Shah requests Owaisi to accept Z category security

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday requested Asaduddin Owaisi, president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, to accept Z category security offered by the government after a recent attack on his car.       Making a statement in Rajya Sabha, Shah said that a government assessment has found that Owaisi still faces […]

J-K Police to soon file charge sheet against three in Srinagar acid attack case

  Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police will soon file a charge sheet against three persons, including a juvenile, in the recent Srinagar acid attack case to ensure exemplary punishment for them and to create deterrence among those having such “barbaric” tendencies, a top police officer said on Monday. Inspector General (Kashmir range) Vijay Kumar […]

Residential house gutted in Bandipora blaze

  Bandipora: A double-storey residential house was completely gutted on Monday in a fire incident in Chitteybandy village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, leaving the family shelterless and causing loss of property, officials said.   The officials said that fire broke out in the two storey house belongs to Khursheed Ahmad Ganie Son of Gulam […]

Gulmarg, Pahalgam Receive Fresh Snowfall, Light Rains In Parts Of Kashmir Valley

    Srinagar: Famous resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam received fresh snowfall while rains lashed plains in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.   A meteorological department official said  that Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K, had 0.8mm of rainfall during the last 24 hours till 0830 hours today and recorded a low of 2.2°C […]

India logs 83,876 fresh COVID-19 cases, 895 more deaths

          New Delhi: India on Monday reported 83,876 fresh COVID-19 cases that took its total tally to 4,22,72,014, according to Union health ministry data.   This is the first time in around 32 days that daily cases have dropped below one lakh.   The death toll climbed to 5,02,874 with 895 […]

Nawakadal blaze: One more injured succumbs, toll reaches two

        Srinagar,:A 48-year-old man, who had sustained severe burn injuries in a fire incident on January 20, 2022 at Jamalata area of Nawakadal Srinagar, has succumbed to his injuries on Monday at SMHS hospital here, taking the toll of deaths to two.   Official sources said that Abdul Majeed Gujri, son of […]

As 3rd Covid-19 Wave Ebbs, Govt Lifts Weekend Lockdown

    Srinagar, : As third wave of the covid-19 ebbed, J&K government on Sunday lifted weekend restrictions and also allowed coaching centres to resume offline teaching with a rider. However, according to an order by State Executive Committee headed by Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, the night curfew shall continue across Jammu and […]

At 1151, J&K Logs Lowest Daily Covid-19 Tally In 26 Days, 9 Persons Die

  Srinagar: Jammu and Kahsmir recorded 1148 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday— the lowest in the past 26 days. Nine persons also succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, the officials told GNS. 511 of the fresh cases, they said, were reported from Jammu Division and 640 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall […]

Charanjit Singh Channi to be Cong CM face for Punjab polls: Rahul Gandhi

Ludhiana: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday declared Charanjit Singh Channi as his party’s chief ministerial face for the high-stakes Punjab Assembly polls. Gandhi made this announcement while addressing a virtual rally here. “People of Punjab said we need a CM from ‘gareeb ghar’ (poor family),” said Gandhi. The other main contender for the party’s […]

All withdrawn posts to be re-advertised, fast racked for fair and transparent recruitment

  Jammu: All the vacancies recalled by a recent decision of the Administrative Council shall be referred again to recruitment agencies for fast track recruitment as per the new domicile, reservation and recruitment rules providing equal opportunity to all. A free, fair and merit based selection shall be quickly ensured.   It is also clarified […]