JAMMU AND KASHMIR

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday ordered that all PM package Kashmir Pandit employees will be posted at District and Tehsil headquarters and J&K Police will ensure their security. This was stated by Lt Governor Sinha after he met a delegation led by BJP J&K President, Ravinder Raina and General Secretary (Organisation) Ashok Koul. […]

    SRINAGAR: Lt Gen Amardeep Singh Aujla on Monday took over the command of the strategic Chinar Corps from Lt Gen Devendra Pratap Pandey at Corps headquarters here. Lt Gen Pandey is moving to the Army War College in Mhow as its Commandant. Lt Gen Aujla belonged to the Rajputana Rifles regiment of the […]

SRINAGAR: The air was filled with despair, amid the sound of sobbing, as thousands of people participated in the funeral prayers of constable Ghulam Hassan Dar. Dar was shot dead by terrorists near Aiwa Bridge along Dr Ali Jan road in Srinagar district on Saturday. The funeral took place late on Saturday night, barely an […]

NEW DELHI: A distinguished soldier and a prominent member of the Kashmiri pandit community General (retd.) Tej Kaul, PVSM, AVSM, VSM was awarded the prestigious Dr Nirmala Deshpande Memorial Global Peace Award on Sunday. The awards committee of Akhil Bharat Rachanatmak Samaj (ABRS), under the chairmanship of its vice-president and former Member of Legislative Council, […]

  SRINAGAR: While the arrival of spring is celebrated across the globe, it is a cause of worry for many in the land this is famously described as heaven on earth. As the world is battling COVID-19 for the past two years, the people of Kashmir are battling pollen allergy – which became worse this […]

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has said that Pakistan has “no locus standi” to comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Jammu and Kashmir. The MEA’s response came after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had termed PM Modi’s recent visit to Jammu as “staged”. “I do not understand the word […]

NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday carried out searches at more than 14 locations in Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Delhi in connection with alleged irregularities in the award of contracts for two projects in the Union Territory. A CBI spokesperson here said that the agency was […]

BARAMULLA: The Jammu and Kashmir administration is committed to addressing all issues pertaining to the youth in order to empower them, said Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and cautioned parents against extremist elements. Addressing a programme in Pattan area here to celebrate the successful fructification of the “Personality Development Programme” popularly known as ‘Sahi Rasta’, Sinha […]

SRINAGAR: About 80 lakhs people have visited Kashmir in the last few months, breaking all records of tourist arrivals in the Valley in the last 10 years, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Saturday and termed the year as the “golden period”. “Record number of people are visiting Kashmir and this is […]

SRINAGAR: To tap terror activities in the valley, Jammu and Kashmir Police have started a major crackdown against those harbouring Pakistan-sponsored terrorism activities and are attaching immoveable properties. The Srinagar police on Thursday tweeted: “Process has started for attachment of some immovable properties which have been used for purpose of terrorism as per section 2(g) […]