JAMMU — With the release of ‘India State of Forest Report 2023 (ISFR 2023)’ on 21st December, 2024 by the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, three positive outcomes have been reported for the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. The J&K has the highest growing stock among all the States/UTs at […]
Demands adequate supply to public ANANTNAG (KIMS) — Urging the government to address the long-pending public demand for the Anchidoora-Anzullah road to alleviate public suffering and ensure better connectivity, Senior NC leader Imran Amin Shah reiterated that the National Conference (NC) is dedicated to public welfare. He stated that the people of Jammu and Kashmir […]
SRINAGAR — A trainee cop was killed at a police training institute in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district after being hit by a bullet allegedly fired by a sentry, officials said on Sunday. Sentry Babu Ram, who was guarding a post at the Manigam police training institute, reportedly fired upon Mohammad Sareer, an under training […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi Police has arrested a 33-year-old man wanted in several cases of fraud in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. Accused Bilal Ahmad, a resident of Kupwara in J&K, was allegedly involved in defrauding paramilitary personnel on the pretext of bank loans for vehicle purchase, they said. A court in […]
SRINAGAR — The Income Tax department has served a notice to senior PDP leader and Jammu and Kashmir MLA Waheed Para to submit his books of accounts, officials said on Sunday. Though, according to the notice, Para was scheduled to appear before the Income Tax authorities on December 20, he received the intimation on the […]
KOLKATA — A suspected member of a militant outfit in Kashmir valley was arrested from West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Sunday, a police officer said. Javed Munshi, suspected to be a member of the outlawed ‘Tehreek e Mujahideen’ outfit in Kashmir Valley was picked from near Canning Hospital by a joint team of […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said he has cancelled all his forthcoming programmes in Jammu and would station himself in Srinagar to personally oversee the functioning of the power department and other essential services in view of the severe cold wave in the valley. Kashmir valley is reeling under […]
SRINAGAR — The residents of Kashmir are going back to traditional ways of coping with the intense cold wave conditions as frequent and unscheduled power cuts have rendered modern heating gadgets useless. Kashmir is witnessing Chilla-i-Kalan, the 40-day harshest winter period. Srinagar city witnessed the coldest night in 33 years as the minimum dipped to […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples’ Conference chief Sajad Lone Saturday expressed concern over erratic power supply in Kashmir, saying consistent supply is a must as the cold season intensifies. “With temperatures plunging to record low levels, electricity outages are creating their own records. Electricity supply is at its elusive best. And when and if electricity supply is […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday said there was no proposal or discussion in the GST council to increase tax on Pashmina shawls, and the speculation over it was “ill-informed commentary.” “Contrary to media speculation & some ill informed commentary there was no proposal or discussion to increase VAT on Pashmina […]