New Delhi: Noting that he belongs to a family of bureaucrats and that the political opportunity as a union minister came as a bolt from the blue in 2019, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that his father Dr K Subrahmanyam was removed as Secretary, Defence Production, by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi […]
MELBOURNE: Australia opener David Warner has been ruled out of the rest of the India Test series after suffering a concussion and a fracture in his elbow in the second match in New Delhi, the team said on Tuesday. Warner is the latest of the Australian squad to head home from the subcontinent, with paceman […]
COLOMBO: Bankrupt Sri Lanka is set to postpone local elections due next month, according to a top official, prompting opposition protests on Tuesday that forced parliament to be adjourned. The March 9 vote was meant to be a key test of support for President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took office in July after months of protests […]
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered transfer and posting of 50 senior police officers in the Union Territory. According to an order, Swarn Singh Kotwal, SSP, Security, Jammu, is transferred and posted as Commandant, SDRF 15 Bn. Srinagar, against an available vacancy. The order states Aijaz Ahmad Bhat, Commandant, IR-13TM Bn is transferred […]
Inspects ongoing upgradation works, Registration Camp for Disabled persons at UPHC Nishat SRINAGAR FEBRUARY 22:- Continuing the endeavour to bring the Administration to the doorsteps of the people to address their issues, the Deputy Commissioner (DC), Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad Wednesday undertook a visit to Darbagh area in Harwan Block of the District, to have […]
The government on Wednesday announced three days as “dry days” for repairing “critical” spots along Jammu-Srinagar highway and as such there will be no traffic on these three days on the thoroughfare. “Dry Days announced by Government for Feb 24, Mar 03 & Mar 10 for repair & maintenance of critical spots on NH-44,” reads […]
JAMMU, Feb 22: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday charged that the imposition of property tax in Jammu and Kashmir was part of the BJP’s larger agenda of impoverishing the people of the union territory. The real aim is to make people of Jammu and Kashmir so poor that they don’t demand […]
Srinagar: The strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway continues to be shut as shooting stones continued to hamper road clearance work at Shalgadi Banihal in Ramban district on Wednesday, officials said. “Highway is still closed. Restoration work is underway. People are advised not to travel on highway till the restoration work is completed,” a traffic department official here […]
Srinagar: Amid forecast for mainly dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir, night temperature recorded dropped below sub-zero at a few places but hovered above normal except Qazigund on Wednesday, officials said. A meteorological department official here said Srinagar recorded a low of 3.7°C against the previous night’s 5.0°C. Today’s minimum temperature, he said, was above […]
In order to give a boost to tourism in Jammu and Kashmir, the government has been working on many aspects and now the focus is on the shooting of the films in Kashmir and other places. With the launch of the new J&K Film Policy in 2021, Jammu and Kashmir has emerged as the favourite […]