BJP must safeguard lands, jobs, admission in professional colleges of J&K permanent residents: Rana
Jammu June 27:(KNS) National Conference Provincial President, Mr Devender Singh Rana in a statement issued today to KNS, urged the BJP and the Jammu and Kashmir Administration to come up with a roadmap for safeguarding lands, jobs admission in professional colleges of the permanent residents, saying some of the recent moves, especially the domicile rules, […]
Manoj Dwivedi to hold additional charge as Admin Secy of GAD, DG JKIMPARD
Jammu June 27:(KNS) Commissioner Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Manoj Kumar Dwivedi will also hold the charge of Administrative Secretary, General Administration Department and Director General, J&K Institute of Management Public Administration and Rural Development. An order issued in this regard by the General Administration Department said that in the interest of administration, Commissioner Secretary […]
J&K Power Development Department Targetted by Hackers, Essential Data Compromised
In the first cyberattack in J&K, hackers on Friday wiped out essential data from the servers of the state Power Development Department, sending its engineers into a tizzy. Chief Engineer Aijaz Ahmad said the department has pressed men and machinery into service to restore the data and systems. Officials of the department have lodged a […]
COVID-19: Kashmir reports one more death, tally in J-K reaches 93
Srinagar: A day after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, a 45-year-old woman from Khanabal area of south Kashmir died at a hospital here on Saturday. The woman’s death, second in a day on weekend, took the fatality count due to the covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir to 93. Professor Farooq Jan, Medical Superintendent SKIMS […]
Narco-terror module busted in Kupwara; 13.5kg heroin, ammunition recovered
Srinagar, June 27 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir police and army on Saturday claimed to have busted a narco-terror module in Kupwara district of Kashmir and recovered 13.5 kgs of Heroin worth of approximate RS 65 Crore Besides two pistols and four Grenades. Police in a tweet said ‘Kupwara Police & Army got huge success by […]
Exploitation of domicile law to change demography unacceptable: JKCSF
Srinagar, June 27 (KNS): New Domicile law is aimed to change the demography of Jammu and Kashmir. Terming it an onslaught on constitutional , political , economic, Cultural and ,employment rights and a devastation for the environment of j&k, the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Society Forum, JKCSF led by Abdul Qayoom Wani said that this […]
Elderly Sopore Woman Tests Covid-19 Positive After Death, J&K Toll 92
Srinagar- A 70-year-old woman from Sopore tested positive for Covid-19 a day after her death, taking the number of fatalities due to the disease in Jammu and Kashmir to 92, officials said. The woman from Sopore area of north Kashmir died at the SMHS hospital here late Friday evening, the officials said. They said she was […]
Set ablaze our vehicles and kill us or allow us to resume work: Transporters to govt
Srinagar: The transporters operating Jammu and Ladakh services from Srinagar on Saturday demanded authorities to allow them to resume their services and said that they will follow the guidelines in letter and spirit. The Srinagar-Jammu-Ladakh Taxi Services Owners and Drivers Union Tourist Recception Centre headed by Waseem Ashraf Bhat attempted to stage a protest today, […]
Grenade attack in Kulgam
Srinagar, June 26:Suspected militants lobbed a grenade towards police post Quimoh in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday evening. A senior Police officer told GNS that militants lobbed grenade on police post Qaimoh, however grenade missed the intended target. In this incident no loss of life or injury has been reported. Meanwhile forces have launched […]
An IAS officer’s viral ‘domicile certificate’ triggers fear of demographic change in J&K
Srinagar: The emergence of an IAS officer’s purported domicile certificate on social media has created a fresh controversy in Jammu & Kashmir, once again bringing to the fore local concerns about the Modi government’s August 2019 decision to scrap Article 370 and Article 35A. The certificate in question purportedly involves the grant of domicile to IAS […]