Srinagar : In a first, roads in the state will soon see the rollout of electric buses by Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (JKSRTC), said an official statement. This was revealed in a meeting, chaired by Principal Secretary Transport Department Dr Asgar Samoon, called to review the functioning of JKSRTC and to discuss and […]
SRINAGAR : The J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) today held threadbare discussions with various delegations on the socio- political scenario obtaining in the State in the backdrop of toppling of PDP BJP Govt, besides discussion the present security scenario in the State especially in Valley. The delegations comprising Senior party Leaders and activists from Anantnag, Wachi, […]
SRINAGAR : Describing Kashmir as a premiere tourist destination, Advisor to the Governor, Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, today urged the tour and travel industry in the State to join hands in framing an effective strategy to change the negative perception which adversely affects the footfall of visitors the valley. He said Kashmir is as safe as […]
Srinagar : The Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday ordered transfer and posting of Under Secretaries. As per the government order No.1213-GAD of 2018, issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), Naser Ali, Under Secretary in the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, is transferred and posted as Under Secretary in the J&K Public Service Commission, vice Firdous […]
Srinagar : Hurriyat Conference (M) has expressed strong concern and the resentment over the amendment to the draconian Public Safety Act through an ordinance by the Governor led State Administrative Council (SAC) to ensure Kashmiri political prisoners slapped with PSA are shifted to prisons outside the state. Hurriyat (M) termed the move as anti-human and against […]
Srinagar : Unknown gunmen on Wednesday looted cash from a branch of State Bank of India in Qaimooh area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Reports said that unknown gunmen decamped with cash from the Sbi branch in Qaimoh and fired aerial shots before leaving from the spot. An official said that forces were rushed to the […]
Pakistan today handed over a list of 471 Indian prisoners lodged in Pakistani jails to the Indian High Commission here. Pakistan’s Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement that the list was consistent with the provisions of the Consular Access Agreement between Pakistan and India signed on May 21, 2008. It said the list included […]
Washington Post’s India bureau chief Annie Gowen has been denied permission to report on Kashmir, she tweeted on Tuesday. The Government of India recently asked foreign correspondents to seek permission in writing for travelling anywhere in Jammu and Kashmir, a move reminiscent of the early 1990s when the Indian government made it impossible for foreign […]
Srinagar : A batch of 670 pilgrims left Jammu on Wednesday to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. They left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of 17 vehicles and included yatris going to the Baltal and Pahalgam base camps, an official said. The 60-day long annual Amarnath Yatra which started on June 28 […]
Srinagar : Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a driver of a vehicle with four kilograms of poppy straw in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Balvinder Singh of Hoshiarpur, Punjab was arrested after approximately 4 kilograms of poppy straw was recovered from his truck during routine checking of vehicles, a police spokesman said. An […]