Fuel price hike: Govt has chosen to ‘profiteer off people’s misery’, says Congress

Jammu: The Congress’ Jammu and Kashmir unit on Monday slammed the Centre over the rise in petrol and diesel prices, saying the government has chosen to “profiteer off people’s misery”. Members of the party staged protests here and demanded immediate rollback of the hike in the fuels’ prices. The middle class and the marginalised are […]

Security tightened in Srinagar, searches conducted

Srinagar: Security forces on Monday conducted a surprise frisking operation in the Amira Kadal area of the city in the wake of the recent spurt in militant attacks, officials said. In an exercise reminiscent of the early 1990s, the security forces sealed off the Amira Kadal area, near Lal Chowk, and conducted frisking of all […]

JK’s budget to be presented in Parliament after March

Srinagar: For the second consecutive year, Jammu & Kashmir’s annual budget would be presented in the parliament due to absence of Legislative Assembly in the Union Territory, which is under central rule for more than a year now. Officials said that the Central government would present the annual budget of UT for next fiscal 2021-22 […]

Forces defuse IED on Nowgam highway

Srinagar: Security forces on Monday averted a major tragedy when they detected and defused an improvised explosive device (IED) near the railway station in Nowgam area of Srinagar, officials said. A police official said that the IED was planted a few hundred meters away from the Nowgam Railway station near a bridge. Coincidently, the IED […]

JK to witness downpour during weekend

Srinagar: Amid rise in minimum as well as maximum temperature, the weatherman here has predicted moderate snowfall across Jammu and Kashmir from Friday. Deputy Director Meteorological department (MeT), Mukhtar Ahmad said that there is a possibility of moderate snowfall across J&K from Feb 26. He said that the wet spell will begin on February 26 […]

1100 people avail train services on first day of operation

Train services resume after 11 months of suspension

Srinagar/New Delhi: Nearly 1,100 people travelled between Banihal and Baramulla railway stations as train services resumed in Kashmir on Monday after remaining suspended for around 11 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said. Two trains chugged on the railway tracks in Kashmir as the railway authorities resumed the services partially, they said. The officials […]

BJP block president joins Apni Party in Kashmir

Jammu: A block president of the BJP on Monday quit the party and joined the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Javed Ahmad Ahanger resigned as the BJP’s block president of Bakura-Ganderbal, JKAP leaders said. Ahanger joined the JKAP at its office in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk in the presence of […]

COVID-19: National positivity rate at 5.20 per cent: Govt

New Delhi: India has registered a record in the number of COVID-19 cumulative tests, with over 21.15 crore samples tested, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. The country’s national positivity rate is pegged at 5.20 per cent. Progressive countrywide expansion in testing infrastructure has played a crucial role in the steep rise of testing […]

Mehbooba Mufti re-elected as PDP president

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti was on Monday unanimously re-elected as president of the PDP for a three-year term. Mufti’s name was proposed by senior leader Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura and seconded by Khurshid Alam, a party spokesperson said after the election. Senior PDP leader Abdul Rehman Veeri was the chairman […]