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Yearly Archives: 2018

Entrepreneurial ventures must for tackling unemployment: Minister

Jammu: Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment, Choudhary Lal Singh, today called upon the unemployed youth to start their own ventures for earning a...

Congress steps in election mode

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress president G A Mir today asked party cadres to get ready to take on the PDP-BJP government in...

1,749 people died in 10,160 road accidents

  Jammu: A total of 1,749 persons lost their lives in around 10,000 road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir in past two years, Chief Minister...

547 people committed suicide in two years

Jammu: As many as 547 people committed suicide in Jammu and Kashmir during the past two years, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said today. In a...

Editorial: Rising suicide cases

Srinagar: Though considered as one of the gravest sin's in Islam suicides in the Muslim majority state of Jammu and Kashmir have been showing...

CRPF trooper shoots self in south Kashmir

Anantnag: A paramilitary trooper of 164 Battalion of Central Reserve Police Force committed suicide on Wednesday evening at Kokernag area in South Kashmir’s Anantnag...

8,935 enquiries pending with DVOs of different depts in J&K: SVC

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Commission (SVC) said 8,935 enquiries are pending with vigilance officers of different government departments for nine years. According...

Pak claims India ‘distracting’ it from counter-terror efforts

Islamabad: Pakistan today claimed that India was "distracting" it from counter-terrorism efforts as it briefed foreign diplomats on the country's credentials amid criticism by...

More cops killed in Chhatisgarh than J&K due to Maoists: Centre

New Delhi: More policemen were being killed in Chhattisgarh every year due to the Maoist problem, than in militancy-prone Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre...

MHA gives Rs 226 cr to paramilitary forces for gadgets

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry has sanctioned Rs 226 crore to the paramilitary forces for procurement of telecommunication equipment and some other gadgets,...

CBI records Farooq’s statement in JKCA embezzlement case

New Delhi: The CBI has recorded the statement of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abullah in connection with its probe into the...

J&K GSDP to grow at 8.49 pc in 2017-18: Survey

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir will show a growth of 8.49 per cent in Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) in the current fiscal, State Economic...

Two SKUAST-K scientists felicitated

New Delhi: Union Minister for Agriculture on Wednesday felicitated several scientists including two Kashmiri researchers for their contribution in documentation, characterisation and registration of...

Forces lay siege to Shopian village

Shopian: A cordon and search operation has been started by government forces in Wathoo village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Official sources said  that search...

FM finalizes Budget 2018-19

JAMMU: The Finance Minister, Dr Haseeb Drabu today gave final touches to the Budget 2018-19 to be presented by him in the State Legislature...

CASO in Kokernag village

Anantnag: A day after a gunfight broke between militants and government forces in Larnoo area of South Kashmir's Kokernag area, government forces have yet...

No death reported due to Hepatitis-B in Kashmir: Bali Bhagat

JAMMU: Minister for Health and Medical Education, Bali Bhagat today said that no death has been reported in the Kashmir division so far due...

J&K has hydro power potential of 16,475 MW: J-K govt

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir has a potential to produce 16,475 MW of hydro power as per the assessment made by Central Electricity Authority (CEA),...

SC to form fresh SIT to monitor probe into 186 anti-Sikh riot

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said it would constitute a fresh three-member SIT, to be headed by a former high court judge, to...

21,400 hectares under illegal possession of Army in JK: CM

Jammu: Over 21,400 hectares of land are under unauthorised occupation of Army and other security forces in Jammu and Kashmir, state legislative assembly was...

JK Cong chief asks partymen to gear up for panchayat polls

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress president G A Mir today asked party cadres to get ready to take on the PDP-BJP government in...

Army kills 138 Pak soldiers in 2017 in tactical ops

New Delhi: The Indian Army killed 138 Pakistan Army personnel in 2017 in tactical operations and retaliatory cross-border firings along the Line of Control...

US revokes citizenship of Indian native; faces deportation

Washington: The US has revoked the American citizenship of an Indian-origin man who reportedly defrauded the authorities, making it the first denaturalisation case under...

Srinagar shivers under season’s lowest temperature

Srinagar: Fringes of the famous Dal Lake and other water bodies in Srinagar - the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir - have frozen...

JRL calls for shutdown on January 13

Srinagar: Terming the killing of a civilian in Kulgam as “genocide” of Kashmiris, the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for complete shutdown across...

Protest against power outage, water shortage in Watergam

Rafiabad: The residents from Watergam and its adjoining villages on Wednesday held a protest demonstration and also blocked Baramulla-Handwara National Highway road to mark...

1,749 people died in 10,160 accidents in J&K in 2016, 17: CM

  Jammu: A total of 1,749 persons lost their lives in around 10,000 road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir in past two years, Chief Minister...

Kargil shivers at minus 23.6 as severe cold grips JK

Srinagar: Intense cold tightened its noose over the state as night temperatures dipped further in the Valley as Kargil in Ladakh region recorded night...

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