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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Houses develop cracks in Doda, 19 families shifted to temporary shelters
Doda/Jammu: Nineteen families were evacuated after their homes developed cracks at a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said on Friday. The authorities also declared unsafe a mosque and a religious school for girls at Nai Basti village in Thathri, 35 kilometres from Doda town along the Kishtwar-Batote National Highway. A few structures […]
Budget 2023-24 people friendly, blueprint for India’s rapid growth: J&K BJP chief
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Thursday welcomed the Union Budget 2023-24, terming it people-friendly and said it is a blueprint for India’s rapid growth and development. “We thank and congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her entire team for giving a budget which touches the lives […]
HC dismisses petitions challenging ‘order’ that withdrew provisional select list of ReK for Kupwara
Srinagar: The High Court has dismissed certain petitions which challenged an “order” that withdrew the controversial provisional select list of Rehbar-e-Khel (ReK) for Kupwara. Justice Sanjay Dhar dismissed the petitions as meritless and said the selection of the petitioners was yet to be finalized as their selection was provisional in nature. “It was well within […]
Pakistan-sponsored elements targeting innocents to disturb communal harmony in J&K: DGP
Rajouri/Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh on Friday said Pakistan through its sponsored elements is targeting innocent people to disturb the brotherhood and communal harmony prevailing in the Union territory, and issued directions for taking stringent actions against terrorists and the terror ecosystem. He said the safety of the public has been and […]
Over 73 hectares of encroached land retrieved in Jammu division
Jammu: Over 73 hectares of state land were retrieved during the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in different districts of Jammu division on Friday, an official spokesperson said. The highest — 737 kanals — were freed from encroachers across eight tehsils of Ramban district, he said. Several illegal structures were demolished during the drive in Ramban, Pogal-Paristan […]
Admin sanctions Rs 62 crore project for commercial cultivation, conservation of J&K’s herbal riches
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday announced a pioneering project envisaging total transformation in the landscape of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs) cultivation in the Union Territory. With a budget of Rs 62 crore, the five-year project aims to cultivate MAPs on 5,000 kanal of land spread across 28 clusters, with a potential […]
India logs 99 fresh Covid cases
New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 99 coronavirus infections and no deaths, according to Union health ministry data updated on Friday. The total tally of Covid cases was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,83,122) and the death toll stands at 5,30,741, the data updated at 8 am stated. The daily positivity rate has been […]
