JK Govt to ‘contribute’ 15 percent of medical seats for all India quota
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to contribute 15 percent of medical for All India Quota from the ongoing year. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the Jammu and Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Examination (JKBOPEE) has said that the National Testing Agency (NTA), New Delhi conducted NEET-UG 2022 for admission […]
Justice Magrey likely to be new CJ J&K & Ladakh
Srinagar, Sep 30: The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal from J&K to Rajasthan and elevation of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey as Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. A resolution to this effect was passed by the Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India […]
Two local Jaish terrorists killed in Pattan gunfight: police
Srinagar: Police on Friday claimed to have killed two local Jaish terrorists in an encounter in Yedipora, Pattan area of Baramulla in north Kashmir. “BaramullaEncounterUpdate: 01 more #terrorist killed (Total 02). Both the local terrorists linked with proscribed #terror outfit JeM. Search operation in progress. Further details shall follow,” ADGP Kashmir said in a statement. […]
J&K reports 22 new Covid cases
India records 4,272 Covid cases in a day; death toll rises to 5,28,611
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 22 new Covid cases on Thursday, taking the cumulative infection tally to 4,79,137, an official said. Sixteen cases were reported from Kashmir and six from Jammu division, he said. In Kashmir division, Srinagar reported 12 cases, Pulwama reported two cases, Budgam and Kupwara reported one case each while no other […]
Three JKAS officers transferred
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday ordered transfer of three JKAS officers and another was assigned additional charge of the post in the civil administration with immediate effect. According to the separate government orders, Ghulam Rasool, Joint Director, Handicrafts, Jammu, has been transferred and posted as Regional Director, Survey and Land Records (ex-officio Settlement […]
Two minor girls missing from Budgam recovered in Jammu: police
Srinagar: Budgam Police on Thursday recovered two minor girls from Jammu three days after they went missing from the central Kashmir district here. As per a police spokesman, the mother of the girls Shameema, resident of Handwara, had on September 26 filed a complaint at Police Post Humhama stating that her two minor daughters aged […]
Drug-peddler arrested in Awantipora, contraband recovered
Srinagar: A drug peddler has been arrested in Awantipora and huge quantity of contraband substance recovered from his possession, police said Thursday. Police spokesman said a police party of Police Station Awantipora arrested a drug peddler near Padgampora-Reshipora crossing. He has been identified as Manzoor Ahmad Bhat, son of Abdul Ahad Bhat, resident of Larkipora […]
CS bids farewell to Bhardawaj on his appointment as Secy Mines
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today bid farewell to Additional Chief Secretary, Finance and I&C Departments, Vivek Bhardawajon being appointed as Secretary, Ministry of Mines, GoI at a simple function organized here at Civil Secretariat. All the Administrative Secretaries were present on the occasion besides the outgoing officer. Jammu-based officers participated in the […]
Twin blasts trigger panic in J&K’s Udhampur
Jammu: Two back to back bomb blasts within a span of eight hours created panic in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur with police saying possibility of use of sticky bomb can’t be ruled out. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), first blast took place 10:30 pm on Wednesday in a Basantghar bound bus that was […]
Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (retd) appointed as new CDS
New Delhi: Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (retd), a former Eastern Army commander and Director General of Military Operations, was on Wednesday appointed as India’s new Chief of Defence Staff, more than nine months after the post fell vacant following the death of Gen Bipin Rawat. Sixty-one-year-old Chauhan will also function as Secretary, the Department of […]
