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Sagar briefly allowed to offer funeral prayers of father-in-law

Srinagar: National Conference general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar, who is under detention since the abrogation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on...

HC directs for CBI probe into illegal constructions at Patnitop

Jammu: Taking note of illegal constructions at the famous hill resort of Patnitop, Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the CBI to conduct...

Government allocates 4 more parking slots in city

SRINAGAR: Government on Wednesday allocated four more parking slots in the city centre. The space has been created at Sangarmal, Srinagar, Astro turf TRC, and...

Govt announces restoration of SMS, internet in hospitals

Jammu: Internet services in all government-run hospitals and SMS to all mobile phones will be restored from December 31 midnight in the Kashmir Valley,...

Lakhanpur toll plaza abolished

Jammu: Meeting a long-pending demand of local people and traders, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Monday abolished the road tariff at Lakhanpur toll...

160 militants killed, 102 arrested in Kashmir this year: DGP

Jammu: As many as 160 militants were killed and 102 arrested in Jammu and Kashmir in 2019, while 250 militants were still active, Director...

General Mukund Naravane takes charge as Army chief

New Delhi: Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday took over as the 28th Chief of Army Staff, helming the 1.3 million-strong force at a...

‘India reserves right to pre-emptively strike at sources of terror’

New Delhi: In a stern warning to Pakistan, Army chief Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane on Tuesday said India reserves the right to pre-emptively strike...

Slight respite from cold as MeT predicts snow

SRINAGAR: People in the Kashmir Valley had a respite from bone-chilling cold on Tuesday after there was a slight improvement in night temperature which...

Water supply affected in Shopian

Shopian: Hundreds of inhabitants are facing acute shortage of water supply in south Kashmir’s Shopian as water supply lines are frozen because of freezing...

Tremors jolt J&K

New Delhi: Four medium intensity tremors with magnitudes ranging between 4.7 and 5.5 hit Jammu and Kashmir in a span of less than two...

KPC demands immediate restoration of internet to media fraternity

Srinagar: Kashmir Press Club held a meeting at the club in which all editors’ bodies and journalist associations unanimously demanded restoration of internet services...

Speed up work on Srinagar-Jammu highway: LG to NHAI

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu on Tuesday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited...

Gen Rawat appointed first Chief of Defence Staff

New Delhi: Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat was on Monday appointed India’s first Chief of Defence Staff with a mandate to bring in convergence...

STPs to be upgraded to check rising pollution levels in Dal Lake

Srinagar: After facing much delay, Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs) around Dal Lake are going to be upgraded to control pollution levels in the lake. The...

Budgam Anganwadi workers without honorarium for 10 months

BUDGAM: Anganwadi workers and helpers here said that they are without honorarium for ten months “while the department of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)...

HC quashes detention of political detainee from Kulgam

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir HC on Tuesday overturned the PSA detention of National Conference youth leader Ishtiyaq Ahmad Ganie on the ground that...

Increase in forest cover: JK figures among top 5

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir has figured among top five states of the country in terms of increase in its forest cover area over past...

LG , Advisor Sharma extend New Year greetings to people

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu and Advisor K.K Sharma Tuesday have extended warm greetings to the people on the eve of New Year. In...

Arms licence scam: CBI searches residences of bureaucrats in Srinagar, Jammu

Srinagar: Nearly two years after the Rajasthan police unearthed the scam, the CBI on Monday carried out searches at 13 places in the union...

Kumar takes over as IGP Kashmir

Srinagar: The newly appointed inspector general of police, Kashmir Vijay Kumar assumed the office here on Monday. He replaced IGP SP Pani, who has been...

MeT predicts snow spell from Jan 1

Srinagar: Kashmir is expecting to be draped with snow on New Year as weather department predicted moderate snow in plains as well as hilly...

5 political detainees released in Srinagar after 4 months

Srinagar: Five political leaders, who had been under preventive detention for the past 148 days, were released from the MLA hostel on Monday by...

High Court opens its jobs for non-local candidates

Jammu: Opening the state employment in the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh for candidates from across the country after nullification of Article 370,...

GoI sponsored project meant to reduce power losses in Kashmir abandoned halfway

SRINAGAR: A project that was meant for reducing transmission and distribution (T&D) losses which is one of the main reasons for power cuts in...

Grave injustice with youth: JKNPP

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers party on Monday accused the Union territory’s government of having jeopardized the career of unemployed educated youths in...

Protect govt jobs for locals: NC

Jammu: National Conference Provincial president Devender Singh Rana on Monday demanded protection of government jobs for locals in Jammu and Kashmir, saying unemployment has...

HC asks government to amend existing vehicle registration rules

Srinagar: In order to ensure that there is effective mechanism in place to deal with private and public parking of vehicles, the High Court...

Internet blockade: MHRD extends date for valley students selected for scholarship

SRINAGAR: In a major relief to over two hundred Kashmiri students, who qualified last year’s National Merit-cum Means Scholarship (NMMS), the Ministry of Human...

Uri villagers seek restoration of road link

BARAMULLA: The residents of Churanda and Batgran in Uri have demanded immediate restoration of the road connecting them to Tehsil Headquaters Uri. The residents said...

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