LG declares JKP’s CCTNS project “Go-Live”; launches “JK eCOP” Mobile App
Technological interventions aimed at effective policing at all levels
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today declared the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) project of J&K Police “Go-Live” and launched the “JK eCOP” Mobile Application here at Raj Bhavan. Speaking on the occasion, the Lt Governor observed that the new citizen-centric technological interventions will help in creating a comprehensive and integrated system […]
AC approves 100% Smart Metering under Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme
8 lakh Smart Meters to be installed in J&K by 2023
Srinagar: The Administrative Council (AC), which met here today under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, authorized the Jammu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd. (JPDCL) and Kashmir Distribution Corporation Ltd. (KPDCL) to implement smart metering project in J&K. Farooq Khan and Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisors to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, […]
Ashamed by targeted killings of civilians in Kashmir: Sajad Lone
Says LG administration lives on ‘another planet’; demands immediate restoration of statehood, holding of elections
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference chairman, Sajad Gani Lone has said that he is ashamed by the targeted killings of civilians in the Valley and also scared about what more might happen. Sajad Lone, in an interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire said he feels the worst is not over. Lone also […]
Public representatives, not bureaucrats, run democratic system: Azad
Demands restoration of statehood, early elections; says Kashmiris much more pained about civilian killings
Srinagar: Senior Congress leader and former member of Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said in a democracy bureaucrats are meant for official works instead of running a democratic system and stated that statehood should be restored immediately, while elections should also be held as soon as possible. Talking to reporters at his Srinagar […]
J&K record 78 new COVID-19 cases; one death
Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 229 days
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir recorded 78 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, raising the infection count to 3,31,299, while another death pushed the toll to 4,429, officials said. Out of the fresh coronavirus cases, 12 were from the Jammu division and 66 from the Kashmir division, they said. According to the officials, Srinagar district recorded a […]
Mehbooba rebuts Satya Pal Malik’s claim about Roshni beneficiaries
“Withdraw comments or face legal action”
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday asked Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik to withdraw his purported comments that the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was a beneficiary of now-abandoned Roshni scheme, failing which legal action will be taken against him. “False & unsavoury utterances of Satya Pal Malik about me being a beneficiary […]
Govt constitutes four-member committee for selection of Dean SKIMS
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has constituted a committee for recommending a professor to take up the charge of Dean Medical faculty at SKIMS Soura. “In suppression of all previous orders on the subject, sanction is hereby accorded to the constitution of a committee for recommending a Professor of SKIMS for the post of […]
Specially-abled demand revocation of SSRB order
Srinagar: Specially abled persons on Wednesday held a protest at press enclave Srinagar, demanding revocation of SSRB order in which 12 disabilities have been excluded out of 21 categories. Talking to KNO, state president of Jammu and Kashmir handicapped association, Abdul Rashid Bhat said that despite our protests, SSRB went ahead excluding 12 disabled categories. […]
Woman dies of electric shock in Dardpora village
Bandipora: A-27-year-old woman died due to electric at Dardpora village in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday. Officials said that the incident took place in the Dardpora village this afternoon when a woman got in contact with a live wire at her home. The woman, identified as Muneera Begum, wife of Reyaz Ahmad Gojer of […]
Houseboat sinks in Jehlum at Abi Guzar
Srinagar: A family of four members was rendered homeless on Wednesday after their houseboat sank in the river Jhelum at Abi Guzar on Wednesday. Reports said that CRPF personnel and River police rescued all family members and no one was injured in the incident. Owner of house boat Muzafar Ahmed Gasi told KNO that his […]
