CBI court orders physical production of Yasin Malik on Oct 20

CBI court orders physical production of Yasin Malik on Oct 20

Jammu: A special court here on Wednesday asked the CBI to physically produce before it JKLF chief Yasin Malik, who is lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail, on October 20 in connection with the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of then Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. The special court issued the production warrant to […]

Preparations for assembly polls afoot, claims Tariq Karra

Preparations for assembly polls afoot, claims Tariq Karra

Srinagar: Senior Congress leader Tariq Hameed Karra on Wednesday hinted at assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir before the end of the year claiming truck-loads of election-related material, including EVMs, have arrived in Jammu. “Reportedly 150 Truck Loads of election material that includes EVMs & other election related stationary has reached Jammu which was downloaded […]

DGP calls for revisiting Srinagar, south Kashmir security plans

DGP calls for revisiting Srinagar, south Kashmir security plans

Orders for intensifying night patrolling in ‘grey areas’ Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Wednesday chaired a high-level joint meeting of officers here and called for revisiting the Srinagar and south Kashmir security grid plans. The top police officer chaired the meeting at Police Control Room Kashmir here this afternoon. Spl DGP CID, […]

India will position itself as ‘major tourism destination’ during G20 presidency

India will position itself as ‘major tourism destination’ during G20 presidency

New Delhi: India will position itself as a “major tourism destination” during its yearlong Presidency of G20 with visa reforms and “ease of travel”, officials have said. In his address on the last day of a three-day national conference of state tourism ministers hosted in Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh, Union Culture Minster G Kishan Reddy […]

TB Hospital in Anantnag shifted to Mattan to make way for car parking

TB Hospital in Anantnag shifted to Mattan to make way for car parking

Anantnag: The only tuberculosis hospital in entire south Kashmir, vacated from main town Anantnag to make way for a parking facility, has now been shifted to the Mattan area in the district – some 8 kilometres from the main town. TB patients in the south Kashmir region have been facing severe inconvenience as a result, […]

Erdogan brings up Kashmir issue in UNGA address

United Nations: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday once again raked up the Kashmir issue during his address to world leaders at the high-level UN General Assembly session here. “India and Pakistan, after having established their sovereignty and independence 75 years ago, they still haven’t established peace and solidarity between one another. This is […]

Jaishankar discusses Cyprus with Turkiye’s Foreign Minister

Jaishankar discusses Cyprus with Turkiye’s Foreign Minister

United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has discussed the Cyprus issue with Turkiye’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu, hours after the Turkish President raked up Kashmir in his address to the General Assembly. Jaishankar met Cavusoglu on the second day of his engagements on the sidelines of the high-level General Assembly session here. […]

J&K reports 25 fresh Covid-19 cases, one death

J&K reports 25 fresh Covid-19 cases, one death

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 25 fresh covid-19 cases while there was one death due to the virus during the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. They said four cases were reported from Jammu division and 21 cases were from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 478972. Among the cases, 173925 are from […]

Atal Dulloo calls for enhanced hand holding, promotion of FPOs

Atal Dulloo calls for enhanced hand holding, promotion of FPOs

JAMMU: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department (APD), Atal Dulloo, chaired a meeting to review status of Farmers Producers Organizations (FPOs) of Jammu division at Civil Secretariat here today. The FPOs present in the meeting are involved with products like ginger, mushroom, honey, vegetables, mustard, spices, walnut, garlic, turmeric etc. Senior officers of funding […]

DC Srinagar holds Public Grievance Redressal Camp at Baghat Barzulla

DC Srinagar holds Public Grievance Redressal Camp at Baghat Barzulla

Hands over sanction letters worth Rs 35.0 Lacs under PMEGP to beneficiaries of different schemes SRINAGAR: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad today held a Public Grievance Redressal Camp here at Baghat Barzulla in Channapora Tehsil of the District to listen to the public grievances and take appraisal of local demands at their […]