Srinagar: Anti-narcotic Task Force (ANTF) on Friday claimed to have seized contraband worth 1.5 crores from an alleged ‘notorious drug dealer’ at Malangpora Awantipora in south-Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A statement in this regard issued reads that on receipt of specific information about a drug smuggling bid being carried out by a notorious drug dealer in […]
JAMMU: The third phase of District Development Council polls are being held today across Jammu and Kashmir amid strict security arrangements. State Election Commissioner K K Sharma said that voting will be conducted in 33 constituencies, including 16 from Kashmir and 17 from Jammu. The polling will start from 7 am to 2 pm. He […]
Somia Sadaf has a master’s in Urdu, her own dairy and poultry farm, and passion for social work Kupwara: A woman originally from Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) is among the eleven female candidates standing in DDC elections for Dragmulla constituency in frontier district Kupwara. Somia Sadaf had married a Kashmiri, Abdul Majeed Bhat, resident […]
Srinagar-Jammu highway shut today Srinagar: The meteorological department on Thursday predicted inclement weather across Kashmir valley with low to moderate snowfall in upper reaches and light rainfall in the plains for two days, starting Friday, while also predicting a substantial wet spell in the next week. The department said that the weather is likely to […]
Srinagar: National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Alliance led by Farooq Abdullah is upbeat with the unprecedented support it is receiving from people across Jammu and Kashmir. “We are doing politics in extraordinary times, never in history post 1996, has the Government of India been so disinclined […]
Srinagar: The J&K High Court directed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sonmarg Development Authority and Housing and Urban Development Department to file action taken reports on quarterly basis about implementation of the Solid Waste Management Bye-laws. The court of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Puneet Gupta ordered that status reports be filed before the […]
Srinagar: Ten more persons infected with Covid-19 died on Thursday, taking the total number of deaths related to the pandemic to 1,710 in Jammu and Kashmir. According to officials, five deaths were reported in Kashmir and five in Jammu division. The deceased persons include four from Srinagar, one from Bandipora and three from Jammu and […]
Calls for group insurance scheme for journalists NEW DELHI: The Press Council of India has urged the Government of India (GoI) to include journalists, who died due to COVID-19, in the category of ‘COVID warriors’ like doctors and other essential health staff, and provide them with the same benefits. In a letter to the GoI […]
Srinagar: On the eve of the International Day of Disabled Persons, Jammu and Kashmir Handicapped Association on Thursday held a protest demonstration here demanding implementation of the Disability Act, 2016. The protesting handicapped persons from various areas of the Kashmir Valley assembled in press enclave and chanted the slogans “We want justice” and “We want […]
JAMMU: Coming forward in support of agitating farmers, various civil society groups, Sikh organisations, and trade unions under the banner of Joint Action Committee on Thursday staged a massive protest demonstration in support of farmers who have been holding protests in five northern states against three farm laws promulgated by central government. Among the organisations […]