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UN chief for Kashmir situation to be resolved through dialogue

United Nations: (PTI) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres continues to call for the Kashmir issue to be resolved through dialogue, saying any solution should be...

SAC approves restructuring of PDD, JKSPDCL, JKSPTCL

SRINAGAR: The State Administrative Council (SAC) has accorded sanction to the unbundling of the Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department (JKPDD), J&K State Power...

SAC approves reorganization of Forensic Science Lab on modern lines

SRINAGAR: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved re-organization of the Jammu & Kashmir Forensic...

J&K Legal Services, Law Officers Service reorganised

SRINAGAR:: The State Administrative Council (SAC) has approved the reorganization of the Jammu and Kashmir Legal (Gazetted) Service and Law Officers Service. This will...

Promotion of 38 officers approved

SRINAGAR: The State Administrative Council (SAC) has approved promotion/ release of grade to the officers of the Indian Police Service, Indian Forest Service, Jammu...

Two drivers shot dead in Shopian, trucks torched

Srinagar:  Two non-local truck drivers were shot dead by unknown gunmen in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday, while a third was injured, officials...

Woman killed in cross-LoC fire in Keran

Baramulla: A woman was killed while three others were injured as cross-LoC fire raged in Keran area of Kupwara district on Thursday. The deceased was...

BDC polls: BJP frontrunner, but independents take lion’s share

SRINAGAR: Despite the major regional parties staying away from the first ever Block Development Council polls in J&K, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) secured only...

How long will restrictions continue in valley, SC asks

New Delhi: (PTI) The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration as to how long they intend to continue the restrictions, including...

Normal life remains affected in Kashmir

Srinagar: Normal life remained affected in the Kashmir Valley for the 81st consecutive day on Thursday with main markets shut and public transport off...

PIL seeks attention to plight of cancer patients, essential supplies during lockdown

Srinagar: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in the J&K High Court has sought attention to problems faced by cancer patients, disruption in essential...

Red algae bloom defaces Dal Lake

Srinagar: Red algal bloom, an indicator of heavy pollution in the water body, has engulfed the surface of Dal Lake turning it red over...

KU Education students demand postponing exams

Srinagar: With hostels and libraries at the University of Kashmir remaining shut for over two months after the abrogation of J&K special status on...

Police didn’t allow joint press conference by NC, ANC leaders: Akbar Lone

Srinagar: National Conference leader and North Kashmir MP Mohammad Akbar Lone on Thursday claimed that the police did not allow a joint press conference...

SAC approves buffer stock of transformers at district level

SRINAGAR: In a decision aimed at countering winter woes on account of power supply issues, the State Administrative Council (SAC) accorded sanction to the...

Ex-gratia for electrocution deaths hiked to Rs 10L

SRINAGAR: The State Administrative Council (SAC) has approved enhancement in the ex-gratia in cases involving electrocution of employees of PDD whether regular, DRW/Casual Labour,...

SAC approves land for GMC Kupwara, High Court

SRINAGAR: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik Thursday accorded sanction to the transfer of Shamilat...

105 posts created for Special Correctional Home Pulwama, district jails Kupwara and Kargil

SRINAGAR: The State Administrative Council (SAC) has accorded sanction to the creation of 105 posts (35 posts each) for Special Correctional Home Pulwama, District...

SAC approves diversion of 663ha forest land for 198 developmental projects

SRINAGAR: The State Administrative Council (SAC) which met under the chairmanship of Governor, Satya Pal Malik approved diversion of 663 Hectares of Forest land...

Few US lawmakers used hearing to question steps to protect lives in JK: MEA

New Delhi: India on Thursday said it was regrettable that a few US lawmakers used a Congressional hearing to question measures to protect lives...

Zakir Musa group wiped out with Awantipora gunfight: DGP

Srinagar: The two-year old Ansar Gazwatul Hind (AGH) has been wiped out from Kashmir Valley after the killing of its three last surviving militants...

‘Sizeable number of militants infiltrated in Valley’

Srinagar: Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh on Wednesday said that a sizeable number of militants have managed to sneak into Kashmir Valley since...

Kathua gangrape-murder: Jammu court directs FIR against SIT members for ‘torture of witness’

Jammu: (PTI) Four months after six people were convicted in the 2018 rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in a Kathua village,...

DGP says no witnesses tortured, will follow court order

Srinagar: (PTI) Defending the team that probed the Kathua rape and murder case last year, Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbag Singh on Wednesday...

Govt directs departments not to exceed expenditure beyond revised estimates

Jammu: (PTI) As the date for reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories draws closer, the administration has directed various departments to...

JK set for first-ever BDC polls amid boycott by Cong, NC and PDP

Jammu: The maiden Jammu and Kashmir Block Development Council (BDC) polls on Thursday will see 1,065 candidates in the fray across 310 polling stations,...

Day 80: Normal life remains affected in Kashmir

Srinagar: (PTI) Normal life remained affected in Kashmir for the 80th consecutive day on Wednesday with main markets shut and public transport off the...

Progress on power connections but water, toilets still missing at schools

Srinagar: The School Education department has failed to carry out the proposed absolute saturation of basic minimum facilities at schools in J&K within the...

‘Safe zones’ hurts growers as transport charges increase

Shopian: The secured zones established in Shopian after the three killings has resulted in additional costs to growers hurting the apple trade. The three killing...

Delhi Court takes cognisance of NIA chargesheet against Yasin Malik

New Delhi: (PTI) A Delhi court Wednesday took cognisance of a supplementary charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency against Jammu Kashmir Liberation...

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