Two Former Deputy Commissioners Arrested
SRINAGAR: The Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) has arrested two IAS officers on Sunday in connection with the issuance of over two lakh arms licenses in eight districts of the erstwhile State. The arrests were made two months after the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) conducted raids at multiple places including office and residential complexes of […]
Supreme Court to hear Sara Pilot’s plea challenging Omar Abdullah’s detention on March 5
The Supreme Court deferred hearing Sara Abdullah Pilot plea challenging the detention of his brother and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah under the Public Security Act (PSA) to Thursday. Pilot has sought immediate release of her brother. In its previous hearing on February 14, a bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Indira Banerjee had sought a reply from […]
No Need To Refer Pleas Against Article 370 Move To Larger Bench: Top Court
The top court had on January 23 reserved its order on the issue of whether the batch of pleas would be referred to a larger seven-judge bench. New Delhi: There are no reasons to refer a bunch of petitions challenging the government’s move to end the special status of the state under Article 370 and […]
Snowfall, Shooting Stones Disrupt Traffic On Kashmir Highway
BANIHAL – The traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was disrupted on Saturday due to fresh snowfall and shooting of stones from the hillocks overlooking the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, officials said. Light snowfall occurred at Jawahar Tunnel, the gateway to Kashmir, while rains triggered shooting of stones from […]
Balakot Airstrike kept militants at bay: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that the Balakot airstrike carried out by the Indian Air Force had sent a clear message that it was not safe anymore for the militants to continue using areas “beyond Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB)” for anti-India activities. “Balakot reflected our approach against the […]
Kashmir tourism sector is still deep in a hole
Srinagar: Even after the expiry of over six month when Jammu Kashmir lost its special status, the mood in the tourism sector is far from normal. The biggest revenue earner, the tourism sector is still deep in a hole. Desperate measures to cushion the tourism industry from the aftermath of India’s drastic move in August, last […]
Public Interaction on ‘Ground Water Related Issues’ held at Jammu
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 28: Central Ground Water Board Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Ministry of Jal Shakti Jammu today conducted one day Public Interaction programme (PIP) on the theme “Ground Water Related Issues’” here at Panchayat Ghar, Pirkhoo. The PIP programme was aimed at to make aware the local people, youths, farmers […]
Div Com inspects work progress on Jammu-Akhnoor Road Project
Directs executing agencies to set weekly, monthly targets JAMMU, FEBRUARY 28: Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma today directed National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) to set weekly and monthly targets and expedite the progress of work on 4 lanning of Jammu-Akhnoor Raod Project for its timely completion. The Div Com passed these directions during his […]
Director Horticulture (P&M) conducts two days visit to fruit & vegetable markets of Kashmir Division
SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 28: To review the progress of work on upcoming terminal markets at Jablipora Bijbehara and Aglar Shopian and to take stock of procurement of Apples by NAFED under MIS 2019-2020, Director Horticulture (P&M), Imam-u-Din conducted two-day extensive tour of fruit and vegetable markets of Kashmir division. He was accompanied by Dy. Director Kashmir, […]
Govt focused to promote innovative startups in JK: Saurabh Bhagat
Chairs 123rd JKEDI’s Steering Committee meet, clears 232 cases SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 28: Commissioner Secretary, Labour and Employment, Saurabh Bhagat today said that Jammu and Kashmir Government was focused to promote the innovative startups—asserting that several schemes have been rolled out for the benefit of the budding entrepreneurs of the Himalayan region. This he said while chairing […]