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HC penalises Urban development dept for failing to produce solid waste management by-laws

Srinagar: The J&K High Court imposed a fine on the Urban Development department after it failed to place the details on Solid waste Management...

New DPR for Rakhi-e-Arth colony seeks Rs 82 crore more for sewerage, drainage

Srinagar: The Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) has submitted a new Rs 291-crore Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Phase-I of the Rakhi-e-Arth housing...

Unlock 5: Cinemas, restaurants to open with 50 percent capacity

Higher edu insts to be permitted for research scholars from Oct 15 JAMMU:As the government of Jammu and Kashmir has issued fresh guidelines for unlock...

Sunday Market to open this weekend: DC Srinagar

Srinagar: Eight months after it was shut due to Covid-19 outbreak in Kashmir, the popular Sunday Market in the heart of Srinagar will spring...

Govt’s ‘virtual fair’ of Kashmiri handicrafts fails to generate sales

Srinagar: While online sales of many businesses picked up during the coronavirus lockdown, traditional Kashmiri artisans found no customers on the web portal the...

Do not malign, slander individuals or certain groups: I&B advisory to TV channels

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Friday asked all private satellite television channels to adhere to the Programme Code and emphasised...

UN World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize

Rome: The United Nations' World Food Programme won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to fight hunger in regions of conflict...

High Court declares Roshni Act ‘unconstitutional’, orders CBI probe 

Srinagar: Declaring the Roshni Act “unconstitutional” and all allotments void, the J&K High Court on Friday ordered a probe through Central Bureau Investigation (CBI)...

9 more deaths climb Covid toll to 1291

Srinagar: Nine more deaths were recorded due to Covid-19 on Thursday taking the toll of victims to 1291, whereas 696 fresh cases have taken...

All Kashmir districts notified as orange zones

SRINAGAR: The government has classified all districts of Jammu and Kashmir valley excluding Kishtwar district of Jammu division as Orange zones following the assessment...

2 die in Ladakh, 82 new cases reported

Leh:Two people died of coronavirus in Kargil in Ladakh, taking the death toll in the Union Territory to 63, a bulletin said on Thursday. Ladakh...

Shopian fake encounter: LG reaches out to families of Rajouri labourers, promises justice

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday assured the families of three labourers killed in a staged encounter in Shopian that justice will be...

Freedom of speech, expression most abused right in recent times: SC

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said freedom of speech and expression is the most abused right in recent times. A bench headed by Chief...

More land for Pulwama fruit mandi makes not even a ‘shed’ of difference

Pulwama: The main fruit mandi in Pulwama district remains devoid of basic facilities like sheds and shops. Traders have had to erect their own...

KU suspends ex-President KUTA over comments on Whatsapp group

Srinagar: The administration at University of Kashmir has suspended a senior professor and ex-President of the varsity’s teachers association for his comments on a...

No effect of High Court order on illegal mining in south Kashmir

Shopian: Even after the High Court’s recent order to immediately stop all illegal mining and excavation of natural resources, the practice continues unabated in...

Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan passes away

New Delhi: Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan died on Thursday, his son Chirag Paswan tweeted. Ram Vilas Paswan (74), who was the Lok Janshakti Party...

American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel literature prize

Stockholm: The Nobel Prize for literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes...

3 Hizb militants killed in Shopian gunfight

2 sustain pellet injuries in clashes at encounter site Shopian: Three militants were killed in a 20-hour-long counterinsurgency operation at Heffkuri village of south Kashmir’s...

Militant killed in Ganderbal was Naikoo’s close aide: DGP

Srinagar: Hizbul Mujahideen had deputed a close aide of slain militant commander Riyaz Naikoo from south Kashmir to carry out the attack on a...

Sinha expresses anguish at attack on BJP leader

Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday expressed anguish over an attack by militants on a political leader in Ganderbal area, an official spokesman...

Panchayats, people will decide their own priorities, administration will be facilitator: Lt Guv

Kud (Udhampur): Panchayats and people will be the sole planners and executors of developmental projects, while the administration will play the role of a...

J&K Bank chairman’s tenure extended by 6 more months

Srinagar: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the tenure of Jammu and Kashmir Bank Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) R K Chhibber...

14 deaths, 621 mew cases

Srinagar: Fourteen deaths were recorded due to Covid-19 on Wednesday taking the toll of victims to 1282, whereas 621 fresh cases have taken the...

DAK demands uninterrupted power supply in winters to save lives

Srinagar: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) Wednesday praised the services of doctors and paramedics for effectively managing COVID-19 patients in hospitals and at home by...

HC issues contempt notice to top PHE officials

Srinagar: The J&K High Court has issued a contempt notice against higher officials of Public Health Engineering department (PHE) after court recorded that the...

Tenders cancelled for CCTV cameras to check illegal construction at Dal, Nigeen lakes

Srinagar: The conservation of Dal and Nigeen lakes, for which the J&K High Court has been issuing one order after another, is being hampered...

Govt allays fear of Ladakh, says to get more than 6th schedule benefits

Leh: Allaying Ladakhis’ fear of losing jobs and land, Union minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday asserted that the Centre would provide more than what...

2 scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for ‘gene scissors’

Stockholm: Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for developing a method of genome editing likened to molecular scissors that offer the...

Cop, militant killed in attack on BJP worker in Ganderbal

Srinagar: A policeman and a militant were killed in Ganderbal after militants attacked the house of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker on Tuesday...

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