JK, Ladakh fully integrated into mainstream of India: Govt

New Delhi: The Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have been fully integrated into the mainstream of the nation after the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy told Parliament on Wednesday. He told Rajya Sabha that as many as 613 […]

Decreased footfall: Parl panel urges tourism min to promote positive image of JK

New Delhi: A parliamentary panel has recommended that the Jammu and Kashmir administration, the Ministry of Tourism and other stakeholders must try to remove “negative publicity” in the press of the region and use social media to “promote” a more positive image of it. The 280th report of the Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and […]

Trains services likely to resume by Feb 17

Service to resume after Govt issues SOPs: Railway officials

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir administration in collaboration with the Railway authorities is mulling to resume the train services by February 17. The services will resume after a gap of ten months, official sources said. People from different areas of Kashmir said that public transport is functioning normally and now government has also decided to open […]

Opposition demands repeal of farm laws

Asks govt not to treat agitating farmers as 'enemies'

New Delhi: Several opposition parties including the Congress and the DMK on Wednesday asked the government to withdraw the three contentious farm laws without making it a prestige issue and not to treat the agitating farmers as “enemies”. Participating in the discussion on the Motion on Thanks to President’s Address to the joint sitting of […]

Govt issues notice to Twitter

New Delhi: Government has directed Twitter to comply with its order to remove contents/accounts related to farmer genocide hashtags, and warned that the microblogging platform may face “penal action” for non-compliance of its order, according to sources. Government sources said that Twitter had unilaterally unblocked accounts and tweets despite specific order for blocking. Twitter is […]

Man held for running job racket, duping youth

Jammu: The crime branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly forging government appointment orders to cheat unemployed youth in the union territory, officials said. Manzoor Hussain Qadri along with co-accused Mushtaq Ahmed Ganai and Fayaz Ahmed Dar used to lure unemployed youth on the pretext of arranging jobs […]

Mehbooba criticises barricading farmers’ protest sites

Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday criticised the multi-layered barricading by police at the farmers’ protest sites on the borders of the national capital. Taking to Twitter to express solidarity with the farmers agitating against the new agri laws, Mehbooba said while concertina wires and trenches around farmer protest sites have shocked everyone, the […]

Illegal Rohingya immigrants living in 12 states, UTs: Govt

New Delhi: Illegal Rohingya immigrants are staying in 12 states and Union territories, including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said since illegal immigrants enter without valid travel documents in clandestine and surreptitious manner, there was no accurate data […]