Bipal Pathak reviews functioning of Social Welfare department
SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 17: Principal Secretary to the Government, Social Welfare department Bipal Pathak today reviewed functioning of Social Welfare department Kashmir and ICDS at an officers meeting here. The Director Social Welfare Kashmir, Bashir Ahmad Dar briefed the Principal Secretary about the status of welfare schemes being run by the department in the Kashmir Division. […]
ICAI opens office in Leh
Ladakh MP Jamyang Tsering Namgyal on Tuesday inaugurated a representative office of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in Leh. The initiative will aid in development of the newly formed UT by extending support to government initiatives besides spreading knowledge in the field of accountancy and facilitating services to the upcoming and existing […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 8,99,353 stranded JK residents; 7,59,061 via Lakhanpur, 1, 40,292 through special trains
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 17: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 8,99,353 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]
572 new COVID-19 cases in J&K; active cases 5,585
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday reported 572 new COVID-19 cases taking the overall tally to 1,035,81. Out of the total cases, 96,392 have already recovered and 1,604 have died leaving a total of 5,585 active cases as on date, the government’s media bulletin reads. Of the cases reported today, 381 were reported in Kashmir […]
Mughal Road opens after 3 days closure due to snowfall
Mughal road was on Tuesday thrown open for load carriers with fresh fruits, three days after the thoroughfare, connecting Shopian with Poonch, was closed after snowfall in the region. AEE Mughal Road Layqat Choudhary confirmed the snow clearance along the thoroughfare. DySP Traffic Rajouri-Poonch Zabir Mirza told GNS that the load carriers were allowed to […]
“We aren’t a ‘gang’”: J-K unionists to Amit Shah
After Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, lashed out at People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of unionists fighting for the restoration of pre-August 2019 status of Jammu and Kashmir, for wanting “foreign forces to intervene in [J-k]”, the former chief ministers have reacted scathingly. Mehbooba Mufti, who also heads People’s Democratic Party, said […]
“No links with militancy”: Families of Kashmiri youth arrested in Delhi reject charges
Srinagar: The family members of two Kashmiri youth arrested in Delhi on Tuesday rejected the charges levelled against the duo stating that their sons have no links with militancy and are innocent. The families of two youth also petitioned Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and DGP J-K Dilbagh Singh besides other officials of police while seeking […]
Gupkar Gang is going global, they want foreign forces to intervene in J-K: Amit Shah
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Tuesday hit out at the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration saying that the alliance is “taking Jammu and Kashmir back to the era of terror and turmoil.” Mr. Shah in a series of tweets attacked the Congress for joining hands with the alliance, “The Gupkar Gang is going global! […]
PDP in crisis
PDP has faced a lot of crisis after it parted ways with BJP in the government. When BJP pulled the rug, they started doing their best to see Mehbooba Mufti alone in the political arena of Kashmir. After sometime, many PDP leaders and lawmakers left the party and formed a new political party known as […]
2 suspected JeM militants from north Kashmir held in New Delhi
New Delhi: The Delhi Police’s Special Cell has arrested two suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants from Sarai Kale Khan area in southeast Delhi, officials said on Tuesday. Abdul Latif Mir (22), a resident of Doru village in Baramulla district and Mohammad Ashraf Khatana (20), a resident of Hat Mulla village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, […]