Srinagar: Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi arrived here on Thursday evening to evaluate security measures as Jammu and Kashmir prepares for its first Assembly elections in nearly a decade and the first since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019. According to senior Army officials posted in Srinagar, Gen. Dwivedi is expected to […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Director General (Operations and Security) Nalin Prabhat, along with Anand Jain, Additional Director General of police, Jammu, visited the Tiger Division for a high-level meeting with the General Officer Commanding (GOC) and senior officers. The visit focused on reviewing and enhancing operational and security strategies in light of upcoming events in […]
Geneva: Roughly 75 per cent of the “disengagement problems” with China are sorted out but the bigger issue has been the increasing militarisation of the frontier, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday on the lingering border row in eastern Ladakh. In an interactive session at a think-tank in this Swiss city, Jaishankar said […]
Srinagar: The Congress on Thursday appealed to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to vote en masse for its alliance with the National Conference (NC) in the assembly polls and give absolute majority to the coalition to fight for the rights of the people. “We want a strong government in J-K. We appeal to the […]
Srinagar: Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid on Thursday said he would support the INDIA bloc if they commit to bringing a resolution in Parliament for restoring Article 370. “If the INDIA alliance gives me a written assurance that it will introduce a resolution in Parliament for the […]
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Thursday said her PDP is the only party that can fight the BJP’s onslaught on the identity, resources and jobs of the people of the Union Territory. She said when her People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was in power, it took the people of J-K, especially south […]
Holds security, election review meeting in Shopian Srinagar: In preparation for the upcoming Assembly Election, the Additional Director General of Police (SPNO) J&K, Vijay Kumar-IPS accompanied by IGP Kashmir V.K. Birdi-IPS & IG CRPF Shri G.K Verma-IPS, conducted a security and election review meeting at Conference Hall DPO Shopian. The meeting was attended by DIG […]
Srinagar: Flagging the slow pace of progress over saturation of 4G connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today directed the officers to work in a coordinated manner to expedite the pace of work on the project for its timely completion. He passed these directions during a review meeting at Civil Secretariat here […]
Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday held the fixed tenure of an arbitral tribunal to pass an award can be extended even after the expiry of term, saying the courts must strive to give “meaningful life” to a law to “avoid cadaveric consequences” leading to “unworkable scenarios”. The top court was dealing with conflicting judgements […]