JAMMU AND KASHMIR

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday inaugurated the 150-bedded Ujala Cygnus Kashmir Superspeciality Hospital in Nowgam. The Lt Governor said that the new state-of-the-art hospital, equipped with all the advanced medical facilities, will strengthen the government’s efforts of ensuring quality healthcare services to the people of J&K, besides generating employment opportunities for the locals. […]

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday carried out searches at 30 locations in Jammu and Kashmir and Karnataka in the PSI recruitment case. A CBI source said that the agency sleuths carried out searches at several premises linked to the accused in the case in Jammu, Srinagar and Bengaluru. The source […]

SRINAGAR: While a section of the political class is crying hoarse over the issue, the common person in Jammu and Kashmir seems to have realized the benefits of the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state into three Union Territories. On the third anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, the […]

SRINAGAR: Police on Thursday said that 250gm heroin and cash of over one crore rupees were recovered from two persons, one of whom was killed in an accident while attempting to flee, in the Udhampur district. “On August 3, at about 10.30 pm a patrolling party of police station Udhampur noticed two persons moving in […]

SRINAGAR: A non-local labourer was killed and two others injured after terrorists hurled a grenade in the Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Thursday evening. The incident took place in the Gadoora area of Pulwama when at least two terrorists hurled a grenade at them. The slain labourer is a resident of Bihar. “#Terrorists hurled […]

SRINAGAR: The Director General of Police Jammu and Kashmir, Dilbag Singh on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting at Police Control Room (PCR) Kashmir to review the overall security scenario and arrangements regarding the celebration of forthcoming Independence Day and 10th Muharram-ul-Haram functions. At the very outset of the meeting, the DGP sought reports from the […]

JAMMU: The Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta on Wednesday chaired the second meeting of the Wetland Authority for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Among the key decisions, the J&K Wetland Authority approved the Integrated Management Plan (IMP) for Conservation of Wular Lake to promote an integrated and multi-disciplinary approach for conservation and […]

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday interacted with a 55-member delegation of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) representatives from the Kashmir Division, at the Raj Bhavan here. Interacting with the members of the delegation, the LG observed that the main focus of the Government is to empower the PRIs with 3Fs – funds, functions and […]

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today advised the visitors to visit the holy shrine of Amarnath before August 5 as inclement weather is expected from the second week of this month. LG Sinha also took part in Shri Amarnathji Chhari-Pujan in presence of Deependra Giri, Mahant Charri‐Mubarak Shri Amarnathji, at Mahadev Gir […]

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said that a grenade blast that occurred near Ind Police post in Ramban district of Jammu division is a handiwork of Jammu Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF). According to police, a grenade blast occurred near the Ind police post under Gool PS, Ramban district. The explosion took place near […]