AKHNOOR — Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday accused Pakistan of making persistent attempts to destabilize India by sponsoring terrorism and said it must dismantle its terror infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) or face consequences. Asserting that Jammu and Kashmir is incomplete without PoK, he said this area is being used as a hub for […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir continues to be in the grip of a cold wave as the minimum temperatures stayed several degrees below freezing point in the valley, the meteorological department said on Tuesday. The valley is likely to witness mainly dry weather over the next few days, it said. The minimum temperature in Srinagar settled at […]
JAMMU — The Congress on Monday said the major developmental projects in Jammu and Kashmir suffered unnecessary delay under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government over the past 10 years, even as it welcomed the opening of Z-Morh tunnel. The tunnel, opened by Modi earlier in the day, provides round-the-year connectivity to Sonamarg hill resort […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case against Riyaz Ahmad Parray, a retired Superintending Engineer of the Public Works Department (PWD – Roads & Buildings). The investigation was launched following allegations that Parray, a resident of Hygam Baramulla, had accumulated significant wealth through corrupt practices […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday accused Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of doing “everything” to normalise the Centre’s decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. In a post on X, Mehbooba said Abdullah’s conduct has been so different from that of her father’s, late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, a former chief minister. “Difference […]
SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inauguration of the strategically important Z-Morh Tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Ganderbal district has been met with widespread praise from local residents, who expressed gratitude for the significant improvement in connectivity and its potential to boost tourism in the region. Local resident Manzoor Ahmad shared his excitement about […]
SRINAGAR — After daylong engagements during which he inaugurated the Sonamarg tunnel and addressed a largely attended public rally in J&K, Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for New Delhi on Monday. The PM arrived here in the morning and flew to Neelgrad helipad in the Sonamarg area of the Ganderbal district. From Neelgrad, the PM […]
SONAMARG — Braving sub-zero temperature, thousands of people on Monday thronged this picturesque village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district to witness the inauguration of 6.5-km Z-Morh tunnel by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They started assembling shortly after dawn at the venue of Modi’s public meeting to see the dream project of Sonamarg hill resort […]
SRINAGAR — Asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has brought Jammu and Kashmir out of the darkness of despair and set it on the path to a bright future, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said after the Z-Morh tunnel was inaugurated on Monday. Sinha said the tunnel marks the beginning of a new chapter in the […]
SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that Jammu and Kashmir is becoming a hub of tunnels, bridges and ropeways, adding that the world’s highest tunnel, railroad bridge and rail lines are being built here. The Prime Minister was speaking after inaugurating the newly constructed Z-Morh tunnel in Sonamarg located in Jammu and […]