Devinder Singh Rana resigns from NC
Jammu: In a major setback to National Conference, its Jammu face and former MLA Nagrota Devinder Singh Rana resigned from basic membership of the party on Sunday. Sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer(KNO) that Rana resigned from basic membership of the party today. According to sources, former MLA Surjeet Singh Salathia, another prominent Jammu face […]
Jal Shakhti Dept employee injured in bear attack in Narvaw Baramulla
Baramulla: A Jal Shakti Department employees was critically injured in a bear attack at Paldaji Badmulla in Narvaw area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on sunday morning. Family members of the injur employee said that Anayatullah Kandal son of Ghulam Qadir Kandal (35) of Paldeji Badmulla of Baramulla was critically injured in bear attack when […]
Eastern Ladakh row: India, China hold 13th round of military talks
New Delhi: After a gap of over two months, India and China on Sunday are holding another round of high-level military talks with an aim to move forward on the disengagement process in the remaining friction points in eastern Ladakh, sources in the security establishment said. The 13th round of Corps Commander-level talks are taking […]
AC approves installation of roof-top solar power plants, solar water pumps in govt buildings in Jammu
AC approves creation of posts in the Health dept
Srinagar: In a bid to lower the carbon footprint of the government buildings in Jammu and Kashmir, the Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, has approved the installation of grid-tied rooftop solar power plants on government buildings within Jammu city’s municipal limits by the Jammu Smart City […]
Govt failed to protect Sikh minority in Kashmir: GPC
‘Employees from minority community won’t attend duty unless provided security; majority community should have participated in yesterday’s protest’
Srinagar: Two days after a Sikh school principal was shot dead along with her fellow teacher in Srinagar, Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee (GPC) on Saturday said that the employees from the minority community won’t attend their duty unless the J&K government assures their protection in the Valley. General Secretary GPC, Navtej Singh, while addressing a press […]
Attacks in Kashmir aimed at ‘othering’ majority community: Sajad Lone
Says govt doesn’t have luxury of resorting to randomized response
Srinagar: Peoples Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Saturday said the spate of attacks in Kashmir was a deliberate attempt of othering the majority community in the union territory and identifying it with the savagery that a lunatic fringe is indulging in. Lone, who has condemned the attack on minorities, said the Jammu and Kashmir […]
CS calls for 100% coverage of eligible population with first dose of COVID vaccination within week
Srinagar: Chief Secretary Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting to review the public health response to COVID-19 and asked the health authorities to ensure coverage of the entire elegibile population with first dose of vaccination within a week’s time. . Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, Atal Dulloo, Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Medical Education, […]
J&K reports 82 fresh COVID-19 cases; no related death
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded 82 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection, taking the tally to 3,30,434, while no fresh death due to the virus was reported from the Union territory in the past 24 hours, officials said. Out of the 82 new cases, 69 were reported from Kashmir and 13 from […]
Family of missing fruit trader holds protest to demand his whereabouts
Sopore: A 47-year-old fruit trader from Achabal village of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district is missing for over two weeks, and his relatives and fellow fruit traders staged a protest on Saturday to demand his whereabouts. As per the family, Ghulam Nabi Naikoof of Achabal left for south Kashmir’s Shopian on September 22 for […]
NIA court frames charge-sheet against DeM chief Asiya Andrabi and 8 others
Srinagar: An NIA court of south Kashmir (Anantnag) has framed charges against Dukhtarn-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi and other eight persons including Nahida Nasreen and Sofi Fahmeeda. The charges were framed through video conferencing in the court of Javaid Aalam, Special Judge designated under NIA Act. The charges were framed after a gap of almost three […]
