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Justice Pankaj Mithal elevated as Chief Justice of J&K HC

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended elevation of five judges as Chief Justices of different High Courts including Jammu and Kashmir. The...

PHC in Anantnag runs from a small shop, without a doctor

‘Not even basic diagnosis is carried out here’ Anantnag: With more than 15,000 people dependent on it for their healthcare needs, the Primary Health Centre...

A government employee rendering his services and not given his salary amounts to ‘Begaar’, says HC

Directs release of pending salaries of employees Srinagar: “A government employee rendering his services and not given his salary amounts to ‘Begaar’ (forced labour),” said...

Srinagar shivers at minus 4.8

Srinagar: Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, experienced the coldest night of the season on Wednesday as the valley reeled under cold...

No intrusions, major faceoffs in Eastern Command area since Ladakh crisis: Army commander

Kolkata: Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Anil Chauhan on Wednesday said there have been no intrusions or major faceoffs in the area of responsibility...

10 deaths, 346 new cases in J&K

Srinagar: Ten more persons infected with Covid-19 died on Tuesday, four in Kashmir and six in Jammu division. According to officials, the deceased persons...

31 constituencies in 7th phase of DDC polls today

JAMMU: Thirty-one constituencies are set to go for polling in the seventh phase of District Development Council (DDC) polls along with 438 Panch and...

Militants attempting to disturb polls: DGP

JAMMU: Militants and their masters are frustrated by witnessing huge participation of people in the ongoing electoral process and are attempting to create disturbance,...

No winter session of Parliament, govt suggests convening budget session in January 2021

NEW DELHI: The government has said the winter session of Parliament will not be held this year in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and...

Bukhari hails DDC elections, says time for ‘politics of truth’ is here

SRINAGAR: Businessman-turned-politician Syed Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday said that the response shown by people to the District Development Council (DDC) polls was a lesson...

On petition by lecturers, HC chides officials for ‘undermining dignity of court’

Srinagar: The J&K High Court on Tuesday stayed the operation of a government notification dated 25 November, 2020, with regard to disengaging lecturers/ teacher...

Temperature dips to sub-zero levels in Kashmir

Srinagar: Night temperatures in the Kashmir Valley dipped below the freezing point owing to a clear sky, with the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg shivering...

Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link will be completed by Dec 2022: Northern Railway GM

Jammu: The Northern Railway will be completing the most difficult 111-kilometre long section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link by December 2022 that would connect...

PDP leader’s PSO shot dead in Srinagar

Srinagar: Suspected militants on Monday shot dead a Personal Security Officer (PSO) guarding People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Haji Parvez at his residence in...

Pakistan made another attempt to push militants into Kashmir to disturb ongoing polls: DGP

Jammu: After two militants were killed and another was captured in Poonch district on Sunday, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh said Pakistan made...

Srinagar reported 42% of Covid cases, deaths in Kashmir in past month

Anantnag: In the 30 days since November 12, a total of 7,681 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded in Kashmir valley, of which the...

Covid deaths cross 1800 in J&K

Srinagar: Three more persons infected with Covid-19 died on Monday, taking the total number of deaths related to the pandemic to 1,802 in Jammu...

Applications invited for MBBS from children of deceased Covid warriors

JAMMU: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) has decided to allot five MBBS seats to Children of Covid warriors, who have appeared and...

Panchayat polls record 58 % turnout: Sharma

JAMMU: Around 58.55 percent and 52.90 percent voter turnout was recorded in the sixth phase of Panch and Sarpanch by-polls respectively. State Election Commissioner K...

China’s PLA carrying out devpt work in Tibet, India ready for any eventuality: CDS Rawat

Kolkata: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat stated on Monday that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is carrying out development activities in...

JK Bank’s mPay app not working, shows ‘senseless’ messages

Srinagar: Thousands of J&K Bank customers have been left in the lurch as the bank’s mobile banking application ‘’mPay’’ has been defunct for the...

Two militants killed, another arrested in Poonch gunfight

Jammu: Two militants were killed and another was captured on Sunday in a gunfight with security forces in the higher reaches of Surankote area...

Army soldier dies during CASO in Shopian

Srinagar: An Army soldier died during a cordon and search operation in Shopian, a defence spokesman said on Sunday. Rifleman Abdul Majed Dar, a resident...

51 % polling in Phase-VI DCC elections: Sharma

JAMMU: The State Election Commissioner (SEC), K K Sharma on Sunday said that the people have once again reaffirmed their faith in democratic system...

JK Govt seeks loans of Rs 1,500 crore, to be repaid with road, water, fuel taxes, ‘full use’ of timber

Srinagar: Road tax, water connection charges, taxes on petrol and diesel, and extraction of timber up to the “full permissible limit” – as much...

Six more die of Covid

Srinagar: Six more persons infected with Covid-19 died on Sunday, taking the total number of deaths related to the pandemic to 1,799 in Jammu...

Wake up to a Kehwa pill: Making saffron Kehwa now as easy as dispersing a tablet

Srinagar: Now your favourite Kashmir saffron Kehwa blend has been reduced to a pill. Scientists at SKUAST-Kashmir after rigorous efforts have succeeded in making...

Gulmarg shivers at minus 7.6

Srinagar: Half of the weather stations in Kashmir valley recorded sub-zero night temperatures with the famous ski-resort of Gulmarg being the coldest place in...

Shikara carrying BJP workers, mediapersons capsizes in Dal Lake

Srinagar: A shikara, carrying BJP workers and mediapersons, capsized in the Dal Lake on Sunday during campaign for the ongoing District Development Council elections,...

Entire Kashmir wakes up to the luminous sight of snow

Dry weather forecast till end of next week, Sgr-Jammu highway now open Srinagar: Marking the arrival of winter proper, the plains of Kashmir valley witnessed...

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