials said. Muzaffar Wani, who is a teacher by profession, unfurled the national flag on the premises of the Government Girls Higher […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Personal Law Board condoled the demise of Mian Bashir Ahmed who passed away at the age of 98 on Saturday. Ahmad Ayaz, Secretary J&K Muslim Personal Law Board in a condolence message expressed profound grief and deep sorrow over the passing away of Mian Bashir Saheb Larvi, describing it […]
SRINAGAR — Veteran Gujjar leader and Padma Bhushan awardee Mian Bashir Ahmed, a resident of Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, passed away on Saturday night after a prolonged illness. He was 98. Ahmed, a resident of village Wangat in Kangan area of the central Kashmir district, breathed his last at about 10 pm, family […]
SRINAGAR — The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet of the union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has approved extension in the inter-cadre deputation of Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Raghav Langer and Mission Director, Rural Livelihood Mission, Syed Sehrish Asgar from Uttarakhand and Punjab cadres respectively to the J&K segment of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-and-Union Territory […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir administration has decided to celebrate ‘Grand Independence Day’ in Jammu and Kashmir by hoisting tricolour on all government offices including 23000 government schools in the Union Territory. Similarly, teachers have also been told to attend August 15 celebrations in their respective schools. The hoisting of the national flag has been […]