NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Centre, the Bar Council of India and others on a PIL seeking a bar council in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta took note of the submissions of senior advocate Javid Shaikh, appearing […]
NEW DELHI — Kashmir has now been connected to Kanyakumari through a railway line as the Udhampur-Baramulla-Srinagar Rail project is complete, President Droupadi Murmu said on Friday. Addressing the joint sitting of Parliament, the president highlighted the achievements of the Railway Ministry. “The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project has been completed, connecting the nation from Kashmir […]
JAMMU — The Budget Session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will begin on March 3 with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s address, officials said on Thursday. This will be the first budget of the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference government after assuming power on October 16 last year, ending a six-year-old central rule. “I, Manoj Sinha, […]
SHOPIAN (KIMS) — SSP Shopian, Shri Anayat Ali Chowdhary (IPS), chaired a joint security review meeting with CRPF officers at the Conference Hall of DPO Shopian. During the meeting, a detailed discussion was held on the overall security scenario of the district. The session was attended by all GOs of the district, Commanding Officers of […]
SRINAGAR — The 40-day ‘Chillai Kalan’, considered the harshest period of winter in Kashmir, came to an end on a sunny note on Thursday but overcast conditions towards the end of the day raised hope of some precipitation after a prolonged dry spell. Chillai Kalan, which starts on December 21, is a period when chances […]
JAMMU — Army troops on Thursday foiled an infiltration attempt by a group of heavily-armed militants along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, security officials said. Alert Army troops picked up the movement of the militants trying to sneak into this side from across the LoC in Khari Karmara […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said the welfare of the deprived section should be the government’s topmost priority and society’s collective strength must bring the poorest of poor to the mainstream of development. Attending the ‘Shanti Doot Sammelan’ organised by Gandhi Global Family here to mark the martyrdom anniversary […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Thursday launched cordon and search operations following inputs about suspicious movement at different places in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Doda districts, police officials said. The search operations are underway at Jadan Wali Gali, Sani Gali Mohalla, Nadan Wala in Gursai-Harni belt, Dharana Behir Rakh in Mendhar, Fazalabad Nar in […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Thursday launched a cordon and search operation following information about suspected movement of terrorists in Doda district, police officials said. The search operation was jointly launched by police and CRPF in Dorhu, Basti and adjoining forest area in Bhaderwah at 8.30 am. They said the search operation was going on […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Kashmir have directed people not to directly consume spring water in Ganderbal district and rural areas of Srinagar after samples collected from 37 water bodies were found to contain harmful bacteria. In a notice issued on Wednesday, the Jal Shakti department said if at all spring water is to be used, […]