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BJP fails to deliver on promise of filling vacant govt posts in J&K

Srinagar: Three years ago, when the BJP withdrew from its coalition with the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir, it said that all vacant positions...

JK reports 181 new Covid cases

SRINAGAR: The government on Thursday informed that 181 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 67 from Jammu division and 114 from Kashmir...

Barred from meeting Mirwaiz: Hurriyat leaders

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference executive members Prof Abdul Ghani Bhat, Bilal Lone and Masroor Abbas Ansari on Thursday held an urgent meeting at Bilal Lone's...

Six judges’ posts vacant in J&K and Ladakh High Court

Srinagar: The Ministry of Law and Justice on Thursday informed Parliament that a total of six judges' seats are lying vacant in the High...

UPSC selects 12 JKPS officers for IPS

Srinagar: A high-level panel headed by Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) member T.C.A Anant on Thursday selected 12 officers of 1999-batch of Jammu &...

7 dead, 17 injured, 16 missing as cloudburst washes away entire village in Kishtwar

80 residential houses damaged in Bijbehara, MeT predicts heavy to very heavy rainfall till Friday Srinagar: Seven bodies have so far been retrieved from the...

Ramban admin sounds alert as Chenab swells

RAMBAN: In view of adverse weather forecast by the Meteorological Department and the increase in the water level in the Chenab River amid incessant...

Govt announces Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia to kin of deceased

JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each for the Next of Kin of those who lost their lives...

Govt closely monitoring situation: PM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that the central government is closely monitoring the situation in Kishtwar and Kargil following cloudbursts. All...

PDP Foundation Day: Mehbooba raises bugle for fight against BJP, which she likens to East India Company

SRINAGAR: On the foundation day of Peoples Democratic Party (PDS), its president Mehbooba Mufti took a jibe at its former coalition partner BJP as...

166 fresh Covid cases and one more death

SRINAGAR: One hundred sixty cases of Covid-19 were reported on Wednesday while one death by the infection was reported in Jammu and Kashmir. An official...

Govt signs MoU with JSWF for restoration, conservation of Shalimar, Nishat gardens

SRINAGAR: The J&K government on Wednesday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with JSW Foundation for restoration and conservation of Shalimar and Nishat gardens. In...

J&K to be granted statehood after normalcy is restored: Govt

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir would be granted statehood at an "appropriate" time after normalcy is restored there, the government told Parliament on Wednesday. Minister...

HC strikes down detention of Shopian man accused of making explosives in Batamaloo shop

Also quashes PSA slapped on Jamaat member from Pulwama and another Shopian resident Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Wednesday overturned the PSA detention order...

Militants hurl grenade at police in Baramulla, no damage caused

Srinagar: Suspected militants hurled a grenade towards a police team in the Baramulla district onWednesday, but it exploded without causing any damage, officials said. "Militants...

59% decline in militancy incidents in J&K last year: Govt

New Delhi: The number of incidents of militancy incidents has come down in Jammu and Kashmir in the last two years, the government informed...

Aharbal operation concludes after night-long searches

Militant killed on Monday said to be Shopian youth who joined Lashkar in 2017 Anantnag: The nightlong operation in the forest area of Aharbal, here...

Sunday’s gunfight under cloud as family calls encounter fake

Anantnag: Imran Dar, the “militant” that was killed early Sunday morning in a gunfight with government forces in Yaripora area of Kulgam, had no...

Youth shot dead in Srinagar’s Nawa Kadal

Police say rivalry between local gangs behind the killing Srinagar: A 25-year-old youth was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Srinagar’s Downtown area on Tuesday. The...

Kashmir realising how democracy reconciles differences: President

Srinagar: President Ram Nath Kovind asserted on Tuesday that democracy has the capacity to reconcile all differences and bring out the best of the...

107 fresh Covid cases

SRINAGAR: One hundred and seven fresh Covid cases were reported in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday while no new case of death by the...

7 new Covid MCZs declared in Budgam

BUDGAM: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Budgam, Shahbaz Ahmad Miza, on Tuesday cautioned the public against the spike in Covid cases noticed in some areas of...

DAK urges gradual opening of schools, colleges

Srinagar: President of Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Dr MD Yousuf Tak on Tuesday expressed serious concern for the education sector which has suffered a...

A Corporate Calamity: Since J&K’s power dept became a ‘corporation’, aggregate losses are worst in India

SRINAGAR: Privatisation of power sector across India has not been able to put an end to the commercial losses the government suffers in purchasing...

Hottest day this summer in Kupwara, Srinagar

Highway closed for repair and maintenance today SRINAGAR: The maximum temperature on Wednesday in Srinagar and Kupwara was the highest recorded this season, and the...

HC seeks report of work on various bridges

Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Tuesday directed government authorities to file an affidavit indicating clearly the status of bridges completed and made functional. Chief...

Parra’s bail rejected, court says charges prima facie ‘true’

Srinagar: The bail application of PDP leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, a close aide of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, has been rejected...

Masoodi asks Rajnath to intervene in deadlock on AIIMS Awantipora

New Delhi: Member of Parliament from Anantnag Justice (Retd) Hasnain Masoodi on Tuesday sought resumption of construction of the AIIMS facility at Awantipura, bringing...

President visits war memorial in B’mulla

Chairs Unified High Command meeting in Sgr Srinagar: President Ram Nath Kovind visited the Dagger War Memorial in Baramulla district on Monday and said that...

Army pays tributes to Kargil heroes at Drass memorial

Srinagar: The Army paid rich tributes to the soldiers who lost their lives in the 1999 Kargil War against Pakistan at the Drass war...

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