SRINAGAR — The Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has asked the Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation Athar Amir Khan to show the authority under which he is holding the post. According to Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com, three Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Corporators have filed a petition against the Commissioner in the High […]
SRINAGAR — Weatherman on Thursday said that there was no forecast for any “major snowfall” till the start of ‘Chillai-Kalan’— the 40-day harshest winter period which commences on December 21. “Mainly Dry is expected till December 14. Light to moderate snow/rain in likely at scattered places of J&K on December 15,” an official of the […]
NEW DELHI — The government on Wednesday informed Parliament that the Jammu and Kashmir government has not issued any order under which journalists can be stopped from reporting if their work threatens peace and public tranquility. Minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai stated this in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. He […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi Court Wednesday issued summons against Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) chief Syed Salahuddin and others in a money laundering case related to allegedly receiving funds of nearly Rs 80 crore from Pakistan “for carrying out terror activities across India”. The court passed the order after taking cognisance of a charge-sheet filed by the […]
SRINAGAR — Online applications have been invited from the desiring Muslim government employees (permanent) of J&K till 20 December 2021 for imparting orientation or training to the pilgrims of Hajj-2022. An official spokesman in a statement issued here said that the applicants must have performed a Hajj preferably during the years 2017, 2018, and 2019 […]
SRINAGAR — The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has approved 14 more seats for Government Medical Colleges and District Hospitals of Jammu and Kashmir raising the total PG seats approval for the UT to 140 which is above the DM/MCH and MD/MS courses already being run here. The NBEMS also accredited the […]
SRINAGAR — The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Wednesday said that post abrogation of article 370, no Kashmiri Pandit has been displaced from the Valley while as 366 militants, 96 civilians and 81 security personnel were killed since August 5, 2019 in J&K. The Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai in a written reply […]
KULGAM — A 45-year-old lineman of the Power Development Department (PDD) was on Wednesday injured due to electric shock at Kilam village of South Kashmir’s Kulgam, an officials said. An official told that the PDD lineman identified as Fayaz Ahmad Shah (45) son of Muhammad Yousuf Shah, a resident of Kilam came in contact with […]
SRINAGAR — While sub-zero conditions prevailed, weatherman on Wednesday forecast dry weather at most places across J&K and Ladakh till December 15 with “warmer pleasant days and colder night” expected during the time. “Barring light snow over Zojila-Drass area during December 8 to 9, the weather is mainly going to be dry till December 15,” […]
POONCH — A BSF inspector died due to cardiac arrest on Wednesday at the paramilitary force’s 5 battalion headquarters in Mankote area of this mountainous district. Official sources told GNS that at around 0700 hours inspector Madan Lal had sudden heart attack in BSF’s 05 headquarters at Uchhad in Mankote sector of Mendhar Sub Division. […]