Gunfight breaks out in Shopian village in south Kashmir

Srinagar, Nov 10: A gunfight raged between militants and government forces in Katpora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday morning. Reports said that a joint team of Police, army’s 34RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Katopra. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding […]
Winter woes: Weatherman predicts wet spell in JK

Srinagar: The weatherman on Monday predicted heavy snow and rainfall in higher reaches from November 14, saying that the weather conditions would likely lead to temporary disruption of air and surface transportation mainly on Jammu- Srinagar and Srinagar-Leh highways as well as the Mughal road and other major roads. Deputy Director Meteorological department (MeT), Mukhtar […]
Govt unveils draft model building byelaws
Srinagar: The administration of Jammu & Kashmir has unveiled the draft Model Building Byelaws and Building Code-2020 for the areas falling under jurisdiction of urban local bodies in the Union Territory. The draft “Jammu & Kashmir Building Byelaws and Building Code-2020” have been prepared by the Housing & Urban Development Department with assistance from experts/professionals […]
Darbar reopening: Make good governance touchstone of administrative processes: Lt Guv
Jammu: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said good governance should be the touchstone of the administrative processes at all levels in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. As the darbar move’ offices resumed their functioning in the winter capital, Sinha on Monday visited the civil secretariat here and received the ceremonial guard of […]
Joe Biden’s appointment: China, Russia seek legal endorsement
Beijing/Moscow: China and Russia on Monday declined to congratulate Joe Biden as the winner of the US presidential election, saying the outcome of the American polls should be determined by the country’s laws and procedures. China has not yet come out with an official reaction to Biden and Kamala Harris’ victory in the November 3 […]
Machil operation still going on: BSF
24-25 militants infiltrated this year
Srinagar: The BSF on Monday said the operation along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Machil sector, in which four security forces personnel and three militants were killed on Sunday during a failed infiltration bid, was on to rule out the presence of other ultras in the area. Three Army personnel, including an officer, a […]
Northeast regions to experiment Saffron cultivation
New Delhi: The saffron bowl, which has so far been confined to Kashmir, may now expand to the northeast as well. The Northeast Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR), a body under the Department of Science and Technology, supported a pilot project to explore the feasibility of growing saffron in the northeast region of […]
Covid-19 vaccine: Pfizer says early data signals says vaccine is effective

New York: Pfizer says an early peek at its vaccine data suggests the shots may be 90 per cent effective at preventing COVID-19, indicating the company is on track later this month to file an emergency use application with U.S. regulators. Monday’s announcement doesn’t mean a vaccine is imminent: This interim analysis, from an independent […]
BJP will go the Trump way, predicts Mehbooba

Jammu: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday attacked the BJP policies, asserting that “the party will meet the same fate as the outgoing US president Donald Trump.” Days after the Bihar assembly exit polls predicted an edge for the Mahagathbandhan led by RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, the PDP chief said, I want to congratulate Tejashwi who […]
DDC elections: PAGD to field joint candidates, will use own party symbols, says Farooq
Jammu: Chairman of Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration and President National Conference, Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Monday said that parties under the banner of PAGD shall contest polls on their own symbols but there will be only one candidate of alliance in each segment. “Polls have been announced in a hurry and we do not […]