Asks Security Agencies To Adopt Whole-Of-The Govt Approach Towards National Security New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday stressed on greater synergy among security and law enforcement agencies to dismantle terror networks and their supporting ecosystem to address the evolving security threat scenario of the country. He chaired a high Level Meeting with […]
Jammu: Amid a rise in terror incidents in the Jammu region over the past few few weeks, Union Minister Jitendra Singh Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is regularly reviewing the security situation and a new strategy has been adopted to neutralise terrorists. Singh said village defence guards (VDGs), which have played a crucial role […]
SRINAGAR: The counter-infiltration operation that led to the killing of two militants along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district was initiated on intelligence input generated by J&K Police, officials said on Friday. Two militants suspected to be foreigners were killed on Thursday while they were trying to infiltrate across the LoC to the […]
Srinagar: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today reviewed progress on JK Samadhan initiative, a key good governance project launched by the UT administration in partnership with the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N). The review meeting focused on assessing the current status and future steps of the initiative. The meeting was attended by […]
SRINAGAR: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting at Civil Secretariat to review the progress of transitioning the Jammu and Kashmir Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (JK EPFO) to the Central EPFO under the Ministry of Labour & Employment, GoI. The meeting highlighted a substantial increase in subscriber accounts. Before 2019, there were 490,336 accounts, […]
Srinagar: The Central Administrative Tribunal’s Jammu Bench has imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on a former IAS officer for filing a “mischievous and frivolous” plea against the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and other senior bureaucrats. The tribunal’s judicial member Rajinder Dogra, in the July 16 order, said the application filed by […]
SRINAGAR: Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) has intensified its drive against non-payment of electricity bills and remotely disconnected thousands of smart-metered consumers. Similarly, in flat-rated areas, those consumers who haven’t paid their pending dues for months together are being physically disconnected, till they clear their bills with KPDCL. In a press statement issued here […]
New Delhi: As families of Indians, including students studying in various educational institutions in Bangladesh, express concern over being cut off due to slow internet services, the Indian government has urged them to follow the latest developments on the websites of the High Commission of India in Bangladesh and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). […]
Srinagar: The National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday called on the Ministry of External Affairs to facilitate the safe repatriation of Kashmiri students studying in Bangladesh. This appeal comes amidst violent protests in the neighboring country over demands to end a job quota system. NC leader and Srinagar Lok Sabha […]
Srinagar: A clash broke out between police and some people who were protesting against the shortage of drinking water in Baramulla district on Friday, officials said. The personal security officers of BJP leaders were also injured when protesters resorted to stone pelting. The protest was held on the Srinagar-Baramulla highway in Mirgund locality of Pattan, […]