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 […]
First session of J&K Assembly to begin on Nov 4
Srinagar, Oct 22: Jammu & Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has summoned the first session of the newly elected Legislative Assembly on November 4. The election for the post of the Speaker has also been scheduled on the same day. Official sources said that LG Manoj Sinha has summoned the first session of the Legislative […]
LG Manoj Sinha visits Ganderbal terror attack site
Ganderbal, Oct 22: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday afternoon visited the terror attack site in Gagangeer area of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal, officials said. An official said that Manoj Sinha was accompanied by DGP J&K, IGP Kashmir, ADGP Law and Order, DC Ganderbal and other senior officials. Seven persons including a doctor were killed in […]
Candlelight March organised at Kupwara against killing of civilians
KUPWARA, OCT 22: A Candlelight March was held at Kupwara to protest against the killing of seven civilians — a local doctor and six non-local workers in a militant attack at a construction site in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal on Sunday (October 20, 2024) evening. The civil society Kupwara took to the streets on Monday evening […]
J&K Haj Committee extends last date for depositing of Advance Amount for Haj-2025
SRINAGAR, OCT 22: The Jammu and Kashmir Haj Committee today notified for the information of all the Intending Haj Pilgrims of Haj 2025 that the last date for depositing the Advance Haj Amount of Rs.1,30,300/- (One Lakh Thirty Thousand and Three Hundred only) has been extended up to 31st October 2024 by Haj Committee of […]
