Srinagar: Lieutenant General Prashant Srivastava on Saturday assumed command of the strategically important Srinagar-based Chinar Corps, which manages the country’s border with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, besides fighting terrorists in the Valley. Lt Gen Srivastava took charge from Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai, who will assume command as the director general of military operations at the Army headquarters, […]
JAMMU: Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar on Saturday chaired a meeting to review the preparedness and preventive measures for Dengue in districts of Jammu Division. Director Health Services, Jammu, Director ULB, Deputy Commissioners, CMOs, State Malarialogist, representatives of municipalities and concerned attended the meeting. The meeting discussed the ongoing efforts, preparedness and measures for prevention […]
Srinagar: The CEO J&K Office has directed all the District Election Officers (DEOs) to stop one increment of those employees who were found campaigning for political parties during the recently conducted assembly elections after thorough scrutiny of the complaints filed against them. “…cases of all the employees against whom the complaints of involvement in election […]
Kishtwar: A government school teacher was suspended for allegedly resorting to corporal punishment to a student in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Saturday. Anayatullah Ahanger, posted at Primary School Gowarian Dhar in remote Inderwal area, was placed under immediate suspension after a video purportedly showing a student subjected to corporal punishment went […]
MENDHAR/JAMMU: An army personnel allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday, officials said. Uttarakhand native Sepoy Manish Bisht was on sentry duty at a post in Behrote in Balakote sector when he took the extreme step, the officials said. They said police have started […]
SRINAGAR: To create awareness around increasing incidences of breast cancer in Jammu & Kashmir, Fortis Hospital, Gurugram today organized an awareness programme in Srinagar’s Dal Lake. Around 150 Shikaras were tied up with pink ribbons in the Dal Lake, 2000 pink balloons were flown in the air, Local Kashmiri folk dance by local artists were […]
Urs Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA) SRINAGAR: On the directions of Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Dr Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat, the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Syed Ahmad Kataria on Saturday visited the Ziyarat Dastgeer Sahib Saraibala Amirakadal to finalize the arrangements made for smooth conduct of annual Urs of Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (RA) at […]
JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, Jammu (JKHCBAJ) organized a grand felicitation function on Saturday in presence of other Judges of the High Court, in honour of Justice N. Kotiswar Singh on his elevation to Judge of Supreme Court of India and Justice Tashi Rabstan on assuming office as the Chief Justice […]
SRINAGAR: In view of upcoming Lok Adalat which is scheduled to be held on 19th of October, 2024 for MACT and Matrimonial Cases, District Legal Services Authority, Srinagar, has scheduled a Special Lok Adalat on 14th of October, 2024, in District Court Complex (DCC) Srinagar. In this connection, Ld. Advocates and litigants who desire to […]
SRINAGAR: Continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from society, police have arrested two drug peddlers in Ganderbal and recovered contraband substances from their possession. A police party from PP Shadipora apprehended two suspicious persons while patrolling at Khan Mohallah Bund, police said in a statement. “During the search, 10.2 kg of dried […]