LG says, road to J&K’s prosperity has to pass through its villages
Tells officers to strengthen economic relationship between farm and market to benefit rural population
Srinagar: The road to Jammu and Kashmir’s prosperity has to pass through its villages, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Saturday as he emphasised that high priority should be accorded to the rural development. Highlighting the role of rural infrastructure, self-employment, and agrarian society, he said policies should be based on pragmatism in order to […]
Cop killed in Srinagar attack
Another injured in accidental fire
Srinagar: A policeman, who was shot at and injured by terrorists Saturday morning, succumbed to his injuries in the evening, a police spokesman said. The spokesman said that terrorists fired at off-duty cop, Ghulam Hassan, working as driver at PCR helpline 112, at Ali Jan road in Srinagar Saturday morning. The police personnel was unarmed […]
SIA searches multiple locations in Kashmir over misuse of SIMs for terror
Srinagar: In a crackdown against the misuse of SIM cards by militants and their fraudulent sale by telecom vendors, the Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Saturday carried out searches at 19 premises across the Valley, officials said. The searches came in the face of the “ever-increasing misuse of SIM cards by terrorists”, […]
J&K logs 11 fresh Covid cases
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir today reported 11 fresh cases of Covid 19 thus taking the total number of positive cases to 454099 in the UT, officials said. They said that seven cases were reported from Jammu and four from Kashmir division. In Jammu division, Jammu district reported seven new cases, Srinagar district reported two cases […]
Agriculture production dept restructured
It will synergize efforts in achieving target of doubling farm income: Official
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday restructured the agriculture production department with the aim of doubling income of farmers, orchardists and people dependent on animal, sheep husbandry and fisheries for their livelihood. Around 70 per cent of population is dependent on these sectors and creation of a fully-fledged Agriculture Production Department by merging […]
Harsh Dev Singh, four other NPP functionaries join AAP
New Delhi: In what was seen as a boost to the Arvind Kejriwal led party’s expansion plan in Jammu and Kashmir, former Minister and National Panthers Party chairman Harshdev Singh joined the AAP here on Saturday. Along with him, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party’s state president Rajesh Pargotra, State Secretaries Gagan Pratap and Purshottam […]
APUM rejects delimitation report on J&K, to discuss situation on Monday
Gujjar and Bakerwal organisations welcome reservation of nine assembly seats for STs
Jammu: Several opposition parties on Saturday jointly rejected the delimitation panel report as “highly objectionable, biased and politically motivated” and called for an emergency meeting here on Monday. However, many Gujjar and Bakerwal organisations welcomed the reservation of nine assembly seats for Scheduled Tributes (STs) and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for it. The delimitation […]
Rejecting delimitation report, Farooq says, people will punish BJP
Srinagar: The delimitation process was a “smokescreen” to draw a veil over the “obscure agenda at work” and no amount of “gerrymandering” can change the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said on Saturday. He said the entire delimitation exercise has been “blind” to the universally accepted and practiced criteria […]
BJP will form government in J&K with its own chief minister: Raina
Jammu, May 7: Days after the Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir notified its final report, the BJP on Saturday expressed hope that the assembly elections will be held within the next six months and the party will form the government in the union territory. “The delimitation commission has completed its exercise…now wait for four […]
APSCC, BMSCL delegation call on Lt Governor
Srinagar: All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) led by its Chairman, S. Jagmohan Singh Raina called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, at the Raj Bhavan here today. The members of the delegation while meeting the Lt Governor apprised him about various concerning issues of the Sikh community, particularly the promotion of Punjabi language in the […]