‘Gupkar Gang’ remark shows India in poor light: Soz
Srinagar: Congress leader Saifuddin Soz on Wednesday said by describing the alliance of mainstream political parties of Jammu and Kashmir as a “gang”, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has shown India and its democracy in poor light. In a tweet on Tuesday, Shah asserted that Jammu and Kashmir has been and will always remain an […]
Baseer Khan reviews power scenario
SRINAGAR: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, Wednesday reviewed the power scenario of Kashmir division besides taking stock of preparedness of Power Development Department for the winter season in a meeting with Managing Direstor, KPDCL and Chief Engineer, Distribution. The meeting held threadbare discussion on availability of transformers, poles, conductors and related equipments besides […]
CS reviews status of sports infrastructure in JK
JAMMU: Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam Wednesday chaired a meeting to review the sports facilities being developed in Jammu and Kashmir. The Chief Secretary impressed upon the Youth Services and Sports Department to seek assistance of the leading sports personalities of the country and UT in providing training to the next generation of sportspersons […]
Chaudry reviews functioning of Agriculture, allied departments in Anantnag
Inaugurates Trout Hatchery at Sagam under Blue Revolution
ANANTNAG: Principal Secretary, Fisheries, Animal Husbandry, Sheep, Agriculture and Horticulture, Navin Kumar Choudhary, Wednesday visited Anantnag and reviewed functioning of agriculture and allied departments in the district. He inspected various infrastructural units developed for upliftment of Fisheries sector in the district. He was accompanied by Director Fisheries, Mohammad Amin , Joint Director Fisheries, Bashir Ahmad […]
Twitter apologised for ‘Ladakh in China’ error: BJP leader
New Delhi: Social media giant Twitter has apologised in writing to a key parliamentary panel for wrongly showing Ladakh in China and has promised to correct the error by the month-end, the committee’s chairperson Meenakshi Lekhi said on Wednesday. Twitter’s deposition has come in form of an affidavit signed by Damien Karien, Chief Privacy Officer […]
Indian national, who crossed over to Pak illegally, returns back
Lahore: An Indian national, who had illegally crossed over to Pakistan in 2016 and underwent four years of imprisonment here, was on Wednesday handed over to the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel at the Wagah Border. According to officials, Panwasi Lal, son of Kundan Lal, arrived at the Lahore railway station in August 2016 by […]
RSS leader launches campaign for Pakistan to vacate PaK, Gilgit-Baltistan
Jammu: RSS leader Indresh Kumar launched a campaign to put pressure on Pakistan to vacate PaK as well as Gilgit-Baltistan. He also asked former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Farooq Abdullah to leave India and settle in Pakistan and China over their remarks on the tricolour and allegedly seeking China’s support for […]
HC quashes PSA detention of separatist leader Masarat Alam, but he will remain in jail in NIA case
Srinagar, Nov 18 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has quashed a 2017 order of detention of separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat, but he will continue to remain behind bars in connection with a terror financing case. In the 2017 terror funding case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against […]
574 new covid-19 cases reported in JK
Srinagar, Nov 18: Thirty-six travelers were among 574 new novel coronavirus cases reported in Jammu and Kashmir in last 24 hours, taking the total count to 104155. Among them, 241 were reported from Jammu Division and 333 from Kashmir Valley, officials said Wednesday. They said Srinagar reported 136 cases, Baramulla 50, Budgam 46, Pulwama 17, […]
Two injured in grenade blast in Pulwama
Srinagar, Nov 18: Suspected militants on Wednesday evening lobbed a grenade on Security forces in Kakapora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A senior police officer said that the militants lobbed a grenade on joint team of Police and CRPF in Kakapora. However, the grenade missed the intended target and exploded on road. In this […]
