BUDGAM — In a shocking incident, a teenager was arrested in Khag area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Wednesday for sodomising a minor boy, officials said here. An official told news agency Kashmir News Observer that the teenager had sodomised a 4-year-old boy in Khag. He said that soon after receiving information about the […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) office said on Wednesday that partly cloudy sky with light rain at isolated places is likely during the next 24 hours in Jammu and Kashmir. The weather was mainly dry in the union territory. ‘Weather is likely to remain partly cloudy with light rain at isolated places in J&K during […]
UNITED NATIONS — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday once again raked up the Kashmir issue during his address to world leaders at the high-level UN General Assembly session here. “India and Pakistan, after having established their sovereignty and independence 75 years ago, they still haven’t established peace and solidarity between one another. This […]
SRINAGAR — A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawan died after falling off a building in Pandrethan area of Srinagar, officials said here on Wednesday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that constable Anuj Kumar of 151 Battalion, A/coy SSB fell from the building at Geology and Mining department in Pandrethan. He said […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court has asked the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court to take a sympathetic view toward a law student whose PIL was dismissed with costs and adverse observations. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli directed the petitioner to place an affidavit before the High Court […]
SRINAGAR — Fruit growers across Kashmir are optimistic that the directives issued by IGP Traffic to ensure hassle free movement of trucks will be implemented. Several fruit growers and representatives of several associations thanked the government for taking cognizance of the vital issue and hoped all directions will be implemented on the ground. President Kashmir […]
SRINAGAR — A delegation of All J&K Transport Welfare Association led by its Chairman S. Ajit Singh Khalsa called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, at the Raj Bhavan today. The 10 member delegation including General Secretary, Sh Sheikh Mohammad Yousuf and President, Sh Vijay Singh Chib submitted a memorandum of demands to the Lt Governor […]
SRINAGAR — With an aim of developing scientific temperament among students, the J&K School Education department (SED) is going to establish Virtual Reality Lab (VRL) in each district of Jammu and Kashmir. Virtual Reality Lab is a unique facility by which one can walk through virtual reality representations of products that are yet to be […]
JAMMU — The Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta inaugurated the portal for Jammu and Kashmir Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme (JKRAS), 2022; thus removing the manual interface of the applicants with the government for applying for compassionate appointments. The new Scheme replaces the J&K Compassionate Appointment Rules, 1994 under which the dependents of the deceased government […]
SRINAGAR — The Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday ordered the transfers and postings of nine officers in the intrest of administration. According to an order, Mr. Farooq Ahmad Baba, JKAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal is transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, State Taxes (IT, Data Analytics and Economic Intelligence), Srinagar, vice Ms. Ulfat […]