COVID-19: Govt evacuates 3,24,884 stranded JK residents; 2,24,699 via Lakhanpur, 100,185 through special trains

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 3,24,884 stranded JK residents; 2,24,699 via Lakhanpur, 100,185 through special trains

JAMMU, AUGUST 18: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 3,24,884 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur  and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]

Advisor Bhatnagar meets several delegations, individuals as part of Public outreach

Advisor Bhatnagar meets several delegations, individuals as part of Public outreach

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 18: As part of the strengthening of grievance redressal mechanism, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar today met several delegations and individuals at Civil Secretariat here who apprised him of their issues and demands besides seeking an early resolution for the same. A deputation of Employees Union of Road Transport Corporation raised […]

Div Com Jammu reviews disbursement of rent for land under Army use

Div Com Jammu reviews disbursement of rent for land under Army use

Takes stock land acquisition for USBRL project JAMMU, AUGUST 18: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today convened a meeting of Deputy Commissioners and Defence Estate officers to review the disbursement of rental compensation to the owners of the land under the Army use. The Deputy Commissioners apprised the Div Com about the total land hired […]

Baramulla gunfight: Third militant killed, operation on

Baramulla gunfight: Third militant killed, operation on

Srinagar: Third militant has been killed in an ongoing operation in Kreeri area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. A local news gathering agency Global News Service (GNS) quoting unnamed officials reported that after resuming operation this morning, one more militant has been killed. They said the slain militant is likely to be non-local […]

Are militants shifting base from south to north Kashmir?

Are militants shifting base from south to north Kashmir?

Srinagar: Two deadly militant attacks in central and north Kashmir districts of Srinagar and Baramulla on August 14 and August 17 left 5 unifromed men dead, giving sufficient indications that the militants are re-strategising after a spate of encounters in south of Kashmir. The attacks in Nowgam area of Srinagar and Kreeri area of Baramulla occurred […]

Satya Pal Malik Appointed Meghalaya Governor, Replaces Tathagata Roy

Satya Pal Malik Appointed Meghalaya Governor, Replaces Tathagata Roy

Satya Pal Malik was on Tuesday transferred as Governor of Meghalaya, replacing Tathagata Roy who completed his five-year tenure on the gubernatorial post. A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said Malik, Governor of Goa, is transferred and appointed as Governor of Meghalaya. Governor of Maharashtra Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been asked to discharge the functions of Goa […]

High level inquiry of Shopian encounter underway

High level inquiry of Shopian encounter underway

Army is committed to ethical conduct counter militant operations Army on Tuesday said that a high level court enquiry is in progress regarding encounter on 18th July in Amshipora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. In a statement to media, the army said that as intimated on 11 Aug 2020, a high level Court of […]

LG forms committee for economic revival of J&K

LG forms committee for economic revival of J&K

Srinagar, Aug 18  Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has announced a committee to work out modalities for the economic revival of the union territory and extending support to its business community, an official spokesperson said here on Tuesday. The announcement was made during an interaction with the representatives of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and […]

Overnight Showers Break Dry Spell In Kashmir

Overnight Showers Break Dry Spell In Kashmir

Srinagar- A spell of overnight rainfall broke the prolonged dry spell in Kashmir valley even as the summer capital Srinagar had on Monday recorded the hottest August day in the last nearly four decades, officials said on Tuesday. Many places in the Kashmir valley received a spell of rainfall during the night, the officials said. They […]