Govt Revokes PSA Detention Order Of PDP Leader Naeem Akhtar
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Thursday revoked Public Safety Act detention order of senior PDP leader and former minister Naeem Akhtar. Naeem was detained at the time of abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019. Booked under the stringent PSA, the former minister was initially kept at the Centaur hotel in Srinagar and later […]
India, Mexico, Norway, Ireland elected to UN Security Council
The UN General Assembly elected on Wednesday four new members of the Security Council for 2021 and 2022, with Canada losing out again and the battle for the African seat going to a second round. India, Mexico, Norway and Ireland were chosen as non-permanent members, while Djibouti and Kenya — both of which failed to […]
Live electric wires on wooden poles, trees pose danger to Langate residents
Handwara, June 18: Residents of Pethpora Ananwan in Langate area of Handwara in north Kashmir on Thursday expresses strong resentments against the PDD department as the low lying electric wire posing serious threat to the lives of the people and their property in the area. The residents said that the electric wire is low lying […]
COVID-19: Senior Kashmiri doctor dies in Saudi Arabia
Srinagar: A 69-year-old doctor from Nishat area of Srinagar has died of covid-19 in Saudi Arabia, his family friend said on Thursday. The sexagenarian was working as senior radiologist in Saudi from last more than 35 years including the local ministry of health. “He worked in a private hospital in Saudi mostly in Jeddah and […]
NO EFFORTS
J&K Tourism Department has taken no tangible steps for the tourist industry in Jammu and Kashmir as this main economic plank of Kashmir is facing severe financial crisis. Recently in the media it was reported that the department is planning about programmes it may conduct once tourists head back to Kashmir. Officials of tourism in […]
South Kashmir: Another gunfight rages, now in Shopian
Srinagar :Gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Bandpawa village of Imam Sahib in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thrusday. Reports said said that a joint team of Police, Army’s 44 RR and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation Bandpawa. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired […]
Galwan Valley face-off: Indian, Chinese military officials meet to defuse tension
Indian and Chinese military officials met on Thursday morning to resolve the issues related to the violent face-off in Galwan Valley area in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed. The Major General-level officers met at Patrol Point 14, which witnessed the seven-hour-long clash on Monday night. A meeting was held on Wednesday too. This is […]
NC dismayed over government’s move to station pivotal departments in Jammu secretariat
Srinagar, 17 June (KNS): Jammu and National conference on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the government’s unprecedented move to station various pivotal departments in Jammu secretariat saying the illogical order besides disempowering Kashmir will impinge on the efforts underway while tackling the burgeoning cases of COVID19 in the valley. In a statement issued to KNS reads, […]
Tania Parveen, the Kolkata woman LeT ‘tasked’ with honey-trapping soldiers, finding recruits
New Delhi: It was in August last year, soon after the scrapping of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, that Tania Parveen, a final-year student at the Maulana Azad College in Kolkata, came under the radar of Indian intelligence agencies for allegedly being in touch with members of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). According to sources, […]
Div Com reviews progress on Jammu Smart City Project
JAMMU, JUNE 17: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today chaired a meeting of concerned officers to review the progress of works under Jammu Smart City Project. The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner, Jammu Sushma Chauhan; Chief Engineer, Jal Shakti, Sanjeev Chadda; Chief Engineer, PWD (R&B), Des Raj; Chief Engineer JPDCL, Gurmeet Singh, besides other […]