SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration Thursday ordered imposition of complete restriction on non-essential movement in the Union Territory from every Friday 2.00 pm to Monday 6.00 am. Pertinently, the government imposed an unannounced weekend lockdown across Jammu and Kashmir on last Saturday and Sunday in wake of the surge in Covid-19 cases across […]
SRINAGAR — A woman was charred to death while four persons including an elderly couple and a personnel from fire & emergency department were injured in a devastating fire incident in which four houses were completely gutted and three others were partially damaged at Jamalat Nawakadal locality in Srinagar on Thursday. Official sources told GNS […]
JAMMU — The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today hailed the improvement in the current year’s revenue collections despite the ongoing pandemic and stated that a strong and consistent revenue performance and a positive outlook for future will underpin equally strong capex growth this fiscal year and beyond. He made this observation while reviewing […]
SRINAGAR — A Kashmiri agritech startup, Orchardly was selected among 14 other startups from across the globe to showcase their product under sustainable innovations in Elevate VII pitching session at Expo 2020, Dubai. The session was held to showcase how these startups can transform the world with their sustainable innovations, ideas and enterprises. Orchardly is […]
SRINAGAR — In an extraordinary meeting, the journalists of the Kashmir valley condemned the attempted forcible take-over by a tiny group of journalists and subsequent shutting down of the Kashmir Press Club by the J&K administration, said a statement. “The meeting was attended by 10 journalist organizations registered with the Kashmir Press Club that have […]
SRINAGAR — Two Pandit youth have been arrested on charges of carrying charas in the vehicle they were traveling in Srinagar. Police sources said that the duo was arrested during checking on the bypass near Lasjan. Sources told Kashmir News Trust that a police party stopped an Alto (JK02BP/6183) with two youth on board. When […]
PULWAMA — Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested a militant associate in Rajpora area of Pulwama district. An official said that a joint naka laid by the teams of Pulwama Police, 44 RR and 183 Bn CRPF at Pachahar Rajpora Pulwama intercepted one youth found roaming in a suspicious manner. He said that on […]
NEW DELHI — The Press Club of India (PCI) on Thursday termed the cancellation of the Kashmir Press Club’s registration and takeover of its premises by the Jammu and Kashmir administration as “illegal” and said such “coercive action” against journalists will adversely affect the image of the Union Territory. In a letter to Lieutenant Governor […]
SRINAGAR — At a time when 22 State Presidents of Private Schools Associations across India has written to PM Modi and CM’s of their states to reopen educational institutions in the light of a recent statement from Education Expert of Work Bank, Coaching Centres Association of Jammu and Kashmir met Chief Secretary Arun Mehta impressing […]
JAMMU — The Government on Thursday asked all officers and officials of the government and public sector undertakings, stationed at Jammu to attend 26 January function as a part of their official duty. “The main function of the Republic Day – 2022 is being held at Maulana Azad Stadium, Jammu, where the Lieutenant Governor will […]