SRINAGAR: Three tourists died and a minor was injured when a vehicle in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge on Zojia pass on the Srinagar-Ladakh highway on Tuesday. The accident took place at Panimatha near captain morh on the Zojila pass when a Sumo vehicle skidded off […]
Day to rededicate ourselves to ideals of equality, brotherhood: LG Srinagar: Ashoora, the martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS), will be observed across Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. The day is observed as a mark of sacrifice and mourning, recalling the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), in […]
NEW DELHI: The Central government has notified the appointments of Jammu & Kashmir High Court Chief Justice N Kotiswar Singh and Madras High Court Acting Chief Justice R Mahadevan as judges of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Collegium had on July 11 recommended the appointments of the two judges. The apex court will now […]
JAMMU: The Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India on Tuesday appointed Justice Tashi Rabstan as acting Chief Justice Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court. The appointment comes after elevation of Justice N Kotishwar Singh, Chief Justice of J&K, Ladakh High Court as Judge of the Supreme Court of India. A notification in […]
NEW DELHI: The government has convened an all-party meeting on July 21 ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament which will start next Monday, the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry said. The meeting, which will be held at 11 am on Sunday, has been called by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, the ministry said in a statement. […]
Srinagar: Prof Shakil Ahmad Romshoo has been granted a 2-year extension in his term as Vice Chancellor by the Govt of J&K. Prof Romshoo was appointed as Vice Chancellor of IUST in 2021 as the fourth Vice Chancellor and the order issued by Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat on July 8, states that the extension shall be […]
Srinagar: The body of a man, who jumped into the river Jhelum from Zaina Kadal, Srinagar, has been retrieved after three days, officials said on Tuesday. An official said that the body of Showkat Ali Bhat, son of Ghulam Hussain Bhat, a resident of Shallabagh Zadibal, who jumped into the river Jhelum on July 13, […]
Srinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday said to have trapped and arrested Patwari Halqa Chanapora, Srinagar while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 40,000 for issuance of revenue extracts. A spokesman in a statement issued here said that Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau received a written complaint wherein it was alleged that Patwari Halqa […]
Srinagar: Amid tight security, the Shia community in Kashmir on Monday took out a Muharram procession on the traditional Guru Bazar-Dalgate route here to mark the eighth day of mourning of the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson. Some mourners carried Palestinian flags and called for an end to violence against people in Palestine, officials said. […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) R R Swain on Monday said an inter-state security meeting has deliberated on the new methods of infiltration by terrorists, who have been entering the state from the Punjab border. “Some infiltration is taking place (through the borderline in Punjab) and it is a commonplace knowledge. […]