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J&K eyes 10-15 pc growth in tourist footfalls in 2023

J&K eyes 10-15 pc growth in tourist footfalls in 2023

Mumbai:  The Jammu and Kashmir administration is expecting 15-20 per cent year-on-year growth in travellers visiting the Union Territory in 2023 and has developed 75 new destinations to reduce footfalls to the most visited places, a top official said on Saturday. Over 1.8 crore people, including 20,000 overseas travellers, visited Jammu and Kashmir after the […]

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Western Air commander reviews security scenario along northern borders

Western Air commander reviews security scenario along northern borders

Jammu: Western Air Commander Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha on Saturday visited forward areas on the northern borders and lauded the strong counter-infiltration grid along the Line of Control (LoC), a defence spokesman said. The Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief assured that the western command is vigilant for the aerial defence of the sensitive areas of various […]

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IAF officer urges people to promptly report any suspicious activities

IAF officer urges people to promptly report any suspicious activities

Airfield security review in Jammu

Jammu: A top Indian Air Force officer on Saturday underlined the need to maintain strict vigil to ensure airfield security and urged people to provide timely information on any suspicious activities, according to a defence spokesperson. Air Officer Commanding (AOC), Air Force Station Jammu, Air Commodore G S Bhullar said this while chairing an airfield […]

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Anti-encroachment drive intensified in Kashmir: Officials

Anti-encroachment drive intensified in Kashmir: Officials

Srinagar:  The Jammu and Kashmir administration’s anti-encroachment drive intensified on Saturday as the land illegally occupied by “influential persons” was retrieved at many places in the Valley, officials said. Various political parties have demanded that the poor be spared eviction. On Friday, Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha assured that “only influential and powerful […]

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India logs 128 fresh Covid cases

India logs 128 fresh Covid cases

New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 128 coronavirus infections, while the active cases have increased to 1,792, according to Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll has increased to 5,30,745 with four deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. The total tally of Covid cases is […]

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Anti-encroachment drive: LG assures admin will safeguard habitations, livelihoods of common man

Anti-encroachment drive: LG assures admin will safeguard habitations, livelihoods of common man

Says, personally directed DCs, SSPs to ensure no innocent person is affected during the drive

Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday said that some people tried to spread misinformation that common man will be impacted in the anti-encroachment drive. “I want to assure the people that the Administration will safeguard the habitations and livelihoods of the common man. Only influential and powerful people who misused their position and violated […]

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4 associated with Hizbul Mujahideen plead guilty of money laundering

4 associated with Hizbul Mujahideen plead guilty of money laundering

New Delhi: Four people associated with the Hizbul Mujahideen on Friday “voluntarily pleaded guilty” before a Delhi court in a money laundering case related to the Jammu Kashmir Affectees Relief Trust terror-funding matter. Mohammad Shafi Shah, Talib Lali, Muzaffar Ahmad Dar and Musthaq Ahmad Lone told the court that they did not claim trial in […]

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Jaish module busted in Kulgam district, six arrested

Jaish module busted in Kulgam district, six arrested

Srinagar: Security forces on Friday busted a module of the Jaish-e-Mohammad in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district by arresting six overground workers and recovering a huge cache of arms and ammunition, officials said. Acting on specific information on subversive activities in the Mirhama and Damhal Hanji Pora areas, a joint team of police and the […]

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CBI searches 37 locations in J&K over irregularities in finance dept recruitment exam

CBI searches 37 locations in J&K over irregularities in finance dept recruitment exam

New Delhi: The CBI Friday conducted searches at 37 locations in six districts of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with alleged irregularities in the recruitment exam of accounts assistants in the finance department held on March 6 last year, officials said. CBI sleuths swooped down at the premises of middlemen and other accused at 30 […]

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Rahul writes to PM over ‘plight’ of Kashmiri Pandits, flags J-K admin’s ‘insensitive’ approach

Rahul writes to PM over ‘plight’ of Kashmiri Pandits, flags J-K admin’s ‘insensitive’ approach

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to look into the “plight” of Kashmiri Pandit employees who do not want to return to the Kashmir Valley without a guarantee of their security, and accused the Union Territory administration of adopting an “insensitive” approach towards them. In a letter to Modi, […]