Srinagar: Highlighting north Kashmir as a battleground for the BJP’s “experimental policies”, the Congress’ Jammu and Kashmir chief Tariq Hameed Karra on Friday urged the region’s electorate to vote intelligently in the final phase of the assembly polls. Claiming that the saffron party’s “experimental policies” posed a risk of division and destabilisation, Karra emphasised the […]
Baramulla: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed demonstrated that embracing Kashmiri identity did not mean being a militant or owing allegiance to separatist groups such as the Hurriyat, senior PDP leader Waheed Para said here on Friday. Sayeed’s vision brought the Kashmir issue to the forefront of political dialogue, reframing it as […]
NEW DELHI: Union Ministry of Tourism today announced Aru village, part of Pahalgam in Anantnag, as one of the winners of prestigious ‘Best Tourism Villages of India’ award. The announcement was made on the occasion of World Tourism Day. Introduced in 2023, the Best Tourism Villages Competition aims to identify and recognize villages that preserve […]
Jammu: In a first, the Home Department of Jammu and Kashmir Government has accorded sanction to the appointment of Army Officer Colonel Vikrant Prashar from Para High Altitude Warfare School Gulmarg, as the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Training and Special Operations, Jammu and Kashmir Police. “In the interest of administration, sanction is hereby accorded […]
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government Friday relieved Abhishek Mahajan (2013-batch UP cadre IPS officer), who was last posted in the Police Headquarters. “In pursuance of the approval of Competent Authority and NOC obtained from Election Commission of India, for repatriation of Dr. Abhishek Mahajan, IPS (UP:2013), to his parent cadre, upon completion of his […]
New York: Turkish President Recap Tayyip Erdogan did not mention Kashmir in his address at the United Nations General Assembly this year, the first time he has skipped the issues since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. The focus of his 35-minute speech this year was the humanitarian situation in Gaza, where over 40,000 […]
Jammu: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a meeting of the State Broadband Committee of Jammu Kashmir at Civil Secretariat Jammu. Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) IT, Dheeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary, PDD, H. Rajesh Prasad, Commissioner Secretary, H&UDD, Mandeep Kaur; Secretary, PWD, Bhupinder Kumar, CGM BSNL, Saurabh Tyagi and other concerned officers of allied departments attended […]
Jammu: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today reviewed the progress on PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana and solarization of government buildings with senior officers of Science and Technology Department at Civil Secretariat, Jammu. Present in the meeting were Principal Secretary, PDD, Principal Secretary, Finance, Commissioner Secretary, Science & Technology, MD JPDCL/KPDCL, Executive Director, JKSPDCL, CPM […]
Jammu: At a ceremony held today in the Convention Centre, Justice Tashi Rabstan was sworn in as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. He made and subscribed to the oath of office before the Lieutenant Governor, UT of J&K, Shri Manoj Sinha. KR Desk
Srinagar: At least three candidates who contested the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections in the second phase were seeking a record seventh term in the House. These are the first assembly elections being held since 2014 and the first after the 2019 reorganisation of the erstwhile state. National Conference leader and former finance minister Abdul […]