Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project heading towards completion
Jammu, Feb 27 (PTI) The Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link (USBRL) project is heading towards completion with 90 per cent of its sanctioned cost of Rs 37,012.26 crore utilised, a senior railway official said on Monday. With the completion of the project, Kashmir will be linked with rest of the country. The official said the prestigious national […]
Centre’s Agnipath scheme for recruitment in armed forces in national interest: HC
New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Monday upheld the Centre’s Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the armed forces, saying it was made in national interest and to ensure that the armed forces are better equipped. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad dismissed a batch of […]
Four houses attached in Srinagar for ‘harboring’ terrorists
Srinagar, Feb 27: The Special Investigation Unit Srinagar on Monday attached 4 residential houses in Srinagar for providing shelter to militants. According to a statement, issued here the three houses are located at Barthana Qamarwar and one at Sangam Eidgah area of Srinagar. The statement reads the residential houses belonged to Shaheena, Altaf Ahmed Dar, […]
EPFO members can apply for higher pension till May 3
New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) All eligible members can opt and apply jointly with their employers for higher pension till May 3, 2023 at unified members’ portal of retirement fund body EPFO. Earlier, there were apprehensions that March 3, 2023 is the last date for opting for higher pension. The URL on the EPFO unified […]
Rains, snow forecast as night temp falls at most places
Srinagar, Feb 27: The weather department on Monday predicted scattered light rain and snow in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “From March 1-2nd, light rain is expected in plains and light to moderate snow and rain over higher reaches at many places,” a meteorological department official here said, adding, “Dry weather is […]
Kashmiri Pandit ATM guard shot dead in south Kashmir
Srinagar: Terrorists on Sunday shot dead a 40-year-old Kashmiri Pandit man in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district while he was on his way to a local market, in yet another targeted killing of a minority community member in the valley. Sanjay Sharma, who worked as an ATM guard, was shot in the chest at point-blank […]
LG condemns killing of Kashmiri Pandit ATM guard
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha strongly condemned the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit by terrorists on Sunday in first such attack this year, and said his administration has given a free hand to security forces to deal with terrorists. Activists of Shiv Sena (UBT) staged an anti-Pakistan and anti-terrorist protest to denounce […]
