Srinagar: The Congress was ready to contest on its own all 90 seats in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections and the alliance with the National Conference was forged under a “national compulsion”, Pradesh Congress Committee chief Tariq Hameed Karra said on Saturday. The alliance was forged for the stability and betterment of the people […]
Anantnag (J-K): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will address two election rallies in Jammu and Kashmir on September 4 to campaign for the candidates of the NC-Congress alliance, a senior Congress leader said on Saturday. AICC general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir told PTI Videos here that it was the desire of […]
Srinagar: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today chaired a meeting to review the implementation of the Jal Shakti Abhiyan-Catch the Rain (JSA-CTR) campaign in Jammu & Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Additional Chief Secretaries of Jal Shakti and Forest, Ecology & Environment Departments; Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production; Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Mission; Deputy Commissioners and […]
Srinagar: The Meteorological Centre, Srinagar on Saturday said there is a possibility of heavy rain between September 2 and 3 in remote areas, while it said moderate rain should be expected at many places. In addition to rain, the MeT said that flash floods, landslides, and shooting stones should too be expected over few vulnerable […]
New Delhi: After a wetter-than-normal August, India is likely to experience above normal rainfall in September, with heavy to very heavy precipitation expected in northwest India and the surrounding areas. Above normal rainfall is likely over most parts of India, except for some areas in extreme northwest India, many parts of the southern peninsula, northern […]
Jammu: A top Army officer on Saturday reviewed the security situation in the Doda and Kishtwar districts of Chenab valley, which is going to polls along with south Kashmir districts in the first phase on September 18, officials said. General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Jammu-based White Knight Corps Lt General Navin Sachdeva also assessed the […]
New Delhi: Calling China a ‘unique problem’, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India is not the only country in the world that is having a debate about that country. Addressing the ET World Leaders Forum on Saturday, Jaishankar said everyone chose to consciously overlook the nature of Chinese production decades ago, and are […]
Srinagar: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo today chaired a meeting of Health & Medical Education (H&ME) Department to review the functioning of Medical Colleges of the UT here. Besides Secretary H&ME, the meeting was attended by Director, SKIMS; Principal GMC Srinagar/Jammu; Director Health Jammu/Kashmir and Principals of New Medical Colleges. During meeting, the Chief Secretary observed […]
Srinagar: In a pipping ceremony held at Police Headquarters (PHQ) this afternoon, the Director General of Police, J&K, Shri R.R. Swain decorated Dr. Sunil Gupta with the rank of Inspector General of Police (IGP). ADGP (Headquarters) PHQ, Shri M.K. Sinha, was present on the occasion to witness the significant milestone in Dr. Gupta’s illustrious career. […]
Jammu/Srinagar: Three persons were killed and several others were injured in separate road accidents in Jammu, Doda and Ganderbal districts on Saturday, police said. A student, Surbhi Kumari (18), was killed and eight other passengers, including six girls, were injured when a minibus turned turtle after colliding with a car at the Kunjwani bypass here. […]