JAMMU — More than 32,000 posts are lying vacant in 37 departments of the Jammu and Kashmir government with the health and medical education department accounting for the highest 7,851 vacancies, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday. The JK Services Selection Board (JKSSB) and JK Public Service Commission (JKPSC) have been tasked with fulfilling […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Tuesday said the government will take up the demand for an all-weather tunnel to border areas of Keran and Jumgund in Kupwara district with the Centre. Replying to a question raised by National Conference MLA Mir Saifullah in the assembly, Choudhary said a Detailed […]
SRINAGAR — A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan died inside a camp in the Wazirbagh area of the city on Tuesday, officials said here. Head constable Jeetendra Devidas was found unconscious at the CRPF camp at Wazirbagh in the early hours, the officials said. They said the jawan was rushed to the SMHS Hospital, […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary on Tuesday announced that the demand for constructing a tunnel on the road connecting Keran and Jumgund areas of Kupwara district, aimed at providing all-weather connectivity, will be pursued with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). He said that a detailed project […]
JAMMU — National Conference MLA Riyaz Ahmed Khan on Tuesday sought Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s intervention to bring back two Kashmiri youngsters “detained” in Myanmar. During a debate on the lieutenant governor’s address in the assembly, Khan raised a point of order, drawing the House’s attention to the “urgent matter of the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday said it has successfully halted the decline in saffron cultivation, maintaining the saffron-growing area at 3,715 hectares. Agriculture Minister Javed Ahmed Dar said new areas have been identified for expansion and an inquiry will be conducted into the working of the department in the growth of […]
JAMMU — Over 4.40 crore tourists, including 1.20 lakh foreigners, visited Jammu and Kashmir in the past two years, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah told the assembly on Tuesday while stressing the sector’s potential in generating employment in the region. CM Abdullah, who is also in charge of the tourism department, said Rs 35.08 crore has […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A comprehensive crime and security review meeting was chaired by the Director General of Police (DGP), Nalin Prabhat-IPS, at the Police Control Room (PCR) in Kashmir. The meeting was attended by the IGP Kashmir, Range DIGs, District SSPs from across the Kashmir Zone, JDP ZPHQ, SO to IGP Kashmir, Additional SSPs from […]
SHOPIAN (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a residential property of a militant associate in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Monday under the UAPA Act. Police attached double-storied residential property registered under Khasra No. 115 in Wandina village, valuing at Rs. 24,09221/- of Ilyas Ahmad Dar, son of Mohd Shafi Dar of Wandina […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government is committed to strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions and urban local bodies by ensuring timely elections at all levels, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Monday. The Jammu and Kashmir Local Bodies Dedicated Backward Classes Commission, established in June 2023 to conduct empirical studies on Other Backward Classes (OBC) […]