JAMMU — Former bureaucrat Shantmanu, who was on Saturday sworn in as the State Election Commissioner of Jammu and Kashmir for a five-year term, underscored the importance of holding the long-pending panchayat and urban local body elections in the Union Territory. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha administered the oath of office to the retired IAS officer […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Wednesday announced the results of the Class 12 annual examinations, with an overall 84 percent of students qualifying across Jammu and Kashmir. According to an official data, a total of 70,735 students appeared in the examination, of whom 59,435 students qualified. The […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Bank has registered more than 4,200 pilgrims for this year’s Amarnath Yatra on the opening day of registration. The registration for the annual pilgrimage, which commenced on April 14, is being carried out on a first-come, first-served basis and includes the issuance of yatra permits to the eligible pilgrims, […]
SRINAGAR — Several former members of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) on Sunday announced the formation of a new political outfit to contest polls in Jammu and Kashmir under one umbrella. The former members, some of whom had contested last year’s assembly elections as independent candidates, have named the outfit the Jammu and Kashmir Justice and […]
JAMMU — Stressing the historical ties between Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday reaffirmed that administrative reorganisation would not alter the deep-rooted relationship between the two regions. Ladakh was carved out as a separate Union Territory from Jammu and Kashmir on October 31, 2019, following abrogation of Article 370 and […]
PUNE — The Ranji Trophy quarterfinal between Jammu and Kashmir against Kerala will be played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium here from February 8. The match has been relocated from its original venue in Srinagar due to “potential weather concerns” raised by the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association with the BCCI. “We have a […]
“PM’s response to Omar Sahib’s call for restoring statehood is a promising step toward J&K’s prosperity” ANANTNAG (KIMS) — Imran Shah strongly criticized recent statements by PDP leaders, urging them to reflect on their own actions instead of pointing fingers at others. He claimed that the PDP’s policies since 2014 have significantly contributed to the […]
SRINAGAR — The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday criticised reports that train passengers travelling to and from Kashmir are required to mandatorily deboard at Katra due to security concerns, calling the move a needless inconvenience to the people. The party described the decision as an unnecessary burden on the people of the valley and […]
NEW DELHI — The restoration of statehood from the status of union territory (UT) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) by the Centre in future will not affect the status of new legislative assembly, legal experts said on Wednesday. In response to a query over the impact on the newly-elected J&K legislative assembly if the Centre […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that the fight against militancy in Jammu and Kashmir is in its last stage, and a multi-pronged strategy has been adopted to destroy the remaining militant network. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, the prime minister emphasised that militant incidents have declined in the Union Territory […]