Imtiyaz Ahmad, 21, wanted to continue his studies after clearing his class 12 exam but did not have enough money to do so. With not much work available in the remote mountainous region of Rajouri, he left this summer for Shopian in Kashmir Valley to work as a labourer to earn enough money to secure admission to […]
Jammu and Kashmir recorded 17 more Covid deaths on Wednesday, taking their number to 1,181, while 975 new cases pushed the infection tally in the union territory to 75,070, officials said. Eleven of the fresh fatalities were reported in Jammu and six in the Valley, they added. There are 17,017 active cases in the UT, […]
Jammu: An Army Soldier was killed and another injured when Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire and resorted to heavy firing and mortar shelling in forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said on Thursday. The Pakistan Army initiated the unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing from small arms and […]
SRINAGAR SEPTEMBER 30: The guidelines and instructions regarding lockdown measures already in force in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will continue till October 8, 2020. According to an order issued here today by the government, the State Executive Committee vide its order numbers 78 and 79-JK- (DMRRR) of 2020 dated 31.08.2020 issued guidelines […]
In a surprise move, the BJP has claimed that its members distributed door to door domicile certificates in Jammu today. “Senior BJP leaders Munish Sharma, Rinku Chauhan and Gopal Thakur today distributed 130 domicile certificates in a door-to-door distribution drive in Muthi and Janipur area of Jammu West,” a statement issued by the party said. “We are […]
Four houses were gutted in major fire incident in Hub-Chinar area of Srinagar while one damaged partially in capital city of Srinagar. On Tuesday night the fire emerged in Hub chinar area and consumed four structures, of namely, 1. Mehraj din Ganie, sanaullah sheikh, and Mehraj din sheikh. One other structure was partially damaged. Despite […]
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 3 : Principal Secretary Housing & Urban Development Department, Deeraj Gupta Wednesday visited various areas of Srinagar to inspect the sites identified for developing vertical housing projects the government has approved to make affordable houses available to residents. He visited the sites located at Rakh-e-Gund Aksha, Khushipora, Shaltang, Palpora, Zoonimar, Harwan and Eidgah […]
Srinagar : The government on Wednesday extended ban on high-speed internet in all but two districts of Jammu and Kashmir till 21 October. “Inputs from the law enforcement agencies suggest that concerted efforts continue to be made by Pakistan, with the help of separatists/anti-national elements within the J-K to facilitate infiltration of (militants), which depends […]
JAMMU SEPTEMBER 30: Union Minister of State PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh, today e-inaugurated various roads and bridges constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY) in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Superintendant Engineers PMGSY Circle Reasi and Batote and Executive Engineers PMGSYdivision Kathua, Billawer, Udhampur, Ramnagar, Mahore, Reasi, Ramban, Banihal, Doda, Thathri, Kishtwar, […]
Step towards creation of more employment opportunities for people under the traditional wool sector: CEO JKERA/JTFRP SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 30: The traditional wool based industry in the J&K is being given a major overhaul under the ongoing World Bank funded JTFRP (Jhelum Tawi Flood Recovery Project) —a move is being hailed by the people associated with the […]