JAMMU: Militants and their masters are frustrated by witnessing huge participation of people in the ongoing electoral process and are attempting to create disturbance, said Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Tuesday. Chairing a series of joint security review meetings at Sopore, Bandipora and Ganderbal, he hailed the role of police and other security […]
NEW DELHI: The government has said the winter session of Parliament will not be held this year in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and that it will be appropriate to convene the budget session in January next year. In a letter to leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad […]
SRINAGAR: Businessman-turned-politician Syed Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday said that the response shown by people to the District Development Council (DDC) polls was a lesson for political parties that elections and the Kashmir issue were not connected to each other in any way Talking on the sidelines of the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party’s (JKAP) first […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Tuesday stayed the operation of a government notification dated 25 November, 2020, with regard to disengaging lecturers/ teacher assistants working in the Higher Education Department. The court passed the order while hearing a contempt plea wherein the petitioners (lecturers/ teaching assistants) had submitted that the respondents had violated the […]
Srinagar: Night temperatures in the Kashmir Valley dipped below the freezing point owing to a clear sky, with the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg shivering at minus 10.2 degrees Celsius, Meteorological department officials said here on Tuesday. All weather stations in the Valley recorded sub-zero night temperatures several degrees below the normal for this part of […]
Jammu: The Northern Railway will be completing the most difficult 111-kilometre long section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link by December 2022 that would connect Kashmir to the rest of India through the railway network, a senior official said on Tuesday. “The work is going on in full swing. The prestigious project will be completed by […]
Municipality says will send them packing soon SHOPIAN: Even after strict orders from Municipal Committee Shopian to not to use the exteriors of Jamia Masjid Shopian, dozens of such vendors have again appeared around this historic site and have installed carts and other goods. Since last year authorities have spent tens of lacs of rupees […]
SRINAGAR: Srinagar Municipal Corporation conducted an anti encroachment drive at the entire stretch of Lal Chowk, Gurudwara road, Amira Kadal road, Koker Bazaar , Mahraja Bazaar and adjoining areas. The drive was conducted under the supervision of Chief Anti Encroachment Officer Umar Din Who was accompanied by the Anti Encroachment squad. During the drive the […]
Pampore: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson and a prominent national leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Tuesday addressed a public gathering in a village in Pampore block of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Hussain was campaigning for Bharatiya Janata Party nominated candidate for District Development Council (DDC) elections from Pampore block, Babeta Bhat. Addressing the gathering at […]
Ganderbal: Central University of Kashmir (CUK), Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mehraj ud Din Mir Tuesday inaugurated ‘Ta’aruf’, an induction programme for the fresh batch of the students of M. Tech Information Technology organized by the Department of Information Technology, School of Engineering and Technology, at Tulmulla Campus here. Welcoming the new students, Prof. Mehraj ud Din Mir […]