SRINAGAR — General officer Commanding (GoC) of army’s Srinagar-based 15 Corps Lieutenant General D P Pandey on Saturday said that Kashmir was more peaceful compared to past few years as important security parameters—local militant recruitment, stone pelting, strike calls are all time low. He, however, said while youth between the age-group of 20 to 25 […]
KARGIL — Thousands of people protested here on Saturday against the bombing of a Shia mosque in Pakistan that left 62 worshippers dead and nearly 200 others injured the previous day. A suicide bomber, belonging to the ISIS-Khorasan, blew himself up inside a mosque in Qissa Khwani bazaar in Peshawar, capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on […]
JAMMU — After providing 130 industrial services online on a single-window clearance system, the Jammu and Kashmir administration intends to integrate at least another 160 services this year to benefit prospective investors, officials said on Saturday. Jammu and Kashmir was the first among the union territories to integrate its Industrial Development Scheme (IDS) with the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police Saturday re-arrested journalist Fahad Shah in third case after a local court granted interim bail to him in the second case registered at Southern Shopian district. An official told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that Fahad Shah was arrested in a case under FIR no 06-2021 under section 153 […]
BUDGAM — SSP Budgam Shri Tahir Saleem-JKPS accords warm reception to Gold medallist Sadia Tariq at Srinagar International Airport on her return from Russia. A bouquet was presented by SSP Budgam to the Gold Medalist on her arrival. SSP Budgam while receiving her praised her achievements stated that sports plays an important role in the […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor J&K, Shri Manoj Sinha today addressed the 27th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Nephrology. The Lt Governor commended the Indian Society of Nephrology for offering a common platform to the experts to enable more people-centric, safe and effective treatment, and strengthening the future exploration on recent advances. Under the leadership […]
BANDIPORA — Authorities on Saturday airlifted about 84 stranded aspirants from snow-bound Gurez Valley to Bandipora, who are scheduled to appear in the upcoming JKSSB recruitment examination, slated to be held on Sunday. “Soon after candidates approached the administration, at least 84 aspirants appearing in JKSSB exams were airlifted in Army’s MI-17 Helicopter from Gurez […]
JAMMU — Two people, wanted in two separate cases of rash driving, were arrested on Saturday after a manhunt of 25 years in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, police said. Rajit Singh and Amarjeet Singh, both residents of Jammu, were arrested by special teams from their hometown after developing reliable inputs about their whereabouts, a […]
SRINAGAR — Deputy Mayor, Srinagar Municipal Corporation Parvaiz Ahmad Qadri alongwith several concerned corporator accompanied with officers of the corporation, Jal Shakti Department and Drainage department visited the various of City including Astan Sharief Kalashpora, Shamswari, Shallapora Allochi Bagh, Danderkah Batamaloo , SD Colony Batamaloo and Sheikh Hamza Colony Batamaloo to took on spot review […]
BANIHAL — Traffic movement on the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway was restored on Saturday after remaining suspended for 12 hours as rolling stones from a hillock in Ramban district damaged a steel tunnel, officials said. The traffic from both sides of the strategic highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the […]