Cabinet approves Kiru Hydro Electric Project in Jammu and Kashmir

Cabinet approves Kiru Hydro Electric Project in Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar : The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the investment sanction for construction of Kiru Hydro Electric(HE) Project (624 MW) by M/s Chenab Valley Power Projects Private Limited (M/s CVPPPL) in Jammu & Kashmir. The spokesman said that the project will be implemented at an estimated cost of […]

One dead, 29 injured in Jammu bus stand blast

One dead, 29 injured in Jammu bus stand blast

Jammu : One person has been killed while 29 others have been injured in the blast that took place near Jammu bus stand on Thursday. An official said that one person has succumbed due to grave injuries at Government Medical College Jammu. The deceased has been identified as Sharik, 20, son of Intajar, a resident […]

18 injured in blast at Jammu bus stand: Police

18 injured in blast at Jammu bus stand: Police

Srinagar: 18 persons were injured in a powerful explosion that occurred at the busy bus stand in the heart of Jammu on Thursday, police said. An official said that the blast took place in a Punjab Roadways bus which was stationed at the Jammu bus stand at 11:45 am. GP, Jammu M K Sinha said eighteen […]

Two dead, several injured in Langate accident

Two dead, several injured in Langate accident

Two passengers died and  several others were injured after a vehicle they were travelling on met with an accident at Langate chowk in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday. Reports said that a mini passenger bus (registration number JK09A 1220) turned turtle at main chowk Langate today afternoon, resulting in death to one passenger and […]

PM-SYM pension scheme launched across Kashmir Valley

PM-SYM pension scheme launched across Kashmir Valley

Srinagar : The Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan (PM-SYMD) pension scheme was today launched across various districts in Kashmir and Ladakh divisions simultaneously after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the scheme in the country. AT SRINAGAR: District Development Commissioner Srinagar Shahid Iqbal Chaudhary launched the PM-SYM scheme at an impressive function. ADC Srinagar, Assistant Labour […]

Tral gunfight: Two local militants killed, civilian injured

Tral gunfight: Two local militants killed, civilian injured

Srinagar : Two militants were killed and a civilian injured in a gunfight between the militants and the government forces in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday, reports said. Quoting official sources, news agency GNS reported that two militants were killed in Mir Mohalla after forces blasted the house and razed it […]

Handwara gunfight: Thousands attended funeral prayers of slain LeT militant in Sopore

Handwara gunfight: Thousands attended funeral prayers of slain LeT militant in Sopore

Sopore:  At least two rounds of funeral prayers were held for slain Lashkar-e-Toiba militant Ishfaq Majid Mir at his ancestral village Brath Kalan area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla on Monday. Majeed was killed in a 55-hour long gunfight with government forces in Handwara. Eyewitnesses said that despite chilly weather and continued rains thousands […]

10 killed, 34 injured in separate road accidents in J&K

10 killed, 34 injured in separate road accidents in J&K

Jammu: Ten people, including two women, were killed and 34 others injured in three separate road accidents in Udhampur, Kishtwar and Ramban districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Saturday. A private bus, carrying nearly 40 people to Kashmir, skidded off a hilly road and rolled down into a deep gorge at Chandeh village near Surinsar […]

PDP demands immediate revocation of Ban on Jamat-e-Islami

PDP demands immediate revocation of Ban on Jamat-e-Islami

Srinagar : Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday took out a protest demonstration in Srinagar against the Government decision of banning Jamat-e-Islami and termed such a measure unconstitutional and undemocratic. Raising slogans against criminalising JeI in the state, PDP leaders questioned such a bizarre move of the central government, stating that such an action besides […]