JAMMU AND KASHMIR

SRINAGAR: It was a moment to remember as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) flagged off a Tiranga rally from the historic Lal Chowk on Monday, paying homage to the heroes who laid their lives during the Kargil war. At the height of terrorism, Lal Chowk used to be the fort of the separatists. However, a […]

DEHRADUN: The body of a doctor from Nainital district who went missing on June 22 was found on Sunday in Tarsar lake of Anantnag district of Kashmir. Dr Roshan, colleague and friend of Dr Mahesh Kumar whose body was found by police on Sunday said, “We were hoping to find him alive someday but now […]

SRINAGAR: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that India has become a strong and confident nation which is well-equipped to protect its people from anyone who tries to cast an evil eye. Paying glowing tributes to the freedom fighters and the Armed Forces personnel who have laid down their lives since independence in the […]

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: 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: 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. […]

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 […]

  NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out searches at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama in connection with a terrorism case, officials said. An NIA official related to the probe told The New Indian, “Searches are being carried out since morning in Pulwama at multiple locations.” Meanwhile, an NIA […]

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir chief secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, chaired a meeting with the concerned Administrative Secretaries to review the implementation of the Rapid Assessment System (RAS) in Jammu and Kashmir and the nature of feedback being received. It was informed that a total of 209 online services of 29 departments have been taken […]