Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday arrested a drug peddler at a checkpoint in Handwara and recovered contraband substance from his possession. A spokesperson of the Police in a statement said two of the three persons who attacked police party with stones and made efforts to facilitate escape of the drug peddler were also […]
London : Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik confirmed his retirement from one-day cricket without making a farewell appearance in his side’s victory over Bangladesh. Malik had admitted last year that he intended to quit one-day cricket after the World Cup and he followed through with that plan after Pakistan’s 94-run win at Lord’s. The 37-year-old will […]
Srinagar : The sixth batch of 5124 pilgrims left for Amarnath yatra in South of himalayas from Yatri Niwas, Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu. An official said for Pahalgam route 2498 males, 426 females, 19 children and 187 sadhus left the base camp in 147 vehicles while for Baltal 1518 males, 438 females and […]
Agencies Jammu: Two Army personnel were injured in cross border firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The soldiers, who were manning a forward post in the Romali Dhara area of Nowshera sector, were injured in the firing from across the border on Friday […]
SRINAGAR : The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved the guidelines/procedure to be followed by Halqa Panchayat for implementation of MGNREGA as mandated in Schedule 1 of the amended J&K Panchayati Raj Act 1989. The guidelines are mainly regarding transfer of 80% MGNREGA funds to Panchayats, procedure […]
Srinagar : Terming an FIR against Mubeen Farooqi, lawyer who represented Kathua rape and murder victim, as baseless, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said why will people fight for justice if they are punished for doing so. Mufti, who is the president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said it is […]
Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday ordered transfers and new postings in the forest department. As per an order, Abhijeet Joshi, in-charge DCF, DFO Basholi has been transferred and posted as DFO Social Forestry, Jammu vice Sanjay Kumar Gupta. The Charge of DFO Basholi shall be looked after by Ashwani Kumar, ACF, DFO […]
State Governor Satya Pal Malik is very happy and satisfied with the public response to his back to village programme and has decided to not only provide a back-up to the aspirations of the villagers, but has also decided to make the village digital villages with the first phase to start with 44 villages to […]
Srinagar : State Secretary CPI (M) Ghulam Nabi Malik Friday said that the decision of Jammu and Kashmir administration to restrict plying of civilian vehicles on the 97-km stretch from Qazigund to Nashri on the national highway and suspension of train services on Banihal-Qazigund rail section from 10 am to 3 pm for 46 days […]
Agencies New Delhi : To tap benefits of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), a public sector enterprise, New Space India Limited (NSIL) has been incorporated, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Friday. NSIL’s primary aim will be to scale up industry participation in Indian space programmes. “India has emerged as a major space […]