‘Mehbooba was willing to fight parliamentary elections separately, she forgot her past’ Anantnag, May 15: Former chief minister of erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir state and President National Conference (NC) Dr Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to divide the nation just for power only. Talking to reporters after addressing...
Srinagar, May 15: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a review meeting of the Revenue Department with senior officials at the Civil Secretariat on Wednesday. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to Lt Governor; Atal Dulloo, Chief Secretary; Shaleen Kabra, Financial Commissioner Revenue; Dr Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, Principal Secretary to Lt Governor; Prasanna Ramaswamy G, Secretary, Revenue; Divisional...
“Will stay for night, to meet several delegations on Friday” Srinagar, May 15: Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Srinagar on Thursday evening, officials sources said here on Wednesday. Top official sources told the news agency that Shah will arrive in Srinagar tomorrow evening and will stay for...
Ganderbal, May 15: An 18-year-old youth died in a road accident that took place at Benhmana area of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Wednesday afternoon. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a youth identified as Muzaffar Ahmed Sheikh, son of Mohd Shafi Sheikh of Wussan was critically injured after he was...
Srinagar, May 15 : In a significant development, the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) on Wednesday expressed its willingness to participate in polls, if the union government lifts the ban on it. The Jamaat was banned in early 2019 by the Ministry of Home Affairs in the run up to scrapping of the J&K special status...
‘Never gave boycott calls, Majlis-e Shoora has taken a call to revive Jamaat, want to take forward democratic process, socio-religous reforms to be our main poll plank, no change in our basic stance’ Srinagar, May 15: In a significant development, the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir Wednesday said that it was ready to contest polls if Centre...
Srinagar, May 15: Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan, who was arrested in March this year after returning home following five years of detention, has been granted bail by a Srinagar Court in a case related to the agitation of jail inmates inside the Srinagar Central Jail in 2019. The bail was granted to Sultan subject...
Srinagar, May 15: The government has transpired Vikas Gupta (IPS), Deputy Inspector General of Police, Prisons, and posted him as DIG Anti Corruption Bureau, J&K against an available vacancy in the interest of administration. Separately, according to the copy of orders with GNS, two Superintendents of Police— Amit Verma, JKPS, Dy. CO Border Bn. Jammu...
Srinagar, Apr 16: In the wake of the boat capsizing incident in Srinagar which left at least six people dead, the Jammu and Kashmir government has issued an advisory making lifesaving jackets compulsory for passengers using water transport. In this regard the Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri on Tuesday called an urgent...
Srinagar, Apr 16: Since its inauguration, the Srinagar tulip garden has attracted a total of 286,350 visitors, with daily numbers steadily increasing. According to tulip garden management, there has been a surge in footfall, particularly since Eid, with over 10,000 visitors flocking to the garden daily. Despite recent heavy rains, the garden has remained a...
Inspects developmental works under Holistic Agriculture Development Programme(HADP). Srinagar: The Mission Director Holistic Agriculture Development Programme (HADP) Yasha Mudgal (IAS) today conducted an extensive tour of Srinagar district. She visited hi-tech polygreen houses at Maloora Qamarwari, vegetable mandi lalmandi Srinagar, controlled crop growing unit HMT and took stock of the agriculture scenario in the area....
Srinagar, Apr 16: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a Revenue official for demanding and accepting a bribe for issuing NOCs in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. ACB statement said Manzoor Ahmad, Lumbardar, Kunthbagh, was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 4000 from the complainant by a trap team . ACB Sources...
Ganderbal,: A man was killed in a road accident at Nunner area od central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. An official told the news agency that the man was hit by a vehicle in Nunnar area today, leading to his on spot death. The deceased has been identified as Khurshid Ahmad Baba...
Srinagar, April 16: Peoples Democratic Party Chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday kick-started her election campaign from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency. The Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency will to the polls in the third phase of the election on May 7. Mufti is pitted against National Conference candidate and Gujjar leader Mian Altaf. The PDP President,...
Srinagar, April 16 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday accused the National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party of introducing the gun culture in Kashmir. Shah also hinted that the BJP may not field candidates for the three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir. He asked people in Jammu and Kashmir to vote for whoever...
Srinagar, April 16: Several mainstream politicians in Kashmir on Tuesday cancelled their campaigning programme as a mark of respect to those killed in the Srinagar boat tragedy. At least six people were killed and several others are missing after a boat capsized in Jhelum river in Srinagar district on Tuesday morning. The National Conference leader...
Jammu, April 16: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Youth and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur, said on Tuesday that Articles 370 and 35A were the mistakes of Jawahar Lal Nehru and Congress, due to which the development of the people of Jammu and Kashmir was hampered. “PM Modi has corrected their mistakes. We conducted...
Kupwara, April 16: Continuing its crackdown against absconders, Kupwara Police has arrested an absconder who was evading his arrests from last six years. A Police Party of Police Station Kralpora arrested one absconder, identified as Tariq Ahmad Mir S/O Sona ullah Mir a resident of Sirajpora Vilgam Kupwara, had been evading arrest for a long...
Srinagar, Apr 16: Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday announced grant of three-day special casual leave to Jammu-based employees serving in Kashmir on polling days. “Sanction is hereby accorded to grant of three (03) days Special Casual Leave in favour of employees of Jammu division working in Kashmir Valley, during various phases of Lok...
Srinagar, Apr 16: Authorities have launched a wide scale rescue operation to locate persons drowned in river Jhelum after a boat capsized here on Tuesday morning. An official part of the ongoing operation told GNS that a wide scale rescue operation to locate the missing persons. “In all four boats of SDRF, two boats of...
Says will ensure Assembly polls on date given by SC; Hints at not feilding candidates for 3 Kashmir seats; not in a hurry to see Lotus bloom in Valley yet; PM Modi didn’t end fake gunfights but brought terrorism to death bed; Stone pelting, hartals, street protests a history now; urges Valley youth not to...