Jammu: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrived at the incident site where an Army convoy was ambushed in the Kathua district in which five Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer, tragically lost their lives on July 8. In the attack, five others sustained injuries in a terrorist ambush on a routine patrol vehicle […]
JAMMU: Security forces tightened their cordon around a forest area in the higher reaches of Doda district Tuesday evening following an encounter with hiding terrorists, officials said. Preliminary information revealed that at least two terrorists were hit by the retaliatory action and it is premature to say whether they are dead or injured, a police […]
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency will probe last year’s terrorist attack on an Army convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch that left five personnel dead, officials said on Tuesday. The process to take over the investigation into the matter has started and a case will be registered soon, they said. The probe will ascertain […]
Srinagar: Weatherman on Tuesday forecast “brief spell” of rain and thundershower at scattered places of Jammu Division and isolated places of Kashmir Valley till July 10. The meteorological department here also forecast a spell of light to moderate rain/thundershower at scattered to fairly widespread places from July 11-13. The MeT said in a statement to […]
Pahalgam: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today visited the Nunwan and Chandanwari base camps and reviewed the arrangements for the ongoing holy yatra of Shri Amarnath Ji. The Lt Governor interacted with the pilgrims, and enquired about their pilgrimage experience. At the Base Camps, the Lt Governor also interacted with the service providers, doctors, sanitation workers, […]
One-Day Weekly-Off, 20 Days Casual Leave For SRs, Tutors, PG Students SRINAGAR: In a progressive move aimed at enhancing the well being as well as work-life balance of Senior Residents (SRs)/ Tutors and Postgraduate (PG) students, the Health and Medical Education (H&ME) department has ordered one-day weekly-off and 20 days of Casual leaves, including five […]
Srinagar: Secretary, Health & Medical Education (H&ME) Department, Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Tuesday reviewed the creation of Department of Emergency Medicine in all the Government Medical Colleges of J&K in a meeting of senior officers of the Department that he chaired here at the Civil Secretariat, Srinagar. The meeting was attended, among others, by […]
Srinagar: Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo today chaired a meeting to assess the proposal of Tourism department to be taken up with Union Ministry of Tourism for funding by World Bank. The meeting was attended by the ACS, Forests; Commissioner Secretary, Tourism; Secretary, Revenue; Director Tourism, Jammu/Kashmir; DG Budget besides other concerned officers. During the meeting, […]
Jammu: At least three people died while as many others were injured when a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge in Kishtwar district on Tuesday. Official sources told GNS that the accident involving a Maruti Alto vechical occurred Hori Nallah, Dachhan. Soon after the accident, approximately 50 […]
Encourages departmental officers to work with enthusiasm, dedication to enhance dev outcomes SRINAGAR: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat on Tuesday chaired a meeting here at Meeting Hall of the DV Office Complex to review the progress of the Annual District Good Governance Index (DGGI) for 2023-24 The meeting aimed to assess the […]