Kupwara admin starts e-permission for ‘Border Tourism’
To make it easier for non-resident tourists to visit border areas, authorities in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district Monday inaugurated an online portal for e-permission. Deputy Commissioner Kupwara Khalid Jahangir told a local news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the launching of e-permission service portals is an innovative step of administration to boost the tourism activities […]
Hajj Committee of India invites applications for Civil Service exams coaching for year 2022-23
HCoI Member Er Aijaz urges J&K students to avail benefit, apply for admission; last date for submission of forms is June 30, applications available online Hajj Committee of India (HCoI) has invited applications from students studying in its Residential Coaching Institute who are supposed to appear in civil services exams for year 2022-23 for which […]
AC accords administrative approval to various developmental works
SRINAGAR, JUNE 13: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, today accorded administrative approval to various developmental works in different districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K and Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to […]
J&K reports 7 new covid-19 cases, no death
Jammu and Kashmir reported seven new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said that four cases were reported from Srinagar and three from Jammu districts, taking the overall tally to 454355—166548 in Jammu division and 287807 in Kashmir. There was […]
Isolated rains forecast as night temp drops in Kashmir
Srinagar: Amid forecast for isolated rains in next 24 hours, minimum temperature decreased at most places in Kashmir Valley on Monday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of 15.8°C against 16.3°C on the previous night. The temperature, he said, was above normal by 1.5°C during this time of the year […]
100 militants killed in 23 weeks this year, twice than same duration last year: IGP Kashmir
100 militants have been killed so far this year in Kashmir Valley and the number is twice than same period last year, Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said. Of those killed this year during the five months and 12 days this year, he said, 71 include local and 29 foreign militants. 50 militants—49 locals […]
SI Recruitment By JKSSB: Probe Panel Asked To Submit Report By June 24
The committee formed to probe into the “alleged irregularities in the written test” for sub-Inspector posts in J&K police by Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection Board has been asked to submit its report by June 24. Headed by Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Home Department, R K Goyal, the members of the committee include Principal […]
Rahul Gandhi reaches ED office
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reached the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office in the national capital on Monday amidst heavy security deployment. He reached ED after he was summoned in connection with the National Herald case where heavy police deployment in and around the ED office located at Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Road. A large number of […]
Shadab Khan stars as Pakistan clinch clean-sweep of West Indies
Allrounder Shadab Khan hit a fighting half-century before taking four wickets to anchor Pakistan’s 53-run win over the West Indies in the third and final day-night international in Multan which was interrupted by a dust storm. Shadab hit 86 to lift Pakistan to 269-9 after unlikely West Indian hero Nicholas Pooran grabbed four wickets to […]
Largest Palestinian displacement in decades looms after Israeli court ruling
Some 1,200 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank region of Masafer Yatta face the risk of forced removal to make way for an army firing zone after a decades-long legal battle that ended last month in Israel’s highest court. The ruling opened the way for one of the largest displacements since Israel captured the territory in the […]