New Delhi: India has been pressing for resolving the Ukraine conflict through diplomacy and dialogue and it is ready to contribute to any peace process, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday after holding wide-ranging talks with visiting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The talks between the two leaders covered the entire gamut of bilateral ties […]
Jammu: As part of its preparations for the annual Amarnath yatra, authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have directed the Border Roads Organisation to clear snow from the twin routes leading to the 3,880 metre high holy cave shrine before the end of April. The yatra usually starts in June or July from the traditional 48-km […]
Says When People Have Money For Iphones, Internets Or Games, Why Well-Off Can’t Pay For Services Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Friday said he wonders why there was a “hue and cry” over imposition of “nominal” property tax when people can buy . “In a small union territory like J&K where there is no income […]
Jammu: Opposing imposition of property tax in Jammu and Kashmir from April 1, Chamber of Commerce and Industries Jammu (CCIJ) on Friday threatened to call for a shutdown in Jammu if the government fails to withdraw the order. “Chamber is of the firm opinion that this order of imposition of property tax should be withdrawn […]
Ramban/Jammu: The administration on Friday attached the property of a man allegedly involved in militant activities in Ramban district, officials said. Abdul Majid Lone, a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force, was arrested in connection with a blast near a police post in Ind area of Gool belt on August 2 last year. […]
Banihal/Jammu: A government school teacher in Ramban district was suspended on Friday for criticising government policies on social media, officials said. Joginder Singh, a teacher at a school in Chanderkot, was running four Facebook pages as a socio-political activist to conceal his real identity, they said. He was criticising government policies and posting anti-government posts […]
Jammu: Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik appeared via video-conferencing before a special court here on Friday and an eyewitness identified him in the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of then Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. The eyewitness corroborated that he had gone to Sopore in Baramulla district of north […]
United Nations: India slammed Pakistan after it referred to Jammu and Kashmir during a special session on Ukraine in the UN General Assembly, terming the provocation as “regrettable and misplaced” and calling out Islamabad’s track record of harbouring and providing safe havens to (militants) with impunity. “I’m taking the floor today to say that India […]
New Delhi: The discovery of lithium in Jammu and Kashmir is significant for India’s push towards electric vehicles but any environmental gains could be negated if it is not mined carefully, say experts, citing risks such as air pollution and soil degradation in the fragile Himalayan region. The Geological Survey of India recently identified a […]
Jammu: The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway has been closed to vehicular traffic for repair and maintenance work, officials said on Friday. The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday announced the suspension of vehicular traffic on the highway on February 24, March 3 and 10 for repair and maintenance. “The highway will remain closed for the day […]