JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Sunday demanded a high-level probe into allegations levelled by a top official of a company executing the 850-MW Ratle Hydroelectric Power Project against a BJP MLA in Kishtwar district. Joint Chief Operating Officer of Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL), Harpal Singh, has accused the local MLA, […]
JAMMU — Police on Sunday arrested the woman kingpin of a narcotic trafficking racket here, officials said. Geeta Devi, originally from Phagwara in Punjab, was arrested from her rented accommodation in Rajiv Nagar by a team from the Udhampur police station, the officials said. They said Devi was identified as the “narco kingpin” during the […]
JAMMU — More than 1,600 passengers travelled on two reserved trains operated by Northern Railway’s Jammu Division between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra and New Delhi over the past two days, railway officials said. The special train, numbered 04082/04081, was introduced to manage increased passenger demand. On the first day of operation on Saturday, over […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said there is a need to introduce contemporary, interdisciplinary and skill-oriented academic programmes aligned with the National Education Policy-2020. Sinha was chairing the 84th University Council meeting of the University of Kashmir (KU) at the Lok Bhavan here, an official spokesman said. The meeting […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir government’s public grievance redressal platform, JK Samadhan, has received over 1.02 lakh grievances in 2025, with 88,091 cases resolved, translating into an overall disposal rate of 86.27 per cent, officials said on Sunday. A comparative month-wise trend analysis showed consistent citizen engagement, with grievance inflow peaking at 7,087 cases in […]
NEW DELHI — The Himalayan Institute of Alternatives (HIAL), founded by Ladakh educator and activist Sonam Wangchuk, is doing “exemplary” work and should be granted recognition by the University Grants Commission, a Parliamentary panel has noted. In its report tabled in Parliament earlier this week, the committee headed by Congress MP Digvijaya Singh expressed its […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir’s tourism sector will get an investment of about Rs 5,500 crore under an externally funded budget, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday. “We will do whatever we can for Gulmarg and other tourism destinations. It will perhaps be for the first time that under an externally funded project, tourism […]
JAMMU — Strenuous efforts are being made by the administration to sort out the issues and concerns of the migrant population, a senior government official said on Saturday. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo urged the migrant youth to avail the benefits of self-employment schemes. Dulloo visited the mini-township Jagti, housing Kashmiri pandit migrants, […]
SRINAGAR — An NIA court here declared Dr Muzaffar Ahmad Rather, an accused in the white collar terror module busted by Srinagar police in October that was behind the November 10 car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort, a proclaimed offender under Section 84 of the BNSS. The proclamation notice, issued by a special judge designated […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday expressed regret that the system in the past “failed” the victims of terrorism by ignoring their pain and by not giving their cases the priority they deserved, but asserted that his administration is now working on empowering such people. The LG made these remarks […]