Govt declares untimely November snowfall as ‘Special Natural Calamity’
Relief enhanced to twice SDRF norms for damaged fruit trees, orchards
JAMMU: The State Executive Committee (SEC) of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) headed by Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Friday approved notifying the snowfall as a State Specific Special Natural Calamity for the purpose of providing additional relief, assistance to the affected farmers from SDRF. Further, the SEC clarified that the untimely, intense […]
Guv Malik chairs security review meeting
Appreciates coordination between security forces, civil administration
JAMMU: Governor Satya Pal Malik on Friday appreciated the sustained real time coordination and synergy between the security forces and the civil administration during a security review meeting held in Jammu. The meeting involving senior civil, police, central armed police, Army and state and central intelligence agencies was chaired by Governor Satya Pal Malik. The […]
Elected last week, deputy mayor SMC turns out a bank defaulter
Reports say he owes 125 Cr to J&K Bank
Srinagar: The J&K bank has asked the deputy mayor of Srinagar to settle an outstanding loan of Rs 125 crore or face recovery proceedings and initiation of process to declare him a willful defaulter. An independent candidate, Sheikh Imran was supported by the Congress and elected the deputy mayor of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) […]
Mayor Junaid Mattu, IGP traffic lock horns over ‘traffic mess’
Srinagar: Just days after taking over Mayor of the prestigious Srinagar Muincipal Corporation (SMC) Junaid Mattu took on Inspector General of Police, Basant Rath for not taking the traffic management in Srinagar city seriously. The newly-elected mayor and the maverick cop on Friday engaged in a verbal spat over traffic management in the city. Rath […]
The Dragon turns friendly: Indian, Chinese troops meet at Arunachal, vow to boost ties
ITANAGAR: A high-level meeting between Army officials and Chinese PLA troops was organised on Friday at Bumla, near Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh, where the two sides reaffirmed their resolve to strengthen friendship and maintain peace along the Line of Actual Control. The 4057-km-long Line of Actual Control separates India from China. The delegations, led […]
Panchayat Polls-2018: Notification for Phase-7 issued
SRINAGAR: The Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, ShaleenKabra Friday issued the notification for conduct of the seventh phase of Panchayati Polls-2018 to elect Sarpanches and Panches. The notification has been issued for Block Trehgam, Qadirabad, and Qaziabad in District Kupwara, Naidkhai in District Bandipora, Rafiabad and Pattan in Baramulla District, Safapora in District Ganderbal, Sukhnag and […]
Army porter killed along LoC
Jammu: An Army porter was killed in Pakistani sniper fire along the Line of Control in Jammu district, while a BSF jawan was injured in a separate incident in the Rajouri-Poonch sector Friday. The porter died in sniper fire from across the LoC in the Akhnoor sector of Jammu district around 1800 hours Friday, officials […]
BSF jawan injured in firing along LoC
Jammu: Pakistani troops fired at Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district on Friday, injuring a BSF jawan, officials said. Pakistani personnel targeted forward posts along the LoC in the Manajakote sector around 0930 hours. A jawan of the Border Security Force (BSF) was injured in the firing, they said. The […]
