Temp rises at most places in Valley

Temp rises at most places in Valley

Srinagar: The minimum temperature rose and stayed above the freezing point at most places in Kashmir owing to a cloud cover as the weather is expected to remain dry over the next week, officials said here on Saturday. The night temperature rose at several places in the Valley with Gulmarg and Pahalgam being the only […]

Counting of votes in 3 states today

Counting of votes in 3 states today

New Delhi: When counting of votes for four assembly polls are over on Sunday, their results will not only have a major impact on the country’s political landscape but may also mark a defining turn in the fortunes of several regional satraps, especially in the BJP, around whom politics in their states have revolved for […]

Rs 2,200-crore Kiru Hydro Power Project: CBI conducting searches over ‘graft’ in contract

Rs 2,200-crore Kiru Hydro Power Project: CBI conducting searches over ‘graft’ in contract

New Delhi: The CBI is conducting searches at six locations in four cities in connection with the alleged graft flagged by former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik in awarding the contract for the Rs 2,200-crore civil work for the Kiru Hydro Power Project in Kishtwar in 2019, officials said on Saturday. The searches […]

Govt ensuring benefits of welfare measures reach poor: LG

Govt ensuring benefits of welfare measures reach poor: LG

Srinagar: Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Friday said that people should actively participate in the Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra’. Sinha further added that people should avail the “on-spot services” being provided and disseminate the information about the schemes. He highlighted the efforts of the J&K government to ensure benefits of welfare measures reach the poor […]

‘Ready to hold assembly polls in J&K whenever ECI wants’

‘Ready to hold assembly polls in J&K whenever ECI wants’

Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has said his administration is ready to hold assembly polls in the Union Territory whenever the Election Commission of India directs it to do so. Taking a swipe at certain political leaders for spreading misinformation about elections, LG Sinha said he would leave Jammu and Kashmir only after successfully conducting […]

Atal Dulloo takes over as new chief secretary

Atal Dulloo takes over as new chief secretary

Jammu: Senior IAS officer Atal Dulloo on Friday took over as the new chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, and received a rousing reception from hundreds of civil secretariat employees here. Dulloo succeeded Arun Kumar Mehta who retired at the end of November. According to an order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Dulloo, […]

Rs 250-crore money laundering case: ED arrests former J&K Co-operative Bank chairman

Rs 250-crore money laundering case: ED arrests former J&K Co-operative Bank chairman

Srinagar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested former J&K State Co-operative Bank chairman Mohammad Shafi Dar in connection with a Rs 250-crore money laundering case, officials said on Friday. Dar was arrested along with Mohammad Hilal A Mir, the chairman of the River Jhelum Cooperative House Building Society, a “fictitious firm”, according to the officials. […]

Weather to remain dry for now: MeT

Weather to remain dry for now: MeT

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s Sonamarg tourist resort recorded light snowfall for the second day on Friday while the Meteorological Department forecast significant improvement in weather across the Union Territory, officials said. The three-week dry spell in Kashmir ended on Thursday with snowfall in the higher reaches of the Valley and rains in the plains. While […]

Protest in KU over NIT student’s social media post

Protest in KU over NIT student’s social media post

Srinagar: A protest march was taken out in the Kashmir University (KU) campus here on Friday against a social media post of a non-local student of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) that has allegedly hurt religious sentiments, officials said. The march was taken out in the university complex, located in the Hazratbal area of […]

‘CBSE not to award overall division, distinction in class 10, 12 board exams’

‘CBSE not to award overall division, distinction in class 10, 12 board exams’

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education will not award any overall division or distinction in class 10 and 12 board examinations, a senior official said on Friday. The board will continue the practice of awarding marks in each subject and it is for the higher education institution or employer concerned to calculate the […]