JAMMU, JANUARY 25: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha gave its approval for enhancement of Annuity Grant in favour of Gallantry Awardees from the UT of J&K. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K attended the meeting. […]
ISTANBUL: Turkiye on Tuesday postponed Nato accession talks with Sweden and Finland, further denting the Nordic neighbours’ hopes of joining the Western defence alliance after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A Turkish diplomatic source said the tri-party meeting has been pushed back from February to a “later date”, without providing further details. The decision further diminished […]
A truck driver died and two other persons were injured when shooting stones hit two vehicles on Srinagar-Jammu national highway near Magarkote area of Ramban on Wednesday. Deputy Commissioner Ramban, Mussarat Islam said that due to overnight rains shooting stones hit two vehicles. He said in the incident truck driver died on the spot while […]
Most parts of Kashmir and Bhaderwah received snowfall with Gulmarg receiving over 8 inches in the last 24 hours, officials said. While it was snowing or raining in Jammu and Kashmir, the minimum temperature recorded an increase but stayed below the freezing point at most places of Valley, they said. A meteorological department official said […]
Fresh snowfall in most places of Kashmir brought down visibility to 500 meters, affecting air traffic to and from the Valley on Wednesday. Light to moderate snowfall was recorded at most places of Kashmir while the higher reaches witnessed heavy snowfall. The weather department has predicted that the intensity of precipitation will decrease as the […]
An ailing Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper died of a cardiac arrest in the Vessu area of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday morning. An official said that the trooper of 48/F Coy deployed at KP Colony Vessu was ill for the last few days and today morning he suffered a cardiac […]
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is implementing various Social Welfare schemes in every district. Recently in district Srinagar, Deputy Commissioner reviewed implementation of Social Welfare schemes here. Over Rs 70 cr disbursed among 61300 beneficiaries under ISSS and NASP schemes in Srinagar. Rs 37 lakh spent on remodelling of Bal Ashram & Naari […]
Exhorts officers for effective implementation of Comprehensive Action Plan JAMMU, JANUARY 24: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting of State Level Executive Committee (SLEC) of the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) here at Civil Secretariat. Director MIDH, Government of India, Manoj Kumar, was present in the […]
JAMMU, Jan 24: Alleging that the BJP has created a wedge between the two regions of Jammu and Kashmir, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said his party wants early restoration of statehood and assembly polls in the Union territory. He said the Congress’ position on Article 370 is the same as was declared […]