Author: Shabeer Ahmad

SRINAGAR: Four days after school children in south Kashmir were asked to pay Rs 20 for Tiranga, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir Pandurang K Pole Saturday said the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ initiative is absolutely a voluntary movement and holds no compulsion or insistence on it. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir clarified that the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ initiative is completely […]

SRINAGAR: More than 3,57,400 households have been given electricity connection under the Saubhagya scheme in Jammu and Kashmir, government data show. The J&K Power Development Department said that it faced many natural barriers like hilly terrains and difficult topography of the region, but expressed satisfaction that the government fulfilled the dream of inhabitants living in […]

SRINAGAR: Union minister Smriti Irani will flag off a Tiranga rally of at least 300 bikers from the famous clock tower in Srinagar on Monday. The bike rally will culminate at Kargil War Memorial on July 26, marking the Vijay Diwas. Besides BJP national general secretary Tarun Chug, BJP Yuva Morcha president Tejasvi Surya and […]

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday reviewed the status of ongoing projects of the Housing and Urban Development Department during a high-level meeting to assess the functioning of the department, at the Civil Secretariat here. During the meeting, the Lt Governor took several important decisions to resolve the bottlenecks and expedite the execution of […]

SRINAGAR: Hybrid terrorism is a strategic move by Pakistan to get the crime committed and to shield the criminal, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh said on Friday. “But so far the neighbouring country has failed to provide cover to the militants involved in innocent killings,” Singh added while talking to reporters […]

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha chaired a high-level meeting to review the new initiatives of the Tourism Department, here at Raj Bhawan. The Lt Governor sought a detailed report on homestays, setting up of tented accommodation at major tourist attractions, adventure activities, new trekking routes identified, Border Tourism and Capacity Building Programme at various levels. […]

Shabeer Ahmad SRINAGAR: A delegation of the Subject Committee on Education, Technical Education, Vocational Education, Medical Education and Health Services of Haryana Vidhan Sabha met Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, at Raj Bhavan here. The delegation headed by Jagdish Nayar, along with committee members Shishpal Singh and Indu Raj, discussed with the Lt Governor the past […]

SRINAGAR: Government on Wednesday said 128 security force personnel and 118 civilians have been killed by militants in Jammu and Kashmir from 5 August 2019, when the ruling NDA government annulled J&K’s Special status and split the State into two Union Territories. In a written reply to a question by Digvijaya Singh in the ongoing […]