Srinagar: Kashmir Press Club held a meeting at the club in which all editors’ bodies and journalist associations unanimously demanded restoration of internet services to media fraternity in the Valley without any delay. Kashmir Press Club, Kashmir Editors Guild, JK Editors Forum, Kashmir Union of Working Journalists, Kashmir Working Journalists Association, Kashmir Press Photographers Association, […]
‘Install crash barriers in accident prone areas’
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu on Tuesday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) to expedite the pace of work on the four-laning of Ramban to Banihal and two-laning of Chenani-Sudhmahadev road. The Lt Governor passed these directions while reviewing the progress of various […]
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 in functioning of the Army, the Navy and the Indian Air Force and bolster the country’s military prowess. His appointment to the newly created post came a day before he was […]
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 three STPs installed in 2008 at Hazratbal , Habbak and Lam equipped with Fluidized Aerobic Bio-reactor (FAB) technology are going to be upgraded with Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) technology Vice Chairman […]
BUDGAM: Anganwadi workers and helpers here said that they are without honorarium for ten months “while the department of Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) has released it”. The workers and helpers from various zones of the Beerwah tehsil here said that they have approached the concerned project officer of ICDS regarding this issue, “but our […]
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir HC on Tuesday overturned the PSA detention of National Conference youth leader Ishtiyaq Ahmad Ganie on the ground that the detaining authority has failed to mention in the detention order about the petitioners right to make representation. The Court of Justice Ali Mohamd Magray gave a reference to the judgement […]
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir has figured among top five states of the country in terms of increase in its forest cover area over past two years. As per biennial report of Forest Survey of India, Dehradun, released yesterday, JK has figured among the top five states that have registered maximum increase in forest cover during […]
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 his message, the Lt Governor said that the New Year is a perfect occasion to resolve and direct our best efforts to work collectively to usher in a new era […]
Srinagar: Nearly two years after the Rajasthan police unearthed the scam, the CBI on Monday carried out searches at 13 places in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir which included premises of senior IAS officers Yasha Mudgal and Kumar Rajeev Ranjan. The CBI, which was handed over the case in August last year, is […]
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 shifted to Armed Police. A 1997 IPS officer, Kumar has served in the JK at various posts. He has served as SDPO Ganderbal, SP Ops Pulwama, SP Awantipora, SP Kulgam, […]