Mild earthquake felt in Doda town, adjoining areas

Doda, Oct 19: A mild earthquake was felt in Doda town and adjoining areas which lasted for a few seconds. Notably, six days after a 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit the area, a mild earthquake was felt around 10.18 am today. There was no loss of life or property reported in the incident, officials said. (KNO)
GoC reviews security situation in Rajouri

Jammu, Oct 19 (PTI) The General Officer Commanding the Army’s 16 Corps Lieutenant General Navin Sachdeva on Friday visited hinterland areas in Rajouri district and reviewed the security situation of the belt. He appreciated the unwavering commitment and dedication of all ranks towards maintaining peace and security in the region. In a post on X, […]
Labourer’s killing: Such attacks abhorrent, must be condemned, says Omar Abdullah

Srinagar, Oct 19 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday expressed grief over the killing of a non-local labourer whose body was found in Shopian district and said such attacks must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. The body of the labourer, who was identified as Ashok Chauhan, was found in […]
Bomb scare: Air India flight makes emergency landing in Jaipur

Jaipur, Oct 19 (PTI) A Dubai-Jaipur Air India flight made an emergency landing at the airport here in the early hours of Saturday due to a bomb threat, which later turned out to be a hoax, officials said. After authorities were alerted about the bomb threat, an emergency was declared at the Jaipur airport. The […]
CM urges Cabinet colleagues to monitor assigned departments

Srinagar: Newly appointed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday asked his Cabinet colleagues to actively monitor and review the functioning of the departments assigned to them to improve governance in the Union Territory. After Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha allocated portfolios to the newly inducted ministers in the Abdullah-led Cabinet, […]
LG allocates portfolios to newly inducted ministers in Omar-led cabinet
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Friday allocated portfolios to the newly inducted ministers in Chief Minister Omar Abdullah-led cabinet. An order to allocate the portfolios on the advice of the Chief Minister was issued by the LG here. According to the order, deputy chief minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary will hold the charge of Public […]
Fed up with frivolous petitions filed by states, PSUs: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said it is fed up with the “frivolous petitions” filed by various state governments and public sector undertakings despite repeated warnings. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said merely because officers of the state governments or public sector undertakings (PSUs) do not have […]
Poor performance in Assembly polls
Congress forms high-powered panel to ascertain reasons Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Friday constituted a high-powered fact-finding committee to ascertain the reasons behind its poor performance in the recent Assembly elections in the Union Territory, and suggest measures for strengthening the party in J-K. A party spokesman said that J-K Pradesh Congress Committee […]
CM visits Cabinet colleagues, Advisor in civil secretariat
Congratulates them on assuming office SRINAGAR: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday personally visited the office chambers at Civil Secretariat here of his Cabinet colleagues to congratulate them on formally assuming their respective duties. The Chief Minister extended his heartfelt congratulations to Deputy Chief Minister SurinderChoudhary, and Cabinet Ministers SakeenaItoo, Javed Ahmad Rana, Javid Ahmad Dar, […]
LG appoints MubarikGul as Speaker Protem
SRINAGAR: The Lieutenant Governor, in pursuance to Section 24 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019, has appointed MubarikGul, Member Legislative Assembly, as Speaker Protem who shall administer the oath/affirmation to all members of the J&K Legislative Assembly for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in terms of Section 24 of aforesaid Act. […]