Lt Guv Manoj Sinha holds a review meeting in Srinagar on security situation

SRINAGAR, OCT 23: The Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha held a review meeting at Raj Bhawan today on the security situation in the Kashmir Division. Director General of Police, Nalin Prabhat; Principal Secretary, Home Department, Chandraker Bharti; Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order) Vijay Kumar; Additional Director General of Police, CID, Nitish Kumar; Inspector […]
Govt to launch initiative to provide localised weather forecasts to gram panchayats

New Delhi, Oct 23 (PTI) The Ministry of Panchayati Raj will on Thursday launch a weather forecast service for gram panchayats which will provide them with localised daily weather forecasts for five days and enhance disaster preparedness, an official statement said. Gram Panchayat Level Weather Forecasting, which will be launched in collaboration with the India […]
Gagangeer attack: Students protest in Kangan over civilian killings

Ganderbal, Oct 23: Scores of students on Wednesday held a protest in Kangan area in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district over killing of seven people in a terror attack in Gagangeer area of the district last week. Reports said the protesting students condemned the killings, stating that these incidents shouldn’t happen in Kashmir. Notably, seven people, […]
Two students killed in road mishap in Jammu

JAMMU, Oct 24 (PTI): Two NEET aspirants riding a motorcycle were killed after being run over by a truck on the Sidhra bridge near here, officials said on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Towheed Wani of Rajouri and Mehrun Nissa of Doda, both in their early twenties. The two students were coming from Nagrota […]
10 structures gutted in north Kashmir’s Kupwara

Kupwara, Oct 23: An overnight blaze at Hyhama area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district rendered several families homeless as four residential houses among 10 structures were reduced to ashes, officials said on Wednesday. Officials said that the fire broke out around midnight, which resulted in the damage to at least ten structures, including four residential […]
Govt to commemorate 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Patel with two-year-long programme

NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (PTI): The government will commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel with a two-year-long nationwide programme from 2024 to 2026 to honour his monumental contribution to the country, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Wednesday. Shah said Sardar Patel’s enduring legacy as the visionary behind the establishment of […]
CM directs strict adherence to power curtailment schedule

Says will personally monitor compliance SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday directed Power Development Department (PDD) to strictly adhere to the announced power curtailment schedule, emphasizing that he will personally oversee its implementation on day-to-day basis during the winter months. The Chief Minister made these remarks while chairing a comprehensive review meeting of the PDD, […]
LG office will extend full support to govt that meets expectations of people: Sinha
Jammu: A government that takes appropriate steps to meet the expectations of the people would have the full support of the LG’s office, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said. Sinha said the local bodies elections in the Union territory will be held as soon as the backward classes commission submits its report on OBC reservation, required […]
SC refuses to entertain terror convict Pak national’s plea seeking release
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea filed by 89-year-old Pakistan national and HizbulMujahideen terrorist GhulamNabi seeking release from a jail in Jammu and Kashmir and return to his country. In 1995, the top court had awarded rigorous life imprisonment to Nabi in a case relating to the 1995 serial […]
India-China border patrol-Trying to restore trust, reassure each other: Army Chief
New Delhi: A day after India announced reaching an agreement with China on patrolling along the LAC in eastern Ladakh, Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday said as of now “we are trying to restore the trust” and both sides will have to “reassure each other” to achieve this. He was speaking at an […]