Passenger bus overturns near Udhampur, 20 injured
Jammu: At least 20 people were injured after their vehicle met with an accident near Jajjarkotli area of Udhampur district on Saturday. Officials said that a bus bearing registration number JKO2AT-2279 lost its control due to over speeding and turned turtle. 20 people were injured in the mishap and were shifted to GMC Jammu for […]
Police’s counter-intelligence wing detains 10 people in terror-linked case
SRINAGAR, Jul 19 (PTI): The counter-intelligence wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police has detained 10 people for allegedly using encrypted messaging applications for coordinating, financing and executing terror activities on the instructions of handlers from Pakistan, officials on Saturday said. The detentions were carried out during searches conducted by the Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) at multiple […]
Quality education, teacher accountability pillars of J&K’s educational reforms: CS
SRINAGAR, JUL 19: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today chaired a comprehensive review meeting of the School Education Department to take stock of the teaching scenario and implementation of other education reforms in the Union Territory. The meeting besides Secretary, School Education Department was attended by PD, Samagra Shiksha; Director, School Education, Kashmir/Jammu; Secretary, JKBOSE and […]
Lieutenant Governor addresses provincial Arya Mahasammelan at Jammu
JAMMU, JUL 19: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today addressed the Provincial Arya Mahasammelan at Baba Jitto Auditorium, SKUAST Jammu. The two-day Mahasammelan is being organised by Arya Pratinidhi Sabha Jammu Kashmir to commemorate 200th birth anniversary of Maharshi Dayananda Saraswati and 150th anniversary of the founding of Arya Samaj. The Lieutenant Governor paid tributes to […]
Export of handmade products nearly triple in Q1 CFY, cross ₹300 Cr
SRINAGAR, JUL 19: In a major fillip to Kashmir’s famed craft sector, hand-made products worth ₹309.62 Cr have been exported to various overseas destinations in the First Quarter of the current financial year, up from ₹126.90 Cr in the same quarter last year. As per figures made available by the concerned financial institutions, exports have […]
No proposal for inclusion of Sanskrit in school curriculum: DSEK
SRINAGAR, JUL 19: School Education Department, Jammu & Kashmir has strongly rebutted the news report published in an English local daily newspaper on 18 July, 2025 with the headline ‘Mandatory subject: Union Education Ministry mulls to introduce Sanskrit in Kashmir schools from class 6th to 10th.’ In an official communiqué issued here, the department has […]
Rail Ministry directs zones to issue standardised ID cards to vendors to curb illegal vending
NEW DELHI, Jul 19 (PTI): In a move to prevent illegal vending in trains and at stations, the Railway Ministry has issued a standardised format for identification cards for vendors and asked all its zones to implement it immediately. Railway commercial officials said unauthorised vendors have become a real menace in trains and at stations […]
Police foil JK Congress’s protest march demanding statehood restoration
SRINAGAR, Jul 19 (PTI): Police on Saturday foiled a protest march by Congress leaders and workers here, seeking the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Led by Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra, the workers gathered at the party office here, with plans to march towards the […]
Passenger bus overturns near Udhampur, 20 injured
Jammu, Jul 19: At least 20 people were injured after their vehicle met with an accident near Jajjarkotli area of Udhampur district on Saturday. Officials said that a bus bearing registration number JKO2AT-2279 lost its control due to over speeding and turned turtle. 20 people were injured in the mishap and were shifted to GMC […]
Five jets shot down during India-Pakistan conflict, claims Trump
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Jul 19 (PTI): In a fresh claim, US President Donald Trump said “five jets were shot down” during the conflict between India and Pakistan in May and repeated his assertion that the fighting ended following his intervention. The US president did not specify whether the jets were lost by either of the two […]
