Cong leaders, workers detained during ‘Jan Jagran Abhiyan’ in Jammu
Jammu: Scores of Jammu and Kashmir Congress workers and leaders, including several former ministers, were detained by police as the party launched the ‘Jan Jagran Abhiyan’ against the “anti-people” policies of the BJP-led central government here on Sunday, a Congress spokesperson said. The launch of the 15-day nationwide campaign, through which the Congress aims to […]
Mufti accuses BJP of weaponising Kashmiri Pandits’ pain of to garner votes
Jammu: Accusing the BJP of ‘weaponising’ the pain of Kashmiri Pandits to garner votes and further its “divisive politics”, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said Kashmiri Muslims have to work harder on seeing the return of their Hindu brethren in a dignified manner. She said some BJP-linked persons, who are sitting in the studios […]
Experts warn of losing a generation to narcotics in Kashmir
Srinagar: The narcotics menace, especially heroin, is scaling new heights in Kashmir with experts warning that a majority of the young people may fall prey to drug abuse and Jammu and Kashmir Police chief Dilbag Singh blaming Pakistan for targeting youngsters by making them habitual to drugs. Taking a holistic view of the strife-torn Kashmir […]
J&K reports 174 fresh CIVID-19 cases, two deaths
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday reported 174 new positive cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), while two more people succumbed to the viral infection in the last 24 hours, officials said. About the fresh cases, they said 150 were reported from Kashmir and 24 from Jammu division, while two deaths were also reported from Kashmir […]
Muslims perform last rites of elderly Pandit in Pulwama
Srinagar: Members of Muslim community Sunday performed last rites of an elderly deceased Pandit in Washbugh in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. According to news agency GNS, Kanhaiya Lal, 80, was putting up as a lone family member at Washbugh and died of prolonged illness on Saturday evening. Soon after news about the death of ‘Kanhaiya’ […]
LG stresses on 6-fold strategy to tackle COVID-19 pandemic
Reviews Covid containment measures, public health response to it
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday took the weekly review of public health response to tackle COVID-19 situation during a meeting with the district civil and police chiefs here at the Raj Bhavan. While chairing the meeting, the LG stressed the need to focus on six-fold strategy of testing, tracing, treatment, Covid-appropriate behaviour (CAB), vaccination, […]
‘Over 9,000 vacancies filled up through fast-track recruitment in J&K’
Jammu: Over 9,000 vacancies in different departments have been filled up under fast-track recruitment in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The selection for 5,000 more posts would be finalised by the end of this year, they said. The government has initiated the “largest ever” recruitment drive in the union territory in a transparent […]
Modi-led BJP govt provided livelihood avenues more lucrative than govt jobs: Jitendra Singh
Jammu: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has undertaken several initiatives to provide avenues of livelihood to the youth which are even more lucrative than a government job. However, he said to avail these avenues, the youth need to liberate their mindset from the clutches of government […]
Two dead, 12 injured as vehicle falls into gorge in Ramban district
Banihal: Two persons were killed and 12 others seriously injured on Saturday, when a passenger vehicle fell into an over 600-feet gorge along Jammu-Srinagar national highway, a government official here said. The accident took place near Digdole in Ramban district around 10 am, when the driver of a taxi cab (JK03 A – 6391), on […]
‘Nothing wrong in comparing political parties with those killing people in the name of religion’
Jammu: Amid a raging controversy over senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid’s book, in which he compared Hindutva as propagated by some to “radical jihadi groups” such as the ISIS and the Boko Haram, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said there is nothing wrong in comparing political parties with groups killing people in the name […]
