SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday announced a 100 per cent fee waiver for students belonging to Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) families studying in Classes 9 to 12 in government schools and undergraduate courses in government degree colleges across the Union Territory. The School Education Department, in an order issued on […]
JAMMU — Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Wednesday said the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir would help the government work independently and effectively, and asked why the Centre has not honoured the statehood promise when it has fulfilled several others. Choudhary reiterated that the ruling National Conference would stage a protest at […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the National Conference (NC) would invite all political parties, except those part of the NDA, to the proposed protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on July 20 for the restoration of statehood. He said that besides the parties in the India bloc, invitations will […]
SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Wednesday said quality and preservation of the cave shrine of Amarnath must take precedence over quantity as the ongoing annual yatra crossed the one-lakh mark in the first five days of the pilgrimage. More than 1.15 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the ice lingam of Lord Shiva […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district have suspended four teachers for alleged irregularities in the annual Amarnath yatra duties, officials said on Wednesday. “District Administration Ganderbal has taken cognisance of certain irregularities which occurred in connection with the on-spot registration process for Shri Amarnathji Yatra pilgrims at the Manigam Transit Camp,” an […]
SRINAGAR — Three over-ground workers of terrorists were apprehended in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district with the help of Facial Recognition System (FRS) deployed for the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, police said on Wednesday. The FRS installed by Anantnag Police generated timely alerts regarding three suspicious individuals while they were passing through the Sarbal area, demonstrating […]
SRINAGAR — Former chairperson of the District Development Council (DDC) Baramulla, Safina Baig, on Wednesday joined the ruling National Conference here. Safina Baig is the wife of former deputy chief minister, and PDP co-founder Muzaffar Hussain Baig. She joined the National Conference (NC) in the presence of party president Farooq Abdullah, and Chief Minister Omar […]
SRINAGAR — A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander was killed on Wednesday in an anti-terror operation by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. Security forces had launched the search operation in a dense orchard in the Meemandar area, which comprises seven villages, in the south Kashmir district on July 3. “You Can Run […]
SRINAGAR — Thousands of passengers, including tourists, were stranded on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Wednesday after authorities stopped Jammu-bound vehicles near the Navyug tunnel in Kulgam district. Though traffic authorities did not disclose the reason for the prolonged halt, traffic is usually stopped in the morning on the stretch to facilitate the movement of […]
JAMMU — A fresh batch of 9,837 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here for the annual Amarnath Yatra in Kashmir, amid tight security on Wednesday, officials said. They said this is the largest batch of pilgrims so far this year, comprising 7,004 men, 2,810 women, 21 children and two transgender persons. While 4,480 […]