JAMMU — Five missing persons, including a minor girl, were reunited with their family in Jammu district, officials said Saturday. The minor girl’s father Aftab Lone on Thursday told Jammu Police that his daughter was missing since Thursday evening from Pirmitha area. Police constituted special teams and scanned CCTV footage and traced the girl to […]
JAMMU — As many as 79 Police Stations in the sensitive Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir don’t have telephones while as 17 are without wireless facility even after huge assistance provided by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs for Modernization of Police Force. Moreover, there is only one Social Media Monitoring Cell despite the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has asked all colleges in the union territory to get themselves evaluated and accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) within the shortest possible time, officials said on Friday. The instruction was issued by higher education department Principal Secretary Rohit Kansal at a meeting with principals […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday inaugurated a musical water fountain with laser and light and sound show at Bagh-e-Bahu here. He said the project is the first of its kind in the Jammu region and it will showcase the cultural heritage and take tourism to new heights, he added. […]
SRINAGAR — Two residential houses were damaged in a fire incident at City Colony Ellahibagh area of Srinagar on Friday evening. Witnesses told that fire broke out from the residential house belonging to Sajad Ahmad Mir, son of Ghulam Rasool Mir and within no time spread to nearby house belonging to Riyaz Ahmad Najar, son […]
ANANTNAG — The Pahalgam has become the first destination to launch 10 home-stays under the Crown of Incredible India project. Crown of Incredible India project is an initiative of the Govt. of UT of J&K for rural home-stays at tourist destinations throughout the UT in collaboration with OYO Rooms. The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Anantnag, Dr […]
SRINAGAR — Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar has condemned the continuous closure of historic Jamia Masjid for prayers. “It is the 28th consecutive Jummah Mubarak and the first ten days of the month of Rajab al-Murajab are also coming to an end, but the administration while continuing with its dictatorial attitude today, once did not […]
SRINAGAR — Offering a convenient and quick facility to media fraternity and other professionals the State Health Agency Jammu and Kashmir (JKSHA) has set up week-long camps for Golden Card registration at Jammu and Srinagar. In appreciation of difficulties and time constraints under which the media persons and other professionals operate, the SHA has set […]
PULWAMA — As part of ‘Azadi Ki Amrut Mahotsav’ campaign, a daylong awareness program on ‘Drug Abuse and its Evil Impact on the Society’ was today held at Government Degree College (Boys) Pulwama, here. The programme was organised by the Nehru Yuva Kendra Pulwama, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India in collaboration […]
SRINAGAR — Government on Friday ordered transfer of six JKAS officers in the interest of administration with immediate effect. Gulzar Ahmad Bhat, JKAS, BDO Khag (Budgam), has been transferred and posted as Collector, Lake Conservation and Management Authority (LCMA), Srinagar, against an available vacancy, reads an order by the government, a copy of which lies […]