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 […]
Jammu : Two person were killed after heavy rainfall damaged houses in Kisthwar Thursday night. As per reports a house was completely damaged after heavy rainfall in Patnazi village in Kishtwar at around 11.30 PM last night resulting in death of two inhabitants. Police officials accompanied by locals recovered the bodies of the deceased. Deceased […]
Srinagar : Police on Friday said the militant killed in a gunfight with the security forces in south Kashmir’s Shopian was affiliated with Hizb ul Mujahideen outfit. An official identified the slain as Sameer Seh of Shopian. He said the slain was involved in civilian killings and attacks on the security forces. Seh was killed […]